From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG? "Call fasync() functions without the BKL" is racy
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:21:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4936F83E.7090506@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081203190648.GA23893@redhat.com>
>> I wonder if we need FASYNC at all. This could be gotten implicitely by
>> looking at the fasync_list
>
> Only if socket.
But the helpers used by the character drivers add it too I think.
> Serioulsy, I think the best (partial, yes) fix for now is to restore
> lock_kernel() in setfl() and change ioctl_fioxxx() accordingly.
> At least this protect us from tty too.
For 2.6.28 I agree.
> Not that I think this is very good idea though ;)
The lock bit sounds reasonable.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-03 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-28 19:25 BUG? "Call fasync() functions without the BKL" is racy Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-01 11:34 ` Andi Kleen
2008-12-01 19:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-01 19:34 ` Jonathan Corbet
2008-12-02 12:29 ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-02 16:30 ` Andi Kleen
2008-12-03 19:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-03 21:21 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-12-03 22:45 ` Jonathan Corbet
2008-12-04 14:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2008-12-05 23:12 ` [PATCH 2.6.28] Fix FASYNC race Jonathan Corbet
2008-12-02 0:15 ` BUG? "Call fasync() functions without the BKL" is racy Andi Kleen
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