[PATCH v4][for 4.15] dmaengine: dmatest: move callback wait queue to thread context

Adam Wallis awallis at codeaurora.org
Mon Nov 20 07:29:26 PST 2017


On 11/20/2017 10:26 AM, Adam Wallis wrote:
> Commit adfa543e7314 ("dmatest: don't use set_freezable_with_signal()")
> introduced a bug (that is in fact documented by the patch commit text)
> that leaves behind a dangling pointer. Since the done_wait structure is
> allocated on the stack, future invocations to the DMATEST can produce
> undesirable results (e.g., corrupted spinlocks).
> 
> Commit a9df21e34b42 ("dmaengine: dmatest: warn user when dma test times
> out") attempted to WARN the user that the stack was likely corrupted but
> did not fix the actual issue.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by pushing the wait queue and callback
> structs into the the thread structure. If a failure occurs due to time,
> dmaengine_terminate_all will force the callback to safely call
> wake_up_all() without possibility of using a freed pointer.
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org

FYI, I removed the other CC's to stable, since I am actively working on
upstreaming the dependency into all the stable branches.

> Bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197605
> Fixes: adfa543e7314 ("dmatest: don't use set_freezable_with_signal()")
> Reviewed-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya at codeaurora.org>
> Suggested-by: Shunyong Yang <shunyong.yang at hxt-semitech.com>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Wallis <awallis at codeaurora.org>
> ---
> changes from v3: Added check to thread wait variable if terminate_all fails
> changes from v2: Added "Fixes" tag
> changes from v1: Added pre-req patches for stable
> 
>  drivers/dma/dmatest.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> index 47edc7f..45a4ee9 100644
[..]

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