linux-kernel - [PATCH 25/70] SUNRPC: Prevent an rpc

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Message-Id: <1370354846-14213-26-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue,  4 Jun 2013 15:06:41 +0100
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 25/70] SUNRPC: Prevent an rpc_task wakeup race

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

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From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>

commit a3c3cac5d31879cd9ae2de7874dc6544ca704aec upstream.

The lockless RPC_IS_QUEUED() test in __rpc_execute means that we need to
be careful about ordering the calls to rpc_test_and_set_running(task) and
rpc_clear_queued(task). If we get the order wrong, then we may end up
testing the RPC_TASK_RUNNING flag after __rpc_execute() has looped
and changed the state of the rpc_task.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/sched.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 38cca32..c393017 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -305,11 +305,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rpc_wait_for_completion_task);
  * Note: If the task is ASYNC, and is being made runnable after sitting on an
  * rpc_wait_queue, this must be called with the queue spinlock held to protect
  * the wait queue operation.
+ * Note the ordering of rpc_test_and_set_running() and rpc_clear_queued(),
+ * which is needed to ensure that __rpc_execute() doesn't loop (due to the
+ * lockless RPC_IS_QUEUED() test) before we've had a chance to test
+ * the RPC_TASK_RUNNING flag.
  */
 static void rpc_make_runnable(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
+	bool need_wakeup = !rpc_test_and_set_running(task);
+
 	rpc_clear_queued(task);
-	if (rpc_test_and_set_running(task))
+	if (!need_wakeup)
 		return;
 	if (RPC_IS_ASYNC(task)) {
 		INIT_WORK(&task->u.tk_work, rpc_async_schedule);
-- 
1.8.1.2

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