linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] sched/psi: fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:55:41 +0000
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Munehisa Kamata <kamatam@...zon.com>
Cc:     surenb@...gle.com, hannes@...xchg.org, hdanton@...a.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        mengcc@...zon.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sched/psi: fix use-after-free in
 ep_remove_wait_queue()

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:13:35AM -0800, Munehisa Kamata wrote:
> Using wake_up_pollfree() here might be less than ideal, but it also is not
> fully contradicting the comment at commit 42288cb44c4b ("wait: add
> wake_up_pollfree()") since the waitqueue's lifetime is not tied to file's
> one and can be considered as another special case.

If that comment is outdated now, then please update the comment too.  We can do
better than "not fully contradicting".

- Eric