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Subject[PATCH 18/37] KVM: Properly lock PIT creation
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Otherwise, two threads can create a PIT in parallel and cause a memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
---
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 528daad..69d1bbf 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 a1f1461..6fbc346 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;
--
1.6.0.6


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