[PATCH 014/102] vt: synchronize_rcu() under spinlock is not nice...

[Luis Henriques]

3.5.7.10 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit e8cd81693bbbb15db57d3c9aa7dd90eda4842874 upstream.

vcs_poll_data_free() calls unregister_vt_notifier(), which calls
atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(), which calls synchronize_rcu().
Do it *after* we'd dropped ->f_lock.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index fa7268a..6abb92c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ vcs_poll_data_free(struct vcs_poll_data *poll)
 static struct vcs_poll_data *
 vcs_poll_data_get(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct vcs_poll_data *poll = file->private_data;
+	struct vcs_poll_data *poll = file->private_data, *kill = NULL;
 
 	if (poll)
 		return poll;
@@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ vcs_poll_data_get(struct file *file)
 		file->private_data = poll;
 	} else {
 		/* someone else raced ahead of us */
-		vcs_poll_data_free(poll);
+		kill = poll;
 		poll = file->private_data;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+	if (kill)
+		vcs_poll_data_free(kill);
 
 	return poll;
 }
-- 
1.8.1.2

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