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| author | Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com> | 2016-07-14 13:51:01 +0300 | 
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2016-07-15 21:36:57 +0300 | 
| commit | a93d01f5777e99f24b5b3948e06673ada148337c (patch) | |
| tree | 1c8f2320199c9d7e0881fd6020c99d8fd967662d /tools/perf/scripts/python/event_analyzing_sample.py | |
| parent | caeccd5180930eb8586771bb1935f4f2e456a8e8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-a93d01f5777e99f24b5b3948e06673ada148337c.tar.xz | |
RDS: TCP: avoid bad page reference in rds_tcp_listen_data_ready
As the existing comments in rds_tcp_listen_data_ready() indicate,
it is possible under some race-windows to get to this function with the
accept() socket. If that happens, we could run into a sequence whereby
   thread 1				thread 2
rds_tcp_accept_one() thread
sets up new_sock via ->accept().
The sk_user_data is now
sock_def_readable
					data comes in for new_sock,
					->sk_data_ready is called, and
					we land in rds_tcp_listen_data_ready
rds_tcp_set_callbacks()
takes the sk_callback_lock and
sets up sk_user_data to be the cp
					read_lock sk_callback_lock
					ready = cp
					unlock sk_callback_lock
					page fault on ready
In the above sequence, we end up with a panic on a bad page reference
when trying to execute (*ready)(). Instead we need to call
sock_def_readable() safely, which is what this patch achieves.
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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