Re: [PATCH v2] workqueue: Fix UAF report by KASAN in pwq_release_workfn()

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 13:44:57 EST


Hello,

The patch looks fine but

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 04:19:58PM +0800, Zqiang wrote:
> @@ -4743,6 +4743,8 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
> wq_free_lockdep(wq);
> err_free_wq:
> free_workqueue_attrs(wq->unbound_attrs);

Can you please add a comment here explaining why the flushing is necessary?

> + if (wq->flags & WQ_UNBOUND)
> + kthread_flush_worker(pwq_release_worker);

Thanks.

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tejun