On Mon, 7 Aug 2017, Cihangir Akturk wrote: > The config_log_add() function first calls config_log_put() with the > variable 'cld' and then jumps to label 'out_cld', which will call > the same function with the same 'cld' variable. However, at this > point, 'cld' might have been already freed by the first invocation > of config_log_put(). Even if we remove the invocation at that point, > we will still get into trouble. This is because, in the error path, > just below the label 'out_cld', we try to put 'params_cls' and > 'sptlrpc_cld', which might also have been freed by config_log_put(). > > The point is that, config_llog_data::cld_sptlrpc and > config_llog_data::cld_params members are assigned at the beginning > of this function. > > To avoid this, do not call config_log_put() inside the else block, > immediately jump to 'out_cld' instead. Moreover, remove assignments > to config_llog_data::cld_sptlrpc and config_llog_data::cld_params at > the beginning, since we already assign them below in the function > with 'cld_lock' held. > > As an additional benefit, code size gets smaller. > > before: > text data bss dec hex filename > 26188 2256 4208 32652 7f8c drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.o > > after: > text data bss dec hex filename > 26092 2256 4208 32556 7f2c drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.o > > Signed-off-by: Cihangir Akturk <cakturk@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c | 16 +++------------- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c > index eee0b66..36c3049 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c > @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ config_log_add(struct obd_device *obd, char *logname, > struct config_llog_data *cld; > struct config_llog_data *sptlrpc_cld; > struct config_llog_data *params_cld; > - bool locked = false; > + struct config_llog_data *recover_cld = NULL; > char seclogname[32]; > char *ptr; > int rc; > @@ -333,20 +333,14 @@ config_log_add(struct obd_device *obd, char *logname, > goto out_params; > } > > - cld->cld_sptlrpc = sptlrpc_cld; > - cld->cld_params = params_cld; > - > LASSERT(lsi->lsi_lmd); > if (!(lsi->lsi_lmd->lmd_flags & LMD_FLG_NOIR)) { > - struct config_llog_data *recover_cld; > - > ptr = strrchr(seclogname, '-'); > if (ptr) { > *ptr = 0; > } else { > CERROR("%s: sptlrpc log name not correct, %s: rc = %d\n", > obd->obd_name, seclogname, -EINVAL); > - config_log_put(cld); > rc = -EINVAL; > goto out_cld; > } > @@ -355,14 +349,10 @@ config_log_add(struct obd_device *obd, char *logname, > rc = PTR_ERR(recover_cld); > goto out_cld; > } > - > - mutex_lock(&cld->cld_lock); > - locked = true; > - cld->cld_recover = recover_cld; > } > > - if (!locked) > - mutex_lock(&cld->cld_lock); > + mutex_lock(&cld->cld_lock); > + cld->cld_recover = recover_cld; > cld->cld_params = params_cld; > cld->cld_sptlrpc = sptlrpc_cld; > mutex_unlock(&cld->cld_lock); > -- > 2.7.4 Reviewed-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel