[PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: fix nanosleep task_struct leak

From: Stanislaw Gruszka
Date: Wed Feb 06 2013 - 10:15:25 EST


In do_cpu_nanosleep() we do posix_cpu_timer_create(), but forgot
corresponding posix_cpu_timer_del(), what lead to task_struct leak.

Reported-and-tested-by: Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
index a278cad..a01caac 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1403,6 +1403,7 @@ static int do_cpu_nanosleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
/*
* Our timer fired and was reset.
*/
+ posix_cpu_timer_del(&timer);
spin_unlock_irq(&timer.it_lock);
return 0;
}
@@ -1420,9 +1421,17 @@ static int do_cpu_nanosleep(const clockid_t which_clock, int flags,
* We were interrupted by a signal.
*/
sample_to_timespec(which_clock, timer.it.cpu.expires, rqtp);
- posix_cpu_timer_set(&timer, 0, &zero_it, it);
+ error = posix_cpu_timer_set(&timer, 0, &zero_it, it);
+ if (!error)
+ posix_cpu_timer_del(&timer);
spin_unlock_irq(&timer.it_lock);

+ while (error == TIMER_RETRY) {
+ spin_lock_irq(&timer.it_lock);
+ error = posix_cpu_timer_del(&timer);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&timer.it_lock);
+ }
+
if ((it->it_value.tv_sec | it->it_value.tv_nsec) == 0) {
/*
* It actually did fire already.
--
1.7.11.7

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