On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 16:30 -0400, Joern Engel wrote: > It is possible for one thread to to take se_sess->sess_cmd_lock in > core_tmr_abort_task() before taking a reference count on > se_cmd->cmd_kref, while another thread in target_put_sess_cmd() drops > se_cmd->cmd_kref before taking se_sess->sess_cmd_lock. > > This introduces kref_put_spinlock_irqsave() and uses it in > target_put_sess_cmd() to close the race window. > > Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxx> > --- I'm fine with applying this one.. Greg-KH, are you OK with the kref.h changes here..? --nab > drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 11 +++++------ > include/linux/kref.h | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c > index 3243ea7..0d46276 100644 > --- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c > +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c > @@ -2213,21 +2213,19 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref) > { > struct se_cmd *se_cmd = container_of(kref, struct se_cmd, cmd_kref); > struct se_session *se_sess = se_cmd->se_sess; > - unsigned long flags; > > - spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags); > if (list_empty(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list)) { > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags); > + spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock); > se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd); > return; > } > if (se_sess->sess_tearing_down && se_cmd->cmd_wait_set) { > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags); > + spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock); > complete(&se_cmd->cmd_wait_comp); > return; > } > list_del(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list); > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags); > + spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock); > > se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd); > } > @@ -2238,7 +2236,8 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref) > */ > int target_put_sess_cmd(struct se_session *se_sess, struct se_cmd *se_cmd) > { > - return kref_put(&se_cmd->cmd_kref, target_release_cmd_kref); > + return kref_put_spinlock_irqsave(&se_cmd->cmd_kref, target_release_cmd_kref, > + &se_sess->sess_cmd_lock); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_put_sess_cmd); > > diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h > index 4972e6e..7419c02 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kref.h > +++ b/include/linux/kref.h > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ > #include <linux/atomic.h> > #include <linux/kernel.h> > #include <linux/mutex.h> > +#include <linux/spinlock.h> > > struct kref { > atomic_t refcount; > @@ -95,6 +96,38 @@ static inline int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref) > return kref_sub(kref, 1, release); > } > > +/** > + * kref_put_spinlock_irqsave - decrement refcount for object. > + * @kref: object. > + * @release: pointer to the function that will clean up the object when the > + * last reference to the object is released. > + * This pointer is required, and it is not acceptable to pass kfree > + * in as this function. > + * @lock: lock to take in release case > + * > + * Behaves identical to kref_put with one exception. If the reference count > + * drops to zero, the lock will be taken atomically wrt dropping the reference > + * count. The release function has to call spin_unlock() without _irqrestore. > + */ > +static inline int kref_put_spinlock_irqsave(struct kref *kref, > + void (*release)(struct kref *kref), > + spinlock_t *lock) > +{ > + unsigned long flags; > + > + WARN_ON(release == NULL); > + if (atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, -1, 1)) > + return 0; > + spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags); > + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) { > + release(kref); > + local_irq_restore(flags); > + return 1; > + } > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags); > + return 0; > +} > + > static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref, > void (*release)(struct kref *kref), > struct mutex *lock) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html