[PATCH v6 22/46] crypto: pcrypt - Protect access to cpu_online_mask with get/put_online_cpus()
Srivatsa S. Bhat
srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Feb 18 07:41:15 EST 2013
The pcrypt_aead_init_tfm() function access the cpu_online_mask without
disabling CPU hotplug. And it looks like it can afford to sleep, so use
the get/put_online_cpus() APIs to protect against CPU hotplug.
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert at secunet.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft.net>
Cc: linux-crypto at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
crypto/pcrypt.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/crypto/pcrypt.c b/crypto/pcrypt.c
index b2c99dc..10f64e2 100644
--- a/crypto/pcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/pcrypt.c
@@ -280,12 +280,16 @@ static int pcrypt_aead_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
ictx->tfm_count++;
+ get_online_cpus();
+
cpu_index = ictx->tfm_count % cpumask_weight(cpu_online_mask);
ctx->cb_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpu_index; cpu++)
ctx->cb_cpu = cpumask_next(ctx->cb_cpu, cpu_online_mask);
+ put_online_cpus();
+
cipher = crypto_spawn_aead(crypto_instance_ctx(inst));
if (IS_ERR(cipher))
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