Right now the following sequence of events can happen: 1. Thread X calls vgic_put_irq 2. Thread Y calls vgic_add_lpi 3. Thread Y gets lpi_list_lock 4. Thread X drops the ref count to 0 and blocks on lpi_list_lock 5. Thread Y finds the irq via the lpi_list_lock, raises the ref count to 1, and release the lpi_list_lock. 6. Thread X proceeds and frees the irq. Avoid this by holding the spinlock around the kref_put. Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxxxxx> --- virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c index e7aeac7..e83b7fe 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c @@ -117,17 +117,17 @@ static void vgic_irq_release(struct kref *ref) void vgic_put_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_irq *irq) { - struct vgic_dist *dist; + struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic; if (irq->intid < VGIC_MIN_LPI) return; - if (!kref_put(&irq->refcount, vgic_irq_release)) + spin_lock(&dist->lpi_list_lock); + if (!kref_put(&irq->refcount, vgic_irq_release)) { + spin_unlock(&dist->lpi_list_lock); return; + }; - dist = &kvm->arch.vgic; - - spin_lock(&dist->lpi_list_lock); list_del(&irq->lpi_list); dist->lpi_list_count--; spin_unlock(&dist->lpi_list_lock); -- 2.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html