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| author | Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com> | 2015-11-05 18:44:50 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -0800 |
| commit | 8614ddef82139d08234dbf681188f9bcddae9f03 (patch) | |
| tree | dc10d978bad575ec2045f1605084485e95313806 /kernel/watchdog.c | |
| parent | ee89e71eb091d3ef8ca2be8bd4ec77ccfa91334c (diff) | |
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kernel/watchdog.c: avoid races between /proc handlers and CPU hotplug
The handler functions for watchdog parameters in /proc/sys/kernel do not
protect themselves against races with CPU hotplug. Hence, theoretically
it is possible that a new watchdog thread is started on a hotplugged CPU
while a parameter is being modified, and the thread could thus use a
parameter value that is 'in transition'.
For example, if 'watchdog_thresh' is being set to zero (note: this
disables the lockup detectors) the thread would erroneously use the value
zero as the sample period.
To avoid such races and to keep the /proc handler code consistent,
call
{get|put}_online_cpus() in proc_watchdog_common()
{get|put}_online_cpus() in proc_watchdog_thresh()
{get|put}_online_cpus() in proc_watchdog_cpumask()
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/watchdog.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/watchdog.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 7357842da933..13fdda1a4c91 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ static int proc_watchdog_common(int which, struct ctl_table *table, int write, int err, old, new; int *watchdog_param = (int *)table->data; + get_online_cpus(); mutex_lock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); if (watchdog_suspended) { @@ -908,6 +909,7 @@ static int proc_watchdog_common(int which, struct ctl_table *table, int write, } out: mutex_unlock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); + put_online_cpus(); return err; } @@ -949,6 +951,7 @@ int proc_watchdog_thresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write, { int err, old; + get_online_cpus(); mutex_lock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); if (watchdog_suspended) { @@ -974,6 +977,7 @@ int proc_watchdog_thresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write, } out: mutex_unlock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); + put_online_cpus(); return err; } @@ -988,6 +992,7 @@ int proc_watchdog_cpumask(struct ctl_table *table, int write, { int err; + get_online_cpus(); mutex_lock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); if (watchdog_suspended) { @@ -1015,6 +1020,7 @@ int proc_watchdog_cpumask(struct ctl_table *table, int write, } out: mutex_unlock(&watchdog_proc_mutex); + put_online_cpus(); return err; } |