From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: rppt@kernel.org, sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com, jbouron@amazon.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, bhe@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dan.carpenter@linaro.org,
rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com, piliu@redhat.com,
kexec@lists.infradead.org, pratyush@kernel.org,
skhawaja@google.com, graf@amazon.com,
mario.limonciello@amd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] liveupdate: fix u-a-f in luo_file_unpreserve_files() and luo_file_finish()
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 18:24:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2vxzwlx08z4h.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260518125459.1092373-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> (Pasha Tatashin's message of "Mon, 18 May 2026 12:54:58 +0000")
On Mon, May 18 2026, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> In luo_file_unpreserve_files() and luo_file_finish(), reorder
> module_put() and xa_erase() to ensure the file handler module remains
> pinned while its operations are being accessed.
>
> Specifically, luo_get_id() dereferences fh->ops->get_id, so the module
> reference must be held until after xa_erase() (which calls luo_get_id)
> completes.
>
> For luo_file_finish(), this requires moving the module_put() call out of
> the luo_file_finish_one() helper and into the main loop of
> luo_file_finish() itself.
>
> Fixes: 00d0b372374f ("liveupdate: prevent double management of files")
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-18 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-18 12:54 [PATCH v5 0/5] liveupdate: serialization safety and race fixes Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 12:54 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 12:54 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] liveupdate: fix TOCTOU race in luo_session_retrieve() Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 16:13 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-18 12:54 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] liveupdate: block session mutations during reboot Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 16:31 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-18 23:15 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-22 12:52 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-27 20:06 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 12:54 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] liveupdate: fix u-a-f in luo_file_unpreserve_files() and luo_file_finish() Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 16:24 ` Pratyush Yadav [this message]
2026-05-18 12:54 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] liveupdate: Remove unused ser field from struct luo_session Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-18 16:24 ` Pratyush Yadav
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