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diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 684d7549825a..8a310e240cda 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -725,9 +725,12 @@ static struct futex_pi_state * alloc_pi_state(void)
}
/*
+ * Drops a reference to the pi_state object and frees or caches it
+ * when the last reference is gone.
+ *
* Must be called with the hb lock held.
*/
-static void free_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
+static void put_pi_state(struct futex_pi_state *pi_state)
{
if (!pi_state)
return;
@@ -1706,31 +1709,35 @@ retry_private:
* exist yet, look it up one more time to ensure we have a
* reference to it. If the lock was taken, ret contains the
* vpid of the top waiter task.
+ * If the lock was not taken, we have pi_state and an initial
+ * refcount on it. In case of an error we have nothing.
*/
if (ret > 0) {
WARN_ON(pi_state);
drop_count++;
task_count++;
/*
- * If we acquired the lock, then the user
- * space value of uaddr2 should be vpid. It
- * cannot be changed by the top waiter as it
- * is blocked on hb2 lock if it tries to do
- * so. If something fiddled with it behind our
- * back the pi state lookup might unearth
- * it. So we rather use the known value than
- * rereading and handing potential crap to
- * lookup_pi_state.
+ * If we acquired the lock, then the user space value
+ * of uaddr2 should be vpid. It cannot be changed by
+ * the top waiter as it is blocked on hb2 lock if it
+ * tries to do so. If something fiddled with it behind
+ * our back the pi state lookup might unearth it. So
+ * we rather use the known value than rereading and
+ * handing potential crap to lookup_pi_state.
+ *
+ * If that call succeeds then we have pi_state and an
+ * initial refcount on it.
*/
ret = lookup_pi_state(ret, hb2, &key2, &pi_state);
}
switch (ret) {
case 0:
+ /* We hold a reference on the pi state. */
break;
+
+ /* If the above failed, then pi_state is NULL */
case -EFAULT:
- free_pi_state(pi_state);
- pi_state = NULL;
double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2);
hb_waiters_dec(hb2);
put_futex_key(&key2);
@@ -1746,8 +1753,6 @@ retry_private:
* exit to complete.
* - The user space value changed.
*/
- free_pi_state(pi_state);
- pi_state = NULL;
double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2);
hb_waiters_dec(hb2);
put_futex_key(&key2);
@@ -1801,30 +1806,58 @@ retry_private:
* of requeue_pi if we couldn't acquire the lock atomically.
*/
if (requeue_pi) {
- /* Prepare the waiter to take the rt_mutex. */
+ /*
+ * Prepare the waiter to take the rt_mutex. Take a
+ * refcount on the pi_state and store the pointer in
+ * the futex_q object of the waiter.
+ */
atomic_inc(&pi_state->refcount);
this->pi_state = pi_state;
ret = rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(&pi_state->pi_mutex,
this->rt_waiter,
this->task);
if (ret == 1) {
- /* We got the lock. */
+ /*
+ * We got the lock. We do neither drop the
+ * refcount on pi_state nor clear
+ * this->pi_state because the waiter needs the
+ * pi_state for cleaning up the user space
+ * value. It will drop the refcount after
+ * doing so.
+ */
requeue_pi_wake_futex(this, &key2, hb2);
drop_count++;
continue;
} else if (ret) {
- /* -EDEADLK */
+ /*
+ * rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() detected a
+ * potential deadlock when we tried to queue
+ * that waiter. Drop the pi_state reference
+ * which we took above and remove the pointer
+ * to the state from the waiters futex_q
+ * object.
+ */
this->pi_state = NULL;
- free_pi_state(pi_state);
- goto out_unlock;
+ put_pi_state(pi_state);
+ /*
+ * We stop queueing more waiters and let user
+ * space deal with the mess.
+ */
+ break;
}
}
requeue_futex(this, hb1, hb2, &key2);
drop_count++;
}
+ /*
+ * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state either
+ * in futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() or in lookup_pi_state(). We
+ * need to drop it here again.
+ */
+ put_pi_state(pi_state);
+
out_unlock:
- free_pi_state(pi_state);
double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2);
wake_up_q(&wake_q);
hb_waiters_dec(hb2);
@@ -1973,7 +2006,7 @@ static void unqueue_me_pi(struct futex_q *q)
__unqueue_futex(q);
BUG_ON(!q->pi_state);
- free_pi_state(q->pi_state);
+ put_pi_state(q->pi_state);
q->pi_state = NULL;
spin_unlock(q->lock_ptr);
@@ -2755,6 +2788,11 @@ static int futex_wait_requeue_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags,
if (q.pi_state && (q.pi_state->owner != current)) {
spin_lock(q.lock_ptr);
ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr2, &q, current);
+ /*
+ * Drop the reference to the pi state which
+ * the requeue_pi() code acquired for us.
+ */
+ put_pi_state(q.pi_state);
spin_unlock(q.lock_ptr);
}
} else {
@@ -3046,7 +3084,8 @@ long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op, u32 val, ktime_t *timeout,
if (op & FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
flags |= FLAGS_CLOCKRT;
- if (cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET && cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI)
+ if (cmd != FUTEX_WAIT && cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET && \
+ cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI)
return -ENOSYS;
}