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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Darren Hart <darren@dvhart.com>
Subject: Re: futex_wait_setup sleeping while atomic bug.
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:12:12 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1409121011320.4178@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1410479618.14217.4.camel@linux-t7sj.site>

On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-09-11 at 23:52 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:44:35 +0200
> > Subject: futex: Unlock hb->lock in futex_wait_requeue_pi() error path
> 
> That's the second time we are bitten by bugs in when requeing, now pi.
> We need to reconsider some of our testing tools to stress these paths
> better, imo.

Testing tools are nice. What we really need is more competent eyes
looking at that code ...
 
> > futex_wait_requeue_pi() calls futex_wait_setup(). If
> > futex_wait_setup() succeeds it returns with hb->lock held and
> > preemption disabled. Now the sanity check after this does:
> > 
> >         if (match_futex(&q.key, &key2)) {
> > 	   	ret = -EINVAL;
> > 		goto out_put_keys;
> > 	}
> > 
> > which releases the keys but does not release hb->lock. So we happily
> > return to user space with hb->lock held and therefor preemption
> > disabled.
> > 
> > Unlock hb->lock before taking the exit route.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Dave "Trinity" Jones <davej@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
> 
> 
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-12  8:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-11 15:10 Dave Jones
2014-09-11 21:52 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-09-11 22:16   ` Darren Hart
2014-09-11 23:53   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2014-09-12  0:07     ` Darren Hart
2014-09-12  8:12     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2014-09-12 20:10   ` [tip:locking/urgent] futex: Unlock hb-> lock in futex_wait_requeue_pi() error path tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner

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