The patch titled
Fix race between attach_task and cpuset_exit
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fix-race-between-attach_task-and-cpuset_exit.patch
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Subject: Fix race between attach_task and cpuset_exit
From: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Currently cpuset_exit() changes the exiting task's ->cpuset pointer w/o
taking task_lock(). This can lead to ugly races between attach_task and
cpuset_exit. Details of the races are described at
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/24/132.
Patch below closes those races.
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/cpuset.c | 6 ++----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/cpuset.c~fix-race-between-attach_task-and-cpuset_exit kernel/cpuset.c
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c~fix-race-between-attach_task-and-cpuset_exit
+++ a/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2120,10 +2120,6 @@ void cpuset_fork(struct task_struct *chi
* it is holding that mutex while calling check_for_release(),
* which calls kmalloc(), so can't be called holding callback_mutex().
*
- * We don't need to task_lock() this reference to tsk->cpuset,
- * because tsk is already marked PF_EXITING, so attach_task() won't
- * mess with it, or task is a failed fork, never visible to attach_task.
- *
* the_top_cpuset_hack:
*
* Set the exiting tasks cpuset to the root cpuset (top_cpuset).
@@ -2162,8 +2158,10 @@ void cpuset_exit(struct task_struct *tsk
{
struct cpuset *cs;
+ task_lock(current);
cs = tsk->cpuset;
tsk->cpuset = &top_cpuset; /* the_top_cpuset_hack - see above */
+ task_unlock(current);
if (notify_on_release(cs)) {
char *pathbuf = NULL;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx are
fix-race-between-attach_task-and-cpuset_exit.patch
flush_workqueue-use-preempt_disable-to-hold-off-cpu-hotplug.patch
flush_cpu_workqueue-dont-flush-an-empty-worklist.patch
call-cpu_chain-with-cpu_down_failed-if-cpu_down_prepare-failed.patch
slab-use-cpu_lock_.patch
workqueue-fix-freezeable-workqueues-implementation.patch
workqueue-fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race.patch
workqueue-dont-clear-cwq-thread-until-it-exits.patch
workqueue-dont-migrate-pending-works-from-the-dead-cpu.patch
freezer-read-pf_borrowed_mm-in-a-nonracy-way.patch
freezer-close-theoretical-race-between-refrigerator-and-thaw_tasks.patch
freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-rcutorture-thread.patch
freezer-remove-pf_nofreeze-from-bluetooth-threads.patch
freezer-add-try_to_freeze-calls-to-all-kernel-threads.patch
freezer-fix-vfork-problem.patch
freezer-take-kernel_execve-into-consideration.patch
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