linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] sched: Use dl_bw

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Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:51:28 +0400
From:	Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...dex.ru>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...allels.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] sched: Use dl_bw_of() under RCU read lock

From: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...allels.com>

dl_bw_of() dereferences rq->rd which has to have RCU read lock held.
Probability of use-after-free and memory corruption aren't zero here.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...allels.com>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.14+
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c8d754f..00a024c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7619,6 +7619,8 @@ static int sched_dl_global_constraints(void)
 	int cpu, ret = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
 	/*
 	 * Here we want to check the bandwidth not being set to some
 	 * value smaller than the currently allocated bandwidth in
@@ -7640,6 +7642,8 @@ static int sched_dl_global_constraints(void)
 			break;
 	}
 
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -7655,6 +7659,7 @@ static void sched_dl_do_global(void)
 	if (global_rt_runtime() != RUNTIME_INF)
 		new_bw = to_ratio(global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: As above...
 	 */
@@ -7665,6 +7670,7 @@ static void sched_dl_do_global(void)
 		dl_b->bw = new_bw;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dl_b->lock, flags);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)

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