linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/5] rcu: Prevent initialization race in rcutorture kthreads

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:45:12 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu, patches@...aro.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/5] rcu: Prevent initialization race in rcutorture kthreads

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

When you do something like "t = kthread_run(...)", it is possible that
the kthread will start running before the assignment to "t" happens.
If the child kthread expects to find a pointer to its task_struct in "t",
it will then be fatally disappointed.  This commit therefore switches
such cases to kthread_create() followed by wake_up_process(), guaranteeing
that the assignment happens before the child kthread starts running.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcutorture.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index 8ea2726..3e2adae 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -2028,14 +2028,15 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
 	/* Start up the kthreads. */
 
 	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_writer task");
-	writer_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_writer, NULL,
-				  "rcu_torture_writer");
+	writer_task = kthread_create(rcu_torture_writer, NULL,
+				     "rcu_torture_writer");
 	if (IS_ERR(writer_task)) {
 		firsterr = PTR_ERR(writer_task);
 		VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create writer");
 		writer_task = NULL;
 		goto unwind;
 	}
+	wake_up_process(writer_task);
 	fakewriter_tasks = kzalloc(nfakewriters * sizeof(fakewriter_tasks[0]),
 				   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (fakewriter_tasks == NULL) {
@@ -2150,14 +2151,15 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
 	}
 	if (shutdown_secs > 0) {
 		shutdown_time = jiffies + shutdown_secs * HZ;
-		shutdown_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_shutdown, NULL,
-					    "rcu_torture_shutdown");
+		shutdown_task = kthread_create(rcu_torture_shutdown, NULL,
+					       "rcu_torture_shutdown");
 		if (IS_ERR(shutdown_task)) {
 			firsterr = PTR_ERR(shutdown_task);
 			VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create shutdown");
 			shutdown_task = NULL;
 			goto unwind;
 		}
+		wake_up_process(shutdown_task);
 	}
 	i = rcu_torture_onoff_init();
 	if (i != 0) {
-- 
1.7.8

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