linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: comedi: comedi_fops: do not call blocking ops when !TASK

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Message-Id: <20170728152231.4521-1-abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:22:31 +0100
From:   Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
        H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: comedi: comedi_fops: do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING

Comedi's read and write file operation handlers (`comedi_read()` and
`comedi_write()`) currently call `copy_to_user()` or `copy_from_user()`
whilst in the `TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE` state, which falls foul of the
`might_fault()` checks when enabled.  Fix it by setting the current task
state back to `TASK_RUNNING` a bit earlier before calling these
functions.

Reported-by: Piotr Gregor <piotrgregor@...ncme.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.5+
---
Note: stable kernel versions 4.4 and earlier will need a slightly more
extensive change in `comedi_write()` than provided by this patch due to
a call to `mutex_lock()` whilst in the `TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE` state.
---
 drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index ca11be21f64b..34ca7823255d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -2396,6 +2396,7 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		wp = async->buf_write_ptr;
 		n1 = min(n, async->prealloc_bufsz - wp);
 		n2 = n - n1;
@@ -2528,6 +2529,8 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		rp = async->buf_read_ptr;
 		n1 = min(n, async->prealloc_bufsz - rp);
 		n2 = n - n1;
-- 
2.13.2