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-rw-r--r--kernel/watch_queue.c53
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watch_queue.c b/kernel/watch_queue.c
index 230038d4f908..bb9962b33f95 100644
--- a/kernel/watch_queue.c
+++ b/kernel/watch_queue.c
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
#define WATCH_QUEUE_NOTE_SIZE 128
#define WATCH_QUEUE_NOTES_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE / WATCH_QUEUE_NOTE_SIZE)
+/*
+ * This must be called under the RCU read-lock, which makes
+ * sure that the wqueue still exists. It can then take the lock,
+ * and check that the wqueue hasn't been destroyed, which in
+ * turn makes sure that the notification pipe still exists.
+ */
+static inline bool lock_wqueue(struct watch_queue *wqueue)
+{
+ spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
+ if (unlikely(wqueue->defunct)) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+static inline void unlock_wqueue(struct watch_queue *wqueue)
+{
+ spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
+}
+
static void watch_queue_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
struct pipe_buffer *buf)
{
@@ -69,6 +90,10 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations watch_queue_pipe_buf_ops = {
/*
* Post a notification to a watch queue.
+ *
+ * Must be called with the RCU lock for reading, and the
+ * watch_queue lock held, which guarantees that the pipe
+ * hasn't been released.
*/
static bool post_one_notification(struct watch_queue *wqueue,
struct watch_notification *n)
@@ -85,9 +110,6 @@ static bool post_one_notification(struct watch_queue *wqueue,
spin_lock_irq(&pipe->rd_wait.lock);
- if (wqueue->defunct)
- goto out;
-
mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
head = pipe->head;
tail = pipe->tail;
@@ -203,7 +225,10 @@ void __post_watch_notification(struct watch_list *wlist,
if (security_post_notification(watch->cred, cred, n) < 0)
continue;
- post_one_notification(wqueue, n);
+ if (lock_wqueue(wqueue)) {
+ post_one_notification(wqueue, n);
+ unlock_wqueue(wqueue);
+ }
}
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -462,11 +487,12 @@ int add_watch_to_object(struct watch *watch, struct watch_list *wlist)
return -EAGAIN;
}
- spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
- kref_get(&wqueue->usage);
- kref_get(&watch->usage);
- hlist_add_head(&watch->queue_node, &wqueue->watches);
- spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
+ if (lock_wqueue(wqueue)) {
+ kref_get(&wqueue->usage);
+ kref_get(&watch->usage);
+ hlist_add_head(&watch->queue_node, &wqueue->watches);
+ unlock_wqueue(wqueue);
+ }
hlist_add_head(&watch->list_node, &wlist->watchers);
return 0;
@@ -520,20 +546,15 @@ found:
wqueue = rcu_dereference(watch->queue);
- /* We don't need the watch list lock for the next bit as RCU is
- * protecting *wqueue from deallocation.
- */
- if (wqueue) {
+ if (lock_wqueue(wqueue)) {
post_one_notification(wqueue, &n.watch);
- spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
-
if (!hlist_unhashed(&watch->queue_node)) {
hlist_del_init_rcu(&watch->queue_node);
put_watch(watch);
}
- spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
+ unlock_wqueue(wqueue);
}
if (wlist->release_watch) {