Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752423Ab2HCS5g (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:57:36 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:47561 "EHLO mail-vb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752062Ab2HCS5c (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:57:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 11:53:24 -0700 From: Silas Boyd-Wickizer To: Jean Delvare Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Paul E. McKenney" , Guenter Roeck , Thomas Gleixner , Harald Welte , x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Use get_online_cpus to avoid races involving for_each_online_cpu Message-ID: <20120803185323.GA3525@mit.edu> References: <20120803000708.GD3443@mit.edu> <20120803155640.7e2356fb@endymion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120803155640.7e2356fb@endymion.delvare> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2637 Lines: 85 On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 03:56:40PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Silas, > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:07:08 -0700, Silas Boyd-Wickizer wrote: > > via_cputemp_init in drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c loops with > > for_each_online_cpu, adding platform_devices, then calls > > register_hotcpu_notifier. If a CPU is offlined between the loop and > > register_hotcpu_notifier, then later onlined, via_cputemp_device_add > > will attempt to platform devices with the same ID. > > Missing word in this last sentence. Fixed. > > > > > This fix surrounds for_each_online_cpu and register_hotcpu_notifier > > with get_online_cpus+put_online_cpus. > > > > Build tested. > > Thanks for reporting and for the fix. Two questions: > > What about via_cputemp_exit()? While less obvious, I suspect it is racy > too. The notifier is unregistered first. If a CPU gets offline before > the devices are removed, we will have a device pointing to a > non-existent CPU for a short time. I think we should play it safe and > use get/put_online_cpus() there too, as I seem to understand it > guarantees CPUs can't go offline when we wouldn't handle that event > properly. Alternatively, unregistering the platform driver first might > close the race. I added get/put_online_cpus(). > > Secondly, drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c is very similar to via-cputemp.c, so > I think it needs the exact same fix(es). Indeed -- I'll submit a fix for this. Silas > > > > > Signed-off-by: Silas Boyd-Wickizer > > --- > > drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c > > index 8689664..9ad07c3 100644 > > --- a/drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c > > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c > > @@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void) > > if (err) > > goto exit; > > > > + get_online_cpus(); > > for_each_online_cpu(i) { > > struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i); > > > > @@ -347,12 +348,14 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void) > > > > #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU > > if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) { > > + put_online_cpus(); > > err = -ENODEV; > > goto exit_driver_unreg; > > } > > #endif > > > > register_hotcpu_notifier(&via_cputemp_cpu_notifier); > > + put_online_cpus(); > > return 0; > > > > #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU > > > -- > Jean Delvare -- 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/