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SubjectRe: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call in posix_cpu_timer_create
(add Sergey)

On 11/25, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 20:09 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > --- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
> > +++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
> > @@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_timer->it.cpu.entry);
> >
> > read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > if (CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD(new_timer->it_clock)) {
> > if (pid == 0) {
> > p = current;
> > @@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
> > } else {
> > ret = -EINVAL;
> > }
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> >
> > return ret;
>
> Do we still need the tasklist_lock in this case?

No. posix-cpu-timer.c shouldn't use tasklist at all. But it is not
completely trivial to remove it.

In particular, this patch is not exactly right, we can't trust
thread_group_leader() without tasklist.

Sergey already sent the patch which removes tasklist from
posix_cpu_timer_create() and posix_cpu_timer_create(), and iirc
Thomas queued it.

> Also, why is that think complaining, surely the tasklist_lock pins any
> and all PID objects?

The only problem is: if copy_process() fails, it does free_pid()
lockless. This means, without rcu lock it is not safe to scan the
rcu-protected lists.

We can change copy_process() (in fact I sent the patch several
years ago), but everybody think that find_pid/etc should always
take rcu_read_lock() instead. I tend to agree.

Oleg.



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