Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936608Ab3DHKXg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:23:36 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:42646 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935441Ab3DHJvT (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 05:51:19 -0400 From: Luis Henriques To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Al Viro , Luis Henriques Subject: [PATCH 014/102] vt: synchronize_rcu() under spinlock is not nice... Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:49:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1365414657-29191-15-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.2 In-Reply-To: <1365414657-29191-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> References: <1365414657-29191-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1592 Lines: 53 3.5.7.10 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Al Viro commit e8cd81693bbbb15db57d3c9aa7dd90eda4842874 upstream. vcs_poll_data_free() calls unregister_vt_notifier(), which calls atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(), which calls synchronize_rcu(). Do it *after* we'd dropped ->f_lock. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques --- drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c index fa7268a..6abb92c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ vcs_poll_data_free(struct vcs_poll_data *poll) static struct vcs_poll_data * vcs_poll_data_get(struct file *file) { - struct vcs_poll_data *poll = file->private_data; + struct vcs_poll_data *poll = file->private_data, *kill = NULL; if (poll) return poll; @@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ vcs_poll_data_get(struct file *file) file->private_data = poll; } else { /* someone else raced ahead of us */ - vcs_poll_data_free(poll); + kill = poll; poll = file->private_data; } spin_unlock(&file->f_lock); + if (kill) + vcs_poll_data_free(kill); return poll; } -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/