Re: [PATCH RFC] sched: Revert delayed_put_task_struct() and fix use after free

[Kirill Tkhai]

Ð ÐÑ, 16/10/2014 Ð 13:50 +0400, Kirill Tkhai ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> Ð ÐÑ, 16/10/2014 Ð 11:43 +0200, Peter Zijlstra ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:16:44PM +0400, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> > > Ð ÐÑ, 16/10/2014 Ð 09:59 +0200, Peter Zijlstra ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 01:46:07AM +0400, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> > > > > > --- x/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > > > > +++ x/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > > > > @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static void task_numa_compare(struct tas
> > > > > >  
> > > > > >  	rcu_read_lock();
> > > > > >  	cur = ACCESS_ONCE(dst_rq->curr);
> > > > > > -	if (cur->pid == 0) /* idle */
> > > > > > +	if (is_idle_task(cur) || (curr->flags & PF_EXITING))
> > > > > >  		cur = NULL;
> > > > > >  
> > > > > >  	/*
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Looks like, we have to use the same fix for task_numa_group().
> > > > 
> > > > Don't think so, task_numa_group() is only called from task_numa_fault()
> > > > which is on 'current' and neither idle and PF_EXITING should be
> > > > faulting.
> > > 
> > > Isn't task_numa_group() fully preemptible?
> > 
> > Not seeing how that is relevant.
> > 
> > > It seems cpu_rq(cpu)->curr is not always equal to p.
> > 
> > It should be afaict:
> > 
> >  task_numa_fault()
> >   p = current;
> > 
> >   task_numa_group(p, ..);
> > 
> > And like said, idle tasks and PF_EXITING task should never get (numa)
> > faults for they should never be touching userspace.
> 
> I mean p can be moved to other cpu.
> 
> tsk = ACCESS_ONCE(cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
> 
> tsk is not p, (i.e current) here.

Maybe I undestand wrong and preemption is disabled in memory fault?


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