Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932862Ab3ECHL5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 May 2013 03:11:57 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:45147 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762643Ab3ECHLw (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 May 2013 03:11:52 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,601,1363158000"; d="scan'208";a="236272575" Subject: [PATCH] klist: del waiter from klist_remove_waiters before wakeup waitting process From: wangbiao To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org Cc: biao.wang@intel.com, yanmin.zhang@intel.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:06:36 +0800 Message-ID: <1367564796.27529.15.camel@wangbiao> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 45 From: "wang, biao" Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 14:18:34 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] klist: del waiter from klist_remove_waiters before wakeup waitting process There is a race between klist_remove and klist_release. klist_remove uses a local var waiter saved on stack. When klist_release calls wake_up_process(waiter->process) to wake up the waiter, waiter might run immediately and reuse the stack. Then, klist_release calls list_del(&waiter->list) to change previous wait data and cause prior waiter thread corrupt. The patch fixes it against kernel 3.9. Signed-off-by: wang, biao --- lib/klist.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/klist.c b/lib/klist.c index 0874e41..358a368 100644 --- a/lib/klist.c +++ b/lib/klist.c @@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ static void klist_release(struct kref *kref) if (waiter->node != n) continue; + list_del(&waiter->list); waiter->woken = 1; mb(); wake_up_process(waiter->process); - list_del(&waiter->list); } spin_unlock(&klist_remove_lock); knode_set_klist(n, NULL); -- 1.7.6 -- 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/