Re: [2.6 patch] net/sctp/socket.c: add missing sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore

[Eugene Teo <eteo@redhat.com>]

Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 06:00:53PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote:
>> This patch adds a missing sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore when returning
>> from "if(space_left<addrlen)" condition.
>>                 if (copy_to_user(*to, &temp, addrlen)) {
>> -                       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock,
>> -                                                   flags);
>> -                       return -EFAULT;
>> +                       err = -EFAULT;
>> +                       goto unlock;
> 
>> +       sctp_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sctp_local_addr_lock, flags);
>> +       return err;
>>  }
> 
> You do realize that it's obviously still badly broken, don't you?
> copy_to_user() under a spinlock is a recipe for deadlock, especially
> if you've got interrupts disabled...

Realized. Back to drawing board.

Eugene
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