Re: [PATCH] signal.c: Fix sparse warnings

[Eric W. Biederman]

madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch fixes the following two sparse warnings caused due to
> accessing RCU protected pointer tsk->parent without rcu primitives.
>
> kernel/signal.c:1948:65: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> kernel/signal.c:1948:65:    expected struct task_struct *tsk
> kernel/signal.c:1948:65:    got struct task_struct [noderef] <asn:4> *parent
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40:    expected void const volatile *p
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40:    got struct cred const [noderef] <asn:4> *[noderef] <asn:4> *
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40:    expected void const volatile *p
> kernel/signal.c:1949:40:    got struct cred const [noderef] <asn:4> *[noderef] <asn:4> *
>
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/signal.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index 9ad8dea93dbb..8227058ea8c4 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -1945,8 +1945,8 @@ bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *tsk, int sig)
>  	 * correct to rely on this
>  	 */
>  	rcu_read_lock();
> -	info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, task_active_pid_ns(tsk->parent));
> -	info.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(task_cred_xxx(tsk->parent, user_ns),
> +	info.si_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk, task_active_pid_ns(rcu_dereference(tsk->parent)));
> +	info.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(task_cred_xxx(rcu_dereference(tsk->parent), user_ns),
>  				       task_uid(tsk));
>  	rcu_read_unlock();


Still wrong because that access fundamentally depends upon the
task_list_lock no the rcu_read_lock.  Things need to be consistent for
longer than the rcu_read_lock is held.

This patch makes sparse happy and confuses programmers who are trying to
read the code.


Eric