Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932280AbaBEUGt (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:06:49 -0500 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:55142 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752262AbaBEUGj (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:06:39 -0500 From: Paul Gortmaker To: , CC: Jussi Kivilinna , Herbert Xu , Paul Gortmaker Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 126/213] crypto: cryptd - disable softirqs in cryptd_queue_worker to prevent data corruption Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:01:21 -0500 Message-ID: <1391630568-49251-127-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.2 In-Reply-To: <1391630568-49251-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> References: <1391630568-49251-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jussi Kivilinna ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit 9efade1b3e981f5064f9db9ca971b4dc7557ae42 upstream. cryptd_queue_worker attempts to prevent simultaneous accesses to crypto workqueue by cryptd_enqueue_request using preempt_disable/preempt_enable. However cryptd_enqueue_request might be called from softirq context, so add local_bh_disable/local_bh_enable to prevent data corruption and panics. Bug report at http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=134858649616319&w=2 v2: - Disable software interrupts instead of hardware interrupts Reported-by: Gurucharan Shetty Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker --- crypto/cryptd.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c index ef71318976c7..6e241640219d 100644 --- a/crypto/cryptd.c +++ b/crypto/cryptd.c @@ -116,13 +116,18 @@ static void cryptd_queue_worker(struct work_struct *work) struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog; cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work); - /* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto - * workqueue. preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent - * being preempted by cryptd_enqueue_request() */ + /* + * Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto workqueue. + * preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent being preempted by + * cryptd_enqueue_request(). local_bh_disable/enable is used to prevent + * cryptd_enqueue_request() being accessed from software interrupts. + */ + local_bh_disable(); preempt_disable(); backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&cpu_queue->queue); req = crypto_dequeue_request(&cpu_queue->queue); preempt_enable(); + local_bh_enable(); if (!req) return; -- 1.8.5.2 -- 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/