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From: tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy_Lowe@mentor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, darren@dvhart.com,
	dave@stgolabs.net, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@kernel.org
Subject: [tip:locking/core] futex: Drop refcount if requeue_pi() acquired the rtmutex
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:18:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-fb75a4282d0d9a3c7c44d940582c2d226cf3acfb@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151219200607.178132067@linutronix.de>

Commit-ID:  fb75a4282d0d9a3c7c44d940582c2d226cf3acfb
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/fb75a4282d0d9a3c7c44d940582c2d226cf3acfb
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:07:38 +0000
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:43:24 +0100

futex: Drop refcount if requeue_pi() acquired the rtmutex

If the proxy lock in the requeue loop acquires the rtmutex for a
waiter then it acquired also refcount on the pi_state related to the
futex, but the waiter side does not drop the reference count.

Add the missing free_pi_state() call.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Darren Hart <darren@dvhart.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Bhuvanesh_Surachari@mentor.com
Cc: Andy Lowe <Andy_Lowe@mentor.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151219200607.178132067@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 kernel/futex.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 684d754..24fbc77 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2755,6 +2755,11 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags,
 		if (q.pi_state && (q.pi_state->owner != current)) {
 			spin_lock(q.lock_ptr);
 			ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr2, &q, current);
+			/*
+			 * Drop the reference to the pi state which
+			 * the requeue_pi() code acquired for us.
+			 */
+			free_pi_state(q.pi_state);
 			spin_unlock(q.lock_ptr);
 		}
 	} else {

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-20 13:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-19 20:07 [patch 0/5] futex: Plug a pi_state leak and clarify the refcounting Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-19 20:07 ` [patch 1/5] futex: Drop refcount if requeue_pi() acquired the rtmutex Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-20 13:18   ` tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2015-12-19 20:07 ` [patch 2/5] futex: Rename free_pi_state() to put_pi_state() Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-20 13:19   ` [tip:locking/core] futex: Rename free_pi_state() to put_pi_state( ) tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-19 20:07 ` [patch 3/5] futex: Document pi_state refcounting in requeue code Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-20  7:41   ` Darren Hart
2015-12-20 13:19   ` [tip:locking/core] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-19 20:07 ` [patch 4/5] futex: Remove pointless put_pi_state calls in requeue() Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-20 13:19   ` [tip:locking/core] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-19 20:07 ` [patch 5/5] futex: Cleanup the goto confusion in requeue_pi() Thomas Gleixner
2015-12-20  5:15   ` Darren Hart
2015-12-20  5:40     ` Mike Galbraith
2015-12-20  7:37       ` Darren Hart
2015-12-20  5:46     ` Darren Hart
2015-12-20 13:20   ` [tip:locking/core] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner

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