Re: vhost_dev_cleanup() crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Le mardi 31 août 2010 à 13:14 +0200, Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> * Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Seems to be commit c23f3445e68e1
> > (vhost: replace vhost_workqueue with per-vhost kthread)
> > 
> > following patch should cure it ?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > [PATCH] vhost: stop worker only if created
> > 
> > Its illegal to call kthread_stop(NULL)
> > 
> > Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > index e05557d..0a00121 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> > @@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ void vhost_dev_cleanup(struct vhost_dev *dev)
> >  	dev->mm = NULL;
> >  
> >  	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev->work_list));
> > -	kthread_stop(dev->worker);
> > +	if (dev->worker)
> > +		kthread_stop(dev->worker);
> 
> Btw., i think this check should be pushed into kthread_stop() instead - 
> just like kfree(NULL) is possible as well - it simplifies cleanup 
> sequences.
> 

Sure !

Just in case, I resubmit the patch, clearing dev->worker, because I am
not sure if vhost_dev_cleanup() can be run several times on same struct
vhost_dev. Patch is needed even if you add this check in kthread_stop()

[PATCH v2] vhost: stop worker only if created

Its currently illegal to call kthread_stop(NULL)

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index e05557d..4b99117 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -323,7 +323,10 @@ void vhost_dev_cleanup(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 	dev->mm = NULL;
 
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev->work_list));
-	kthread_stop(dev->worker);
+	if (dev->worker) {
+		kthread_stop(dev->worker);
+		dev->worker = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
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