[PATCH] posix-timers: fix cleanup_timers() and run_posix_cpu_timers() races
1. cleanup_timers() sets timer->task = NULL under tasklist + ->sighand locks.
That means that this code in posix_cpu_timer_del() and posix_cpu_timer_set()
lock_timer(timer);
if (timer->task == NULL)
return;
read_lock(tasklist);
put_task_struct(timer->task)
is racy. With this patch timer->task modified and accounted only under
timer->it_lock. Sadly, this means that dead task_struct won't be freed
until timer deleted or armed.
2. run_posix_cpu_timers() collects expired timers into local list under
tasklist + ->sighand again. That means that posix_cpu_timer_del()
should check timer->it.cpu.firing under these locks too.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index d30b304..30ab39a 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -380,14 +380,9 @@
int posix_cpu_timer_del(struct k_itimer *timer)
{
struct task_struct *p = timer->it.cpu.task;
+ int ret = 0;
- if (timer->it.cpu.firing)
- return TIMER_RETRY;
-
- if (unlikely(p == NULL))
- return 0;
-
- if (!list_empty(&timer->it.cpu.entry)) {
+ if (likely(p != NULL)) {
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
if (unlikely(p->signal == NULL)) {
/*
@@ -396,18 +391,20 @@
*/
BUG_ON(!list_empty(&timer->it.cpu.entry));
} else {
- /*
- * Take us off the task's timer list.
- */
spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
- list_del(&timer->it.cpu.entry);
+ if (timer->it.cpu.firing)
+ ret = TIMER_RETRY;
+ else
+ list_del(&timer->it.cpu.entry);
spin_unlock(&p->sighand->siglock);
}
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- }
- put_task_struct(p);
- return 0;
+ if (!ret)
+ put_task_struct(p);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
/*
@@ -424,8 +421,6 @@
cputime_t ptime = cputime_add(utime, stime);
list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
- put_task_struct(timer->task);
- timer->task = NULL;
list_del_init(&timer->entry);
if (cputime_lt(timer->expires.cpu, ptime)) {
timer->expires.cpu = cputime_zero;
@@ -437,8 +432,6 @@
++head;
list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
- put_task_struct(timer->task);
- timer->task = NULL;
list_del_init(&timer->entry);
if (cputime_lt(timer->expires.cpu, utime)) {
timer->expires.cpu = cputime_zero;
@@ -450,8 +443,6 @@
++head;
list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, head, entry) {
- put_task_struct(timer->task);
- timer->task = NULL;
list_del_init(&timer->entry);
if (timer->expires.sched < sched_time) {
timer->expires.sched = 0;
