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-rw-r--r--include/linux/futex.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex.c16
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h
index ff143f766b46..a4b6cba699bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/futex.h
+++ b/include/linux/futex.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static inline void futex_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tsk->pi_state_list);
tsk->pi_state_cache = NULL;
tsk->futex_state = FUTEX_STATE_OK;
+ mutex_init(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex);
}
void futex_exit_recursive(struct task_struct *tsk);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 6a3e0053791a..b06577652643 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ struct task_struct {
#endif
struct list_head pi_state_list;
struct futex_pi_state *pi_state_cache;
+ struct mutex futex_exit_mutex;
unsigned int futex_state;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 7eeb56d61f48..e6a68380f4de 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -3721,12 +3721,23 @@ static void futex_cleanup(struct task_struct *tsk)
*/
void futex_exit_recursive(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
+ /* If the state is FUTEX_STATE_EXITING then futex_exit_mutex is held */
+ if (tsk->futex_state == FUTEX_STATE_EXITING)
+ mutex_unlock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex);
tsk->futex_state = FUTEX_STATE_DEAD;
}
static void futex_cleanup_begin(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
/*
+ * Prevent various race issues against a concurrent incoming waiter
+ * including live locks by forcing the waiter to block on
+ * tsk->futex_exit_mutex when it observes FUTEX_STATE_EXITING in
+ * attach_to_pi_owner().
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex);
+
+ /*
* Switch the state to FUTEX_STATE_EXITING under tsk->pi_lock.
*
* This ensures that all subsequent checks of tsk->futex_state in
@@ -3749,6 +3760,11 @@ static void futex_cleanup_end(struct task_struct *tsk, int state)
* take another loop until it becomes visible.
*/
tsk->futex_state = state;
+ /*
+ * Drop the exit protection. This unblocks waiters which observed
+ * FUTEX_STATE_EXITING to reevaluate the state.
+ */
+ mutex_unlock(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex);
}
void futex_exec_release(struct task_struct *tsk)