[tip:sched/core] stop_machine: Fix possible cpu_stopper_thread() crash

From: tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 11:22:28 EST


Commit-ID: 64038f292a1b33c7d46bd11f62f7798101152c00
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/64038f292a1b33c7d46bd11f62f7798101152c00
Author: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:33:11 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:48:17 +0100

stop_machine: Fix possible cpu_stopper_thread() crash

stop_one_cpu_nowait(fn) will crash the kernel if the callback returns
nonzero, work->done == NULL in this case.

This needs more cleanups, cpu_stop_signal_done() is called right after
we check done != NULL and it does the same check.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Milos Vyletel <milos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151115193311.GA8242@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/stop_machine.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index 867bc20..1a66a95 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ repeat:
preempt_disable();

ret = fn(arg);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret && done)
done->ret = ret;

/* restore preemption and check it's still balanced */
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