From patchwork Wed Feb 24 10:09:23 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Xiaoming Ni X-Patchwork-Id: 387660 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8934EC433E0 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E75E64EC8 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234363AbhBXKKT (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:10:19 -0500 Received: from szxga06-in.huawei.com ([45.249.212.32]:12950 "EHLO szxga06-in.huawei.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234314AbhBXKKS (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:10:18 -0500 Received: from DGGEMS408-HUB.china.huawei.com (unknown [172.30.72.59]) by szxga06-in.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4Dls7P0Db9zjQ6v; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:08:17 +0800 (CST) Received: from use12-sp2.huawei.com (10.67.189.174) by DGGEMS408-HUB.china.huawei.com (10.3.19.208) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.498.0; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:09:27 +0800 From: Xiaoming Ni To: , , , , , CC: , , Subject: [PATCH 4.9.258] futex: fix dead code in attach_to_pi_owner() Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:09:23 +0800 Message-ID: <20210224100923.51315-1-nixiaoming@huawei.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [10.67.189.174] X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org The handle_exit_race() function is defined in commit 9c3f39860367 ("futex: Cure exit race"), which never returns -EBUSY. This results in a small piece of dead code in the attach_to_pi_owner() function: int ret = handle_exit_race(uaddr, uval, p); /* Never return -EBUSY */ ... if (ret == -EBUSY) *exiting = p; /* dead code */ The return value -EBUSY is added to handle_exit_race() in upsteam commit ac31c7ff8624409 ("futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting"). This commit was incorporated into v4.9.255, before the function handle_exit_race() was introduced, whitout Modify handle_exit_race(). To fix dead code, extract the change of handle_exit_race() from commit ac31c7ff8624409 ("futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting"), re-incorporated. Fixes: 9c3f39860367 ("futex: Cure exit race") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.9.258 Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni Reviewed-by: Lee Jones --- kernel/futex.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index b65dbb5d60bb..0fd785410150 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -1207,11 +1207,11 @@ static int handle_exit_race(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, u32 uval2; /* - * If the futex exit state is not yet FUTEX_STATE_DEAD, wait - * for it to finish. + * If the futex exit state is not yet FUTEX_STATE_DEAD, tell the + * caller that the alleged owner is busy. */ if (tsk && tsk->futex_state != FUTEX_STATE_DEAD) - return -EAGAIN; + return -EBUSY; /* * Reread the user space value to handle the following situation: