linux-kernel - rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call in migrate

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Message-ID: <20101125003339.GB31301@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:33:39 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call in migrate_pages

===================================================
[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
---------------------------------------------------
kernel/pid.c:419 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by scrashme/11079:
 #0:  (tasklist_lock){.?.?..}, at: [<ffffffff81112702>] sys_migrate_pages+0xd6/0x29d

stack backtrace:
Pid: 11079, comm: scrashme Not tainted 2.6.37-rc3+ #2
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8107d095>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
 [<ffffffff81069dc8>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x44/0x5d
 [<ffffffff81069e03>] find_task_by_vpid+0x22/0x24
 [<ffffffff8111270f>] sys_migrate_pages+0xe3/0x29d
 [<ffffffff8107c7c6>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0xa3/0x10b
 [<ffffffff8147b635>] ? retint_swapgs+0x13/0x1b
 [<ffffffff8107e2e7>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x13f/0x172
 [<ffffffff8147a95c>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
 [<ffffffff81009cb2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4a57f13..2f0f55b 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 
 	/* Find the mm_struct */
 	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current;
 	if (!task) {
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
@@ -1315,6 +1316,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(migrate_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, maxnode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
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