linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kernel/watch_queue: Make pipe NULL while clearing watch

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:49:15 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Siddh Raman Pant <code@...dh.me>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "syzbot+c70d87ac1d001f29a058" 
        <syzbot+c70d87ac1d001f29a058@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        "linux-security-modules" <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel-mentees" 
        <linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kernel/watch_queue: Make pipe NULL while clearing watch_queue

Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com> wrote:

> Yes, you are right. I missed 353f7988dd84 ("watchqueue: make sure to serialize
> 'wqueue->defunct' properly"). Sorry for my noise.
> 
> Given defunct serialized, still need to clear wqueue->pipe in the clear
> path as proposed?

In fact, with the locking, is wqueue->defunct even still needed, I wonder?

David