Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86, fpu: fix math_state_restore() race with kernel_fpu_begin()

Rik van Riel
2015-01-16T02:30:34Z

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On 01/15/2015 02:20 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> math_state_restore() can race with kernel_fpu_begin() if irq comes
> right after __thread_fpu_begin(), __save_init_fpu() will overwrite
> fpu->state we are going to restore.
>
> Add 2 simple helpers, kernel_fpu_disable() and kernel_fpu_enable()
> which simply set/clear in_kernel_fpu, and change
> math_state_restore() to exclude kernel_fpu_begin() in between.
>
> Alternatively we could use local_irq_save/restore, but probably
> these new helpers can have more users.
>
> Perhaps they should disable/enable preemption themselves, in this
> case we can remove preempt_disable() in __restore_xstate_sig().

Given that math_state_restore does an implicit preempt_disable
through local_irq_disable, I am not sure whether adding an
explicit preempt_disable would be good or bad.

It's not like the additional locking rule makes this code any
more complex.

> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

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