On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 01:12:14PM +0800, Libin wrote:
> From: Li Bin <huawei.li...@huawei.com>
>
> When one work starts execution, the high bits of work's data contain
> pool ID. It can represent a maximum of WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE. Pool ID
> is assigned WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE when the work being initialized
> indicating that no pool is associated and get_work_pool() uses it to
> check the associated pool. So if worker_pool_assign_id() assigns a
> ID greater than or equal WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE to a pool, it may break
> the non-reentrance guarantee.
>
> This patch fix this issue by modifying the worker_pool_assign_id()
> function to add the WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE check condition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Bin <huawei.li...@huawei.com>
> ---
> kernel/workqueue.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
> index 41019b1..97d9ff7 100644
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -518,7 +518,14 @@ static inline void debug_work_activate(struct
> work_struct *work) { }
> static inline void debug_work_deactivate(struct work_struct *work) { }
> #endif
>
> -/* allocate ID and assign it to @pool */
> +/**
> + * worker_pool_assign_id - allocate ID and assing it to @pool
> + * @pool: the pool pointer of interest
> + *
> + * Return 0 if ID assigned successful.
> + * Return non-zero if the allocation fails or the ID number out of
> + * %WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE range.
> + */
> static int worker_pool_assign_id(struct worker_pool *pool)
> {
> int ret;
> @@ -526,6 +533,8 @@ static int worker_pool_assign_id(struct worker_pool *pool)
> lockdep_assert_held(&wq_pool_mutex);
>
> ret = idr_alloc(&worker_pool_idr, pool, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (ret >= WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE)
> + return ret;
Hmmm.... this would leak the allocated ID. Just setting @end param to
idr_alloc to WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE would work, right?
Thanks.
--
tejun
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