From: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
To: Todd Kjos <tkjos@android.com>
Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>,
devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Martijn Coenen" <maco@google.com>,
"Todd Kjos" <tkjos@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/37] binder: use group leader instead of open thread
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:00:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANcMJZCnDLGvm+RaN5-JwNhCNA82D3t9T6idtZTzS8+iquyukw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170629190211.16927-3-tkjos@google.com>
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Todd Kjos <tkjos@android.com> wrote:
> The binder allocator assumes that the thread that
> called binder_open will never die for the lifetime of
> that proc. That thread is normally the group_leader,
> however it may not be. Use the group_leader instead
> of current.
>
> Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/android/binder.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
> index 157bd3e49ff4..9393924ae8e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
> @@ -3460,8 +3460,8 @@ static int binder_open(struct inode *nodp, struct file *filp)
> proc = kzalloc(sizeof(*proc), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (proc == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
> - get_task_struct(current);
> - proc->tsk = current;
> + get_task_struct(current->group_leader);
> + proc->tsk = current->group_leader;
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&proc->todo);
> init_waitqueue_head(&proc->wait);
> proc->default_priority = task_nice(current);
> --
So this patch landed in 4.13-rc2 (c4ea41ba195d), and seems to be
causing a regression for me w/ HiKey. With it, I'm getting crashes
with the bluetooth and wifi HALs. Reverting this patch seems to
resolve the issue
I suspect some other dependency from the original patchset is missing?
thanks
-john
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-24 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-29 19:01 [PATCH 00/37] fine-grained locking in binder driver Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 01/37] Revert "android: binder: Sanity check at binder ioctl" Todd Kjos
2017-07-03 9:17 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAHRSSExh9JX5xiSRig55DSei31C_BPSasOKB+BTC6jjjuZ+ZpA@mail.gmail.com>
2017-07-05 18:47 ` Greg KH
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 02/37] binder: use group leader instead of open thread Todd Kjos
2017-07-03 9:17 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <CAHRSSEyH3t0igLJqcC4e-HR68RH0bg4T310jnRHZzrMChoOeOg@mail.gmail.com>
2017-07-05 18:47 ` Greg KH
2017-07-07 18:23 ` Todd Kjos
2017-07-07 18:29 ` Greg KH
2017-07-24 21:00 ` John Stultz [this message]
2017-07-24 21:07 ` John Stultz
2017-07-25 9:13 ` Martijn Coenen
2017-07-27 9:08 ` Amit Pundir
2017-07-27 13:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-07-27 13:40 ` Martijn Coenen
2017-07-27 13:42 ` Amit Pundir
2017-07-28 11:58 ` Martijn Coenen
2017-07-24 21:23 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2017-07-24 21:53 ` John Stultz
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 03/37] binder: Use wake up hint for synchronous transactions Todd Kjos
2017-07-03 9:18 ` Greg KH
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 04/37] binder: separate binder allocator structure from binder proc Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 05/37] binder: remove unneeded cleanup code Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 06/37] binder: separate out binder_alloc functions Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 07/37] binder: move binder_alloc to separate file Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 08/37] binder: remove binder_debug_no_lock mechanism Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 09/37] binder: add protection for non-perf cases Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 10/37] binder: change binder_stats to atomics Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 11/37] binder: make binder_last_id an atomic Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 12/37] binder: add log information for binder transaction failures Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 13/37] binder: refactor queue management in binder_thread_read Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 14/37] binder: avoid race conditions when enqueuing txn Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 15/37] binder: don't modify thread->looper from other threads Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 16/37] binder: remove dead code in binder_get_ref_for_node Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 17/37] binder: protect against two threads freeing buffer Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 18/37] binder: add more debug info when allocation fails Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 19/37] binder: use atomic for transaction_log index Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 20/37] binder: refactor binder_pop_transaction Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 21/37] binder: guarantee txn complete / errors delivered in-order Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 22/37] binder: make sure target_node has strong ref Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 23/37] binder: make sure accesses to proc/thread are safe Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 24/37] binder: refactor binder ref inc/dec for thread safety Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:01 ` [PATCH 25/37] binder: use node->tmp_refs to ensure node safety Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 26/37] binder: introduce locking helper functions Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 27/37] binder: use inner lock to sync work dq and node counts Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 28/37] binder: add spinlocks to protect todo lists Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 29/37] binder: add spinlock to protect binder_node Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 30/37] binder: protect proc->nodes with inner lock Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 31/37] binder: protect proc->threads with inner_lock Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 32/37] binder: protect transaction_stack with inner lock Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 33/37] binder: use inner lock to protect thread accounting Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 34/37] binder: protect binder_ref with outer lock Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 35/37] binder: protect against stale pointers in print_binder_transaction Todd Kjos
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 36/37] binder: fix death race conditions Todd Kjos
2017-06-30 6:05 ` Greg KH
2017-06-29 19:02 ` [PATCH 37/37] binder: remove global binder lock Todd Kjos
2017-06-30 6:04 ` [PATCH 00/37] fine-grained locking in binder driver Greg KH
2017-07-17 12:49 ` Greg KH
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