From 10db4ef7b9a65b86e4d047671a1886f4c101a859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:23:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86, PEBS/DS: fix code flow in ds_request() this compiler warning: arch/x86/kernel/ds.c: In function 'ds_request': arch/x86/kernel/ds.c:368: warning: 'context' may be used uninitialized in this function Shows that the code flow in ds_request() is buggy - it goes into the unlock+release-context path even when the context is not allocated yet. First allocate the context, then do the other checks. Also, take care with GFP allocations under the ds_lock spinlock. Cc: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/ds.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c index ac1d5b0586b..d1a121443bd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c @@ -236,17 +236,33 @@ static inline struct ds_context *ds_alloc_context(struct task_struct *task) struct ds_context *context = *p_context; if (!context) { + spin_unlock(&ds_lock); + context = kzalloc(sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!context) + if (!context) { + spin_lock(&ds_lock); return NULL; + } context->ds = kzalloc(ds_cfg.sizeof_ds, GFP_KERNEL); if (!context->ds) { kfree(context); + spin_lock(&ds_lock); return NULL; } + spin_lock(&ds_lock); + /* + * Check for race - another CPU could have allocated + * it meanwhile: + */ + if (*p_context) { + kfree(context->ds); + kfree(context); + return *p_context; + } + *p_context = context; context->this = p_context; @@ -384,15 +400,15 @@ static int ds_request(struct task_struct *task, void *base, size_t size, spin_lock(&ds_lock); - error = -EPERM; - if (!check_tracer(task)) - goto out_unlock; - error = -ENOMEM; context = ds_alloc_context(task); if (!context) goto out_unlock; + error = -EPERM; + if (!check_tracer(task)) + goto out_unlock; + error = -EALREADY; if (context->owner[qual] == current) goto out_unlock; -- 2.41.1