This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
include/linux/sched/mm.h: use rcu_dereference in in_vfork()
to the 5.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
include-linux-sched-mm.h-use-rcu_dereference-in-in_v.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 16dd190ecf3f2a15f875c7ba42540b7d05e5cee6
Author: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Mar 12 21:08:03 2021 -0800
include/linux/sched/mm.h: use rcu_dereference in in_vfork()
[ Upstream commit 149fc787353f65b7e72e05e7b75d34863266c3e2 ]
Fix a sparse warning by using rcu_dereference(). Technically this is a
bug and a sufficiently aggressive compiler could reload the `real_parent'
pointer outside the protection of the rcu lock (and access freed memory),
but I think it's pretty unlikely to happen.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210221194207.1351703-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: b18dc5f291c0 ("mm, oom: skip vforked tasks from being selected")
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 1ae08b8462a4..90b2a0bce11c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static inline bool in_vfork(struct task_struct *tsk)
* another oom-unkillable task does this it should blame itself.
*/
rcu_read_lock();
- ret = tsk->vfork_done && tsk->real_parent->mm == tsk->mm;
+ ret = tsk->vfork_done &&
+ rcu_dereference(tsk->real_parent)->mm == tsk->mm;
rcu_read_unlock();
return ret;
