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From: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	patches@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] um: Fix possible race on task->mm
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:09:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120423070935.GH30752@lizard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120423070641.GA27702@lizard>

Checking for task->mm is dangerous as ->mm might disappear (exit_mm()
assigns NULL under task_lock(), so tasklist lock is not enough).

We can't use get_task_mm()/mmput() pair as mmput() might sleep,
so let's take the task lock while we care about its mm.

Note that we should also use find_lock_task_mm() to check all process'
threads for a valid mm, but for uml we'll do it in a separate patch.

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
---
 arch/um/kernel/reboot.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/um/kernel/reboot.c
index 66d754c..1411f4e 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ static void kill_off_processes(void)
 
 		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		for_each_process(p) {
-			if (p->mm == NULL)
+			task_lock(p);
+			if (!p->mm) {
+				task_unlock(p);
 				continue;
-
+			}
 			pid = p->mm->context.id.u.pid;
+			task_unlock(p);
 			os_kill_ptraced_process(pid, 1);
 		}
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-- 
1.7.9.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-23  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-23  7:06 [PATCH v3 0/9] Fixes for common mistakes w/ for_each_process and task->mm Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:07 ` [PATCH 1/9] cpu: Introduce clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() helper Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-26 23:59   ` Andrew Morton
2012-05-01 10:45     ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-05-05  1:47       ` [PATCH] cpu: Document clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() Anton Vorontsov
2012-05-05  1:47     ` [PATCH 1/9] cpu: Introduce clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() helper Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:08 ` [PATCH 2/9] arm: Use clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:08 ` [PATCH 3/9] powerpc: " Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:08 ` [PATCH 4/9] sh: " Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:09 ` [PATCH 5/9] blackfin: A couple of task->mm handling fixes Anton Vorontsov
2012-06-01  4:36   ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-23  7:09 ` [PATCH 6/9] blackfin: Fix possible deadlock in decode_address() Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:09 ` [PATCH 7/9] um: Should hold tasklist_lock while traversing processes Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23 14:57   ` Richard Weinberger
2012-04-23 15:40     ` Anton Vorontsov
2012-04-23  7:09 ` Anton Vorontsov [this message]
2012-04-23  7:09 ` [PATCH 9/9] um: Properly check all process' threads for a live mm Anton Vorontsov

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