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[RESEND,v2,4.4] futex: fix spin_lock() / spin_unlock_irq() imbalance

Message ID 20210307072322.5884-1-tst@schoebel-theuer.de
State New
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Series [RESEND,v2,4.4] futex: fix spin_lock() / spin_unlock_irq() imbalance | expand

Commit Message

Thomas Schoebel-Theuer March 7, 2021, 7:23 a.m. UTC 
From: Thomas Schoebel-Theuer <tst@1und1.de>

This patch and problem analysis is specific for 4.4 LTS, due to incomplete
backporting of other fixes. Later LTS series have different backports.

The following is obviously incorrect:

static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this,
             struct futex_hash_bucket *hb)
{
[...]
	raw_spin_lock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
[...]
	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
[...]
}

The 4.4-specific fix should probably go in the direction of
b4abf91047c,
making everything irq-safe.

Probably, backporting of b4abf91047c
to 4.4 LTS could thus be another good idea.

However, this might involve some more 4.4-specific work and
require thorough testing:

> git log --oneline v4.4..b4abf91047c -- kernel/futex.c kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | wc -l
10

So this patch is just an obvious quickfix for now.

Hint: the lock order is documented in 4.9.y and later. A similar
documenting is missing in 4.4.y. Please somebody either backport also,
or write a new description, if there would be some differences I cannot
easily see at the moment. Without reliable docs,
inspection of the locking correctness may become a pain.
 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Schoebel-Theuer <tst@1und1.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes: 394fc498142
Fixes: 6510e4a2d04
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 kernel/futex.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 70ad21bbb1d5..4a707bc7cceb 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@  static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this,
 	if (pi_state->owner != current)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	raw_spin_lock(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 	new_owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
 
 	/*