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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-10-23 14:30:47 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-10-23 14:30:47 +0300
commitf95b23a112f1a31ea042483540cd907b58d23a5f (patch)
tree3d41d2f8cf1d66ed593deb12f25a30d2905eb077 /fs/userfaultfd.c
parentda20ab35180780e4a6eadc804544f1fa967f3567 (diff)
parent58c3862b521ead4f69a24ef009a679cb3c519620 (diff)
downloadlinux-f95b23a112f1a31ea042483540cd907b58d23a5f.tar.xz
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/asm, to pick up dependent fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/userfaultfd.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/userfaultfd.c66
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index ef4b48d1ea42..1c713fd5b3e6 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -588,6 +588,12 @@ static void userfaultfd_event_wait_completion(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
break;
if (ACCESS_ONCE(ctx->released) ||
fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+ /*
+ * &ewq->wq may be queued in fork_event, but
+ * __remove_wait_queue ignores the head
+ * parameter. It would be a problem if it
+ * didn't.
+ */
__remove_wait_queue(&ctx->event_wqh, &ewq->wq);
if (ewq->msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_FORK) {
struct userfaultfd_ctx *new;
@@ -1061,6 +1067,12 @@ static ssize_t userfaultfd_ctx_read(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, int no_wait,
(unsigned long)
uwq->msg.arg.reserved.reserved1;
list_move(&uwq->wq.entry, &fork_event);
+ /*
+ * fork_nctx can be freed as soon as
+ * we drop the lock, unless we take a
+ * reference on it.
+ */
+ userfaultfd_ctx_get(fork_nctx);
spin_unlock(&ctx->event_wqh.lock);
ret = 0;
break;
@@ -1091,19 +1103,53 @@ static ssize_t userfaultfd_ctx_read(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, int no_wait,
if (!ret && msg->event == UFFD_EVENT_FORK) {
ret = resolve_userfault_fork(ctx, fork_nctx, msg);
+ spin_lock(&ctx->event_wqh.lock);
+ if (!list_empty(&fork_event)) {
+ /*
+ * The fork thread didn't abort, so we can
+ * drop the temporary refcount.
+ */
+ userfaultfd_ctx_put(fork_nctx);
+
+ uwq = list_first_entry(&fork_event,
+ typeof(*uwq),
+ wq.entry);
+ /*
+ * If fork_event list wasn't empty and in turn
+ * the event wasn't already released by fork
+ * (the event is allocated on fork kernel
+ * stack), put the event back to its place in
+ * the event_wq. fork_event head will be freed
+ * as soon as we return so the event cannot
+ * stay queued there no matter the current
+ * "ret" value.
+ */
+ list_del(&uwq->wq.entry);
+ __add_wait_queue(&ctx->event_wqh, &uwq->wq);
- if (!ret) {
- spin_lock(&ctx->event_wqh.lock);
- if (!list_empty(&fork_event)) {
- uwq = list_first_entry(&fork_event,
- typeof(*uwq),
- wq.entry);
- list_del(&uwq->wq.entry);
- __add_wait_queue(&ctx->event_wqh, &uwq->wq);
+ /*
+ * Leave the event in the waitqueue and report
+ * error to userland if we failed to resolve
+ * the userfault fork.
+ */
+ if (likely(!ret))
userfaultfd_event_complete(ctx, uwq);
- }
- spin_unlock(&ctx->event_wqh.lock);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Here the fork thread aborted and the
+ * refcount from the fork thread on fork_nctx
+ * has already been released. We still hold
+ * the reference we took before releasing the
+ * lock above. If resolve_userfault_fork
+ * failed we've to drop it because the
+ * fork_nctx has to be freed in such case. If
+ * it succeeded we'll hold it because the new
+ * uffd references it.
+ */
+ if (ret)
+ userfaultfd_ctx_put(fork_nctx);
}
+ spin_unlock(&ctx->event_wqh.lock);
}
return ret;