[PATCH v5 21/44] tty: Document unsafe ldisc reference acquire

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Mon Mar 11 2013 - 17:28:57 EST


Merge get_ldisc() into its only call site.
Note how, after merging, the unsafe acquire of an ldisc reference
is obvious.

CPU 0 in tty_ldisc_try() | CPU 1 in tty_ldisc_halt()
|
test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty_flags) |
if (true) | clear_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty_flags)
tty->ldisc != 0? | atomic_read(&tty->ldisc->users)
if (true) | ret_val == 1?
atomic_inc(&tty->ldisc->users) | if (false)
| wait
|
<goes on assuming safe ldisc use> | <doesn't wait - proceeds w/ close>
|

The spin lock in tty_ldisc_try() does nothing wrt synchronizing
the ldisc halt since it's not acquired as part of halting.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 9362a10..5ee0b2b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(tty_ldisc_wait);
/* Line disc dispatch table */
static struct tty_ldisc_ops *tty_ldiscs[NR_LDISCS];

-static inline struct tty_ldisc *get_ldisc(struct tty_ldisc *ld)
-{
- if (ld)
- atomic_inc(&ld->users);
- return ld;
-}
-
/**
* tty_register_ldisc - install a line discipline
* @disc: ldisc number
@@ -269,10 +262,13 @@ static struct tty_ldisc *tty_ldisc_try(struct tty_struct *tty)
unsigned long flags;
struct tty_ldisc *ld;

+ /* FIXME: this allows reference acquire after TTY_LDISC is cleared */
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&tty_ldisc_lock, flags);
ld = NULL;
- if (test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags))
- ld = get_ldisc(tty->ldisc);
+ if (test_bit(TTY_LDISC, &tty->flags) && tty->ldisc) {
+ ld = tty->ldisc;
+ atomic_inc(&ld->users);
+ }
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty_ldisc_lock, flags);
return ld;
}
--
1.8.1.2

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