From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit b061c38bef43406df8e73c5be06cbfacad5ee6ad upstream. We must not rely on wake_q_add() to delay the wakeup; in particular commit: 1d0dcb3ad9d3 ("futex: Implement lockless wakeups") moved wake_q_add() before smp_store_release(&q->lock_ptr, NULL), which could result in futex_wait() waking before observing ->lock_ptr == NULL and going back to sleep again. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 1d0dcb3ad9d3 ("futex: Implement lockless wakeups") Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/futex.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -1553,11 +1553,7 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_ if (WARN(q->pi_state || q->rt_waiter, "refusing to wake PI futex\n")) return; - /* - * Queue the task for later wakeup for after we've released - * the hb->lock. wake_q_add() grabs reference to p. - */ - wake_q_add(wake_q, p); + get_task_struct(p); __unqueue_futex(q); /* * The waiting task can free the futex_q as soon as @@ -1566,6 +1562,13 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_ * store to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the plist_del. */ smp_store_release(&q->lock_ptr, NULL); + + /* + * Queue the task for later wakeup for after we've released + * the hb->lock. wake_q_add() grabs reference to p. + */ + wake_q_add(wake_q, p); + put_task_struct(p); } /*