From 2a742cedcf13572999436676cbe36c3a9b733b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:40:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] uprobes: Fix the waitqueue_active() check in xol_free_insn_slot() The xol_free_insn_slot()->waitqueue_active() check is buggy. We need mb() after we set the conditon for wait_event(), or xol_take_insn_slot() can miss the wakeup. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Pratyush Anand Cc: Srikar Dronamraju Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150721134036.GA4799@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index 2d5b7bd..4e5e979 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -1337,6 +1337,7 @@ static void xol_free_insn_slot(struct task_struct *tsk) clear_bit(slot_nr, area->bitmap); atomic_dec(&area->slot_count); + smp_mb__after_atomic(); /* pairs with prepare_to_wait() */ if (waitqueue_active(&area->wq)) wake_up(&area->wq); -- 2.7.4