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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2019-11-06 22:55:44 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2021-01-30 13:32:12 +0100 |
commit | f9b0c6c556dbf3694fee05f1334830ce2ec1f5bc (patch) | |
tree | 150bda20af4262376a8a32f1e716c7058e54453f | |
parent | ab89202056ca11596ebed057a7f54fe68576d940 (diff) | |
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futex: Add mutex around futex exit
commit 3f186d974826847a07bc7964d79ec4eded475ad9 upstream
The mutex will be used in subsequent changes to replace the busy looping of
a waiter when the futex owner is currently executing the exit cleanup to
prevent a potential live lock.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191106224556.845798895@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/futex.h | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex.c | 16 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h index 1db16694ea16..b70df27d7e85 100644 --- a/include/linux/futex.h +++ b/include/linux/futex.h @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static inline void futex_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tsk->pi_state_list); tsk->pi_state_cache = NULL; tsk->futex_state = FUTEX_STATE_OK; + mutex_init(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex); } void futex_exit_recursive(struct task_struct *tsk); diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index f343a2bc913c..5524cd5c6abe 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ struct task_struct { #endif struct list_head pi_state_list; struct futex_pi_state *pi_state_cache; + struct mutex futex_exit_mutex; unsigned int futex_state; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 8fffc4b6c982..1b279ac3e969 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -3735,12 +3735,23 @@ static void futex_cleanup(struct task_struct *tsk) */ void futex_exit_recursive(struct task_struct *tsk) { + /* If the state is FUTEX_STATE_EXITING then futex_exit_mutex is held */ + if (tsk->futex_state == FUTEX_STATE_EXITING) + mutex_unlock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex); tsk->futex_state = FUTEX_STATE_DEAD; } static void futex_cleanup_begin(struct task_struct *tsk) { /* + * Prevent various race issues against a concurrent incoming waiter + * including live locks by forcing the waiter to block on + * tsk->futex_exit_mutex when it observes FUTEX_STATE_EXITING in + * attach_to_pi_owner(). + */ + mutex_lock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex); + + /* * Switch the state to FUTEX_STATE_EXITING under tsk->pi_lock. * * This ensures that all subsequent checks of tsk->futex_state in @@ -3763,6 +3774,11 @@ static void futex_cleanup_end(struct task_struct *tsk, int state) * take another loop until it becomes visible. */ tsk->futex_state = state; + /* + * Drop the exit protection. This unblocks waiters which observed + * FUTEX_STATE_EXITING to reevaluate the state. + */ + mutex_unlock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex); } void futex_exec_release(struct task_struct *tsk) |