linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 089/148] workqueue: trigger WARN if queue_delayed

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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:44:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 089/148] workqueue: trigger WARN if queue_delayed_work() is called with NULL @wq

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>


[ Upstream commit 637fdbae60d6cb9f6e963c1079d7e0445c86ff7d ]

If queue_delayed_work() gets called with NULL @wq, the kernel will
oops asynchronuosly on timer expiration which isn't too helpful in
tracking down the offender.  This actually happened with smc.

__queue_delayed_work() already does several input sanity checks
synchronously.  Add NULL @wq check.

Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170227171439.jshx3qplflyrgcv7@codemonkey.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1506,6 +1506,7 @@ static void __queue_delayed_work(int cpu
 	struct timer_list *timer = &dwork->timer;
 	struct work_struct *work = &dwork->work;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!wq);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer->function != delayed_work_timer_fn ||
 		     timer->data != (unsigned long)dwork);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(timer_pending(timer));