linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.35-rc4 - include/linux/fdtable.h:85 invoked rcu_dereference

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Date:	Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:34:17 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.35-rc4 - include/linux/fdtable.h:85 invoked
 rcu_dereference_check()  without protection!

Le mardi 06 juillet 2010 à 20:25 -0400, Miles Lane a écrit :
> [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
>  ---------------------------------------------------
>  include/linux/fdtable.h:85 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> 
>  other info that might help us debug this:
> 
>  rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
>  no locks held by compiz/4286.
> 
>  stack backtrace:
>  Pid: 4286, comm: compiz Not tainted 2.6.35-rc4 #6
>  Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffff8106714e>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa6
>   [<ffffffff810d3bdd>] fcheck_files+0x5c/0xca
>   [<ffffffff810d3ca3>] fget_light+0x35/0x96
>   [<ffffffff810e1b02>] do_sys_poll+0x1ff/0x3e5
>   [<ffffffff810e1316>] ? __pollwait+0x0/0xc7
>   [<ffffffff810e13dd>] ? pollwake+0x0/0x4f
>   [<ffffffff8125b785>] ? __sock_sendmsg+0x66/0x72
>   [<ffffffff8125da9e>] ? sock_aio_write+0x0/0xf6
>   [<ffffffff8125db7f>] ? sock_aio_write+0xe1/0xf6
>   [<ffffffff810d295f>] ? do_sync_readv_writev+0xbc/0xfb
>   [<ffffffff810d284f>] ? fsnotify_modify+0x67/0x6f
>   [<ffffffff810d35eb>] ? do_readv_writev+0x109/0x122
>   [<ffffffff81009cba>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
>   [<ffffffff810e1e7c>] sys_poll+0x50/0xba
>   [<ffffffff81009c82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> 
> ===============================================================================
> 
>  [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
>  ---------------------------------------------------
>  include/linux/fdtable.h:88 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> 
>  other info that might help us debug this:
> 
>  rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
>  no locks held by gnome-panel/4293.
> 
>  stack backtrace:
>  Pid: 4293, comm: gnome-panel Not tainted 2.6.35-rc4 #6
>  Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffff8106714e>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa6
>   [<ffffffff810d3c32>] fcheck_files+0xb1/0xca
>   [<ffffffff810ab263>] ? might_fault+0x63/0xb3
>   [<ffffffff810d3ca3>] fget_light+0x35/0x96
>   [<ffffffff810e1b02>] do_sys_poll+0x1ff/0x3e5
>   [<ffffffff810e1316>] ? __pollwait+0x0/0xc7
>   [<ffffffff8125a2ae>] ? __sock_recvmsg_nosec+0x65/0x6e
>   [<ffffffff8125b7da>] ? __sock_recvmsg+0x49/0x54
>   [<ffffffff8125da8a>] ? sock_aio_read+0xe8/0xfc
>   [<ffffffff810d2b67>] ? do_sync_read+0xc6/0x103
>   [<ffffffff81009cba>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
>   [<ffffffff810e1e7c>] sys_poll+0x50/0xba
>   [<ffffffff81009c82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> --

Miles, you already posted this three times, and a fix is known.

BTW, I dont know why it's not already in, Paul submitted it several
times, but nobody cares.

http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/6/17/4584014

I am going to Ack it, maybe some other guys can help to.


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