linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: Fix locking bug in deferred_probe_timeout_work

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:51:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: Fix locking bug in
 deferred_probe_timeout_work_func()

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:09:06AM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> commit eed6e41813deb9ee622cd9242341f21430d7789f upstream.
> 
> list_for_each_entry_safe() is only useful if we are deleting nodes in a
> linked list within the loop. It doesn't protect against other threads
> adding/deleting nodes to the list in parallel. We need to grab
> deferred_probe_mutex when traversing the deferred_probe_pending_list.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 25b4e70dcce9 ("driver core: allow stopping deferred probe after init")
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210402040342.2944858-2-saravanak@google.com
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
> Hi Greg,
> 
> This should apply cleanly to 4.19 and 5.4 if you think this should be
> picked up.

thanks, now queued up.

greg k-h