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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mutex: Fix mutex_can_spin_on_owner
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:31:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130719183101.GA20909@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)


mutex_can_spin_on_owner() is broken in that it would allow the compiler
to load lock->owner twice, seeing a pointer first time and a MULL
pointer the second time.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/mutex.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index ff05f4b..7ff48c5 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -209,11 +209,13 @@ int mutex_spin_on_owner(struct mutex *lock, struct task_struct *owner)
  */
 static inline int mutex_can_spin_on_owner(struct mutex *lock)
 {
+	struct task_struct *owner;
 	int retval = 1;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (lock->owner)
-		retval = lock->owner->on_cpu;
+	owner = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->owner);
+	if (owner)
+		retval = owner->on_cpu;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	/*
 	 * if lock->owner is not set, the mutex owner may have just acquired

             reply	other threads:[~2013-07-19 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-19 18:31 Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2013-07-19 18:36 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-07-19 19:08 ` Waiman Long
2013-07-19 19:41   ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-07-19 19:48     ` Linus Torvalds
2013-07-19 20:58     ` Waiman Long
2013-07-25 12:18       ` Jan-Simon Möller
2013-07-20 11:16   ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-07-19 19:36 ` Rik van Riel
2013-07-23  7:46 ` [tip:core/locking] mutex: Fix/ document access-once assumption in mutex_can_spin_on_owner() tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra

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