On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 06:08:14PM +0200, Roman Pen wrote: > --- a/kernel/workqueue.c > +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c > @@ -875,9 +875,31 @@ void wq_worker_waking_up(struct task_struct *task, int > cpu) > */ > struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task) > { > - struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task), *to_wakeup = NULL; > + struct worker *worker, *to_wakeup = NULL; > struct worker_pool *pool; > > + > + if (task->state == TASK_DEAD) > + /* Here we try to catch the following path before > + * accessing NULL kthread->vfork_done ptr thru > + * kthread_data(): > + * > + * oops_end() > + * do_exit() > + * schedule() > + * > + * If panic_on_oops is not set and oops happens on > + * a workqueue execution path, thread will be killed. > + * That is definitly sad, but not to make the situation > + * even worse we have to ignore dead tasks in order not > + * to step on zeroed out members (e.g. t->vfork_done is > + * already NULL on that path, since we were called by > + * do_exit())). > + */ > + return NULL;
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ca+55afyqyjerovmssosks7pesszbr4vnp-3quuwhqk4a4_j...@mail.gmail.com Also, that misses { }. > + > + worker = kthread_data(task); > + > /* > * Rescuers, which may not have all the fields set up like normal > * workers, also reach here, let's not access anything before > -- > 2.9.3 >