Re: [PATCH] delay rq_lock acquisition in setscheduler

[Ingo Molnar]

* Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doing access control checks with rq_lock held can cause deadlock when
> audit messages are created (via printk or audit infrastructure) which
> trigger a wakeup and deadlock, as noted by both SELinux and SubDomain
> folks.  This patch will let the security checks happen w/out lock held,
> then re-sample the p->policy in case it was raced.  Originally from John
> Johansen <johansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, reworked by me.  AFAIK, this version
> drew no objections from Ingo or Andrea.  Please let me know if there's
> any issue with the patch.
> 
> From: John Johansen <johansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

	Ingo
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