[tip:sched/core] sched: Add missing rcu_dereference() around ->real_parent usage

From: tip-bot for Kees Cook
Date: Fri Dec 16 2011 - 06:36:09 EST


Commit-ID: 07cde2608a3b5c66515363f1b53623b1536b9785
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/07cde2608a3b5c66515363f1b53623b1536b9785
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:49:18 -0800
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:42:09 +0100

sched: Add missing rcu_dereference() around ->real_parent usage

Wrap another ->real_parent dereference while under rcu_read_lock.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111215164918.GA13003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ tidied up the changelog ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 3c5b21e..c7ea688 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p)
free = stack_not_used(p);
#endif
printk(KERN_CONT "%5lu %5d %6d 0x%08lx\n", free,
- task_pid_nr(p), task_pid_nr(p->real_parent),
+ task_pid_nr(p), task_pid_nr(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent)),
(unsigned long)task_thread_info(p)->flags);

show_stack(p, NULL);
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