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SubjectRe: [PATCH] slub: make sure struct kmem_cache_node is initialized before publication
On Fri,  7 Jul 2017 10:34:08 +0200 Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> wrote:

> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -3389,8 +3389,8 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
> return 0;
> }
>
> - s->node[node] = n;
> init_kmem_cache_node(n);
> + s->node[node] = n;
> }
> return 1;
> }

If this matters then I have bad feelings about free_kmem_cache_nodes():

static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
{
int node;
struct kmem_cache_node *n;

for_each_kmem_cache_node(s, node, n) {
kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache_node, n);
s->node[node] = NULL;
}
}

Inviting a use-after-free? I guess not, as there should be no way
to look up these items at this stage.

Could the slab maintainers please take a look at these and also have a
think about Alexander's READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE question?

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