This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: fix del_timer() misuse for ->s_err_report
to the 3.12-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:
ext4-fix-del_timer-misuse-for-s_err_report.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 9105bb149bbbc555d2e11ba5166dfe7a24eae09e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:52:31 -0500
Subject: ext4: fix del_timer() misuse for ->s_err_report
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 9105bb149bbbc555d2e11ba5166dfe7a24eae09e upstream.
That thing should be del_timer_sync(); consider what happens
if ext4_put_super() call of del_timer() happens to come just as it's
getting run on another CPU. Since that timer reschedules itself
to run next day, you are pretty much guaranteed that you'll end up
with kfree'd scheduled timer, with usual fun consequences. AFAICS,
that's -stable fodder all way back to 2010... [the second del_timer_sync()
is almost certainly not needed, but it doesn't hurt either]
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_
}
ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
- del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+ del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
ext4_mb_release(sb);
ext4_ext_release(sb);
@@ -4151,7 +4151,7 @@ failed_mount_wq:
}
failed_mount3:
ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
- del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+ del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
if (sbi->s_flex_groups)
ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.12/ext4-fix-del_timer-misuse-for-s_err_report.patch
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