linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 14/32] futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting

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Date:   Tue,  2 Feb 2021 14:38:37 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 14/32] futex: Provide distinct return value when owner is exiting

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

commit ac31c7ff8624409ba3c4901df9237a616c187a5d upstream.

attach_to_pi_owner() returns -EAGAIN for various cases:

 - Owner task is exiting
 - Futex value has changed

The caller drops the held locks (hash bucket, mmap_sem) and retries the
operation. In case of the owner task exiting this can result in a live
lock.

As a preparatory step for seperating those cases, provide a distinct return
value (EBUSY) for the owner exiting case.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191106224556.935606117@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 kernel/futex.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1918,12 +1918,13 @@ retry_private:
 			if (!ret)
 				goto retry;
 			goto out;
+		case -EBUSY:
 		case -EAGAIN:
 			/*
 			 * Two reasons for this:
-			 * - Owner is exiting and we just wait for the
+			 * - EBUSY: Owner is exiting and we just wait for the
 			 *   exit to complete.
-			 * - The user space value changed.
+			 * - EAGAIN: The user space value changed.
 			 */
 			double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2);
 			hb_waiters_dec(hb2);
@@ -2615,12 +2616,13 @@ retry_private:
 			goto out_unlock_put_key;
 		case -EFAULT:
 			goto uaddr_faulted;
+		case -EBUSY:
 		case -EAGAIN:
 			/*
 			 * Two reasons for this:
-			 * - Task is exiting and we just wait for the
+			 * - EBUSY: Task is exiting and we just wait for the
 			 *   exit to complete.
-			 * - The user space value changed.
+			 * - EAGAIN: The user space value changed.
 			 */
 			queue_unlock(hb);
 			put_futex_key(&q.key);