Re: [PATCH 2/4 v6] lib: debugobjects: add global free list and the counter

[Yang Shi]

On 2/12/18 8:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2018, Yang Shi wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Reuse objs from the global free list, they will be reinitialized
> > +	 * when allocating
> > +	 */
> > +	while (obj_nr_tofree > 0 && (obj_pool_free < obj_pool_min_free)) {
> > +		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&pool_lock, flags);
> > +		obj = hlist_entry(obj_to_free.first, typeof(*obj), node);
> This is racy vs. the worker thread. Assume obj_nr_tofree = 1:
>
> CPU0					CPU1
> worker
>     lock(&pool_lock);			while (obj_nr_tofree > 0 && ...) {
>       obj = hlist_entry(obj_to_free);	  lock(&pool_lock);
>       hlist_del(obj);			
>       obj_nr_tofree--;
>       ...
>     unlock(&pool_lock);
> 					  obj = hlist_entry(obj_to_free);
> 					  hlist_del(obj); <------- NULL pointer dereference
>
> Not what you want, right? The counter or the list head need to be rechecked
> after the lock is acquired.

Yes, you are right. Will fix the race in newer version.

Regards,
Yang

> > +		hlist_del(&obj->node);
> > +		obj_nr_tofree--;
> > +		hlist_add_head(&obj->node, &obj_pool);
> > +		obj_pool_free++;
> > +		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_lock, flags);
> > +	}
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx