From: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit 99afb0fd5f05aac467ffa85c36778fec4396209b upstream. It's not safe to access task's cpuset after releasing task_lock(). Holding callback_mutex won't help. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/cpuset.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c index bd1dfa2c7d89..5ae9f950e024 100644 --- a/kernel/cpuset.c +++ b/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -2507,9 +2507,9 @@ int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask) task_lock(current); cs = nearest_hardwall_ancestor(task_cs(current)); + allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed); task_unlock(current); - allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed); mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex); return allowed; } -- 1.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html