[PATCH 3.2 096/107] net: pktgen: fix race between pktgen_thread_worker() and kthread_stop()

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.72-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit fecdf8be2d91e04b0a9a4f79ff06499a36f5d14f ]

pktgen_thread_worker() is obviously racy, kthread_stop() can come
between the kthread_should_stop() check and set_current_state().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Marcelo Leitner <mleitner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/core/pktgen.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3481,8 +3481,10 @@ static int pktgen_thread_worker(void *ar
 	pktgen_rem_thread(t);
 
 	/* Wait for kthread_stop */
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+	for (;;) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
 		schedule();
 	}
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

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