linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RT] futex: protect against pi_blocked

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:58:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
cc:	"lkml, " <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RT] futex: protect against pi_blocked_on corruption
 during requeue PI

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Darren Hart wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
> index a6cec32..c92978d 100644
> --- a/kernel/futex.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> @@ -1336,6 +1336,9 @@ retry_private:
>  				requeue_pi_wake_futex(this, &key2, hb2);
>  				drop_count++;
>  				continue;
> +			} else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
> +				/* Waiter woken by timeout or signal. */

  This leaks the pi_state.

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