linux-kernel - Re: sched: fair: NULL ptr deref in check_preempt

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Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:18:58 +0800
From:	Michael wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sched: fair: NULL ptr deref in check_preempt_wakeup

On 02/20/2014 12:16 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
[snip]
>>
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> index 235cfa7..4445e56 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> @@ -7317,7 +7317,11 @@ static void switched_from_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>>   */
>>  static void switched_to_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>>  {
>> -	if (!p->se.on_rq)
>> +	struct sched_entity *se = &p->se;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
>> +	se->depth = se->parent ? se->parent->depth + 1 : 0;
>> +#endif
>> +	if (!se->on_rq)
>>  		return;
>>  
>>  	/*
> 
> 
> Michael, do you think you can send a proper patch for this?

My pleasure :) will post it later.

Regards,
Michael Wang

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