Coly Li a5f3d8a5ea bcache: use llist_for_each_entry_safe() in __closure_wake_up()
Commit 09b3efec ("bcache: Don't reinvent the wheel but use existing llist
API") replaces the following while loop by llist_for_each_entry(),

-
-	while (reverse) {
-		cl = container_of(reverse, struct closure, list);
-		reverse = llist_next(reverse);
-
+	llist_for_each_entry(cl, reverse, list) {
 		closure_set_waiting(cl, 0);
 		closure_sub(cl, CLOSURE_WAITING + 1);
 	}

This modification introduces a potential race by iterating a corrupted
list. Here is how it happens.

In the above modification, closure_sub() may wake up a process which is
waiting on reverse list. If this process decides to wait again by calling
closure_wait(), its cl->list will be added to another wait list. Then
when llist_for_each_entry() continues to iterate next node, it will travel
on another new wait list which is added in closure_wait(), not the
original reverse list in __closure_wake_up(). It is more probably to
happen on UP machine because the waked up process may preempt the process
which wakes up it.

Use llist_for_each_entry_safe() will fix the issue, the safe version fetch
next node before waking up a process. Then the copy of next node will make
sure list iteration stays on original reverse list.

Fixes: 09b3efec81 ("bcache: Don't reinvent the wheel but use existing llist API")
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Reported-by: Michael Lyle <mlyle@lyle.org>
Reviewed-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-09-27 14:54:49 -06:00
2017-09-25 20:41:46 -04:00
2017-09-24 16:38:56 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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