linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] stop_machine: Fix possible cpu_stopper

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:21:29 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	efault@....de, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	prarit@...hat.com, tj@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, milos@...hat.com,
	oleg@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:sched/core] stop_machine: Fix possible cpu_stopper_thread()
  crash

Commit-ID:  64038f292a1b33c7d46bd11f62f7798101152c00
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/64038f292a1b33c7d46bd11f62f7798101152c00
Author:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:33:11 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:48:17 +0100

stop_machine: Fix possible cpu_stopper_thread() crash

stop_one_cpu_nowait(fn) will crash the kernel if the callback returns
nonzero, work->done == NULL in this case.

This needs more cleanups, cpu_stop_signal_done() is called right after
we check done != NULL and it does the same check.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Milos Vyletel <milos@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151115193311.GA8242@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/stop_machine.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index 867bc20..1a66a95 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ repeat:
 		preempt_disable();
 
 		ret = fn(arg);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret && done)
 			done->ret = ret;
 
 		/* restore preemption and check it's still balanced */
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