From 269e05e48502f1cc06802e9fba90f5100dd6bb0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Avi Kivity Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:21:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: Properly lock PIT creation Otherwise, two threads can create a PIT in parallel and cause a memory leak. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c | 2 -- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c index 528daadeba4..69d1bbff3fd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c @@ -548,9 +548,7 @@ struct kvm_pit *kvm_create_pit(struct kvm *kvm) if (!pit) return NULL; - mutex_lock(&kvm->lock); pit->irq_source_id = kvm_request_irq_source_id(kvm); - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock); if (pit->irq_source_id < 0) { kfree(pit); return NULL; diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index a1f14611f4b..6fbc3460337 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -1837,10 +1837,16 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, goto out; break; case KVM_CREATE_PIT: + mutex_lock(&kvm->lock); + r = -EEXIST; + if (kvm->arch.vpit) + goto create_pit_unlock; r = -ENOMEM; kvm->arch.vpit = kvm_create_pit(kvm); if (kvm->arch.vpit) r = 0; + create_pit_unlock: + mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock); break; case KVM_IRQ_LINE: { struct kvm_irq_level irq_event; -- 2.41.1