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-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c31
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 2a8351516a0e..6f99aead66c6 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ extern int max_threads;
static struct workqueue_struct *khelper_wq;
+/*
+ * kmod_thread_locker is used for deadlock avoidance. There is no explicit
+ * locking to protect this global - it is private to the singleton khelper
+ * thread and should only ever be modified by that thread.
+ */
+static const struct task_struct *kmod_thread_locker;
+
#define CAP_BSET (void *)1
#define CAP_PI (void *)2
@@ -221,6 +228,13 @@ fail:
return 0;
}
+static int call_helper(void *data)
+{
+ /* Worker thread started blocking khelper thread. */
+ kmod_thread_locker = current;
+ return ____call_usermodehelper(data);
+}
+
static void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info)
{
if (info->cleanup)
@@ -295,9 +309,12 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
if (wait == UMH_WAIT_PROC)
pid = kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, sub_info,
CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
- else
- pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info,
+ else {
+ pid = kernel_thread(call_helper, sub_info,
CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD);
+ /* Worker thread stopped blocking khelper thread. */
+ kmod_thread_locker = NULL;
+ }
switch (wait) {
case UMH_NO_WAIT:
@@ -548,6 +565,16 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *sub_info, int wait)
retval = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
+ /*
+ * Worker thread must not wait for khelper thread at below
+ * wait_for_completion() if the thread was created with CLONE_VFORK
+ * flag, for khelper thread is already waiting for the thread at
+ * wait_for_completion() in do_fork().
+ */
+ if (wait != UMH_NO_WAIT && current == kmod_thread_locker) {
+ retval = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
sub_info->complete = &done;
sub_info->wait = wait;