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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:54:02 -0700
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To: x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 29/32] kthread: to_live_kthread() needs try_get_task_stack()

From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

get_task_struct(tsk) no longer pins tsk->stack so all users of
to_live_kthread() should do try_get_task_stack/put_task_stack to protect
"struct kthread" which lives on kthread's stack.

TODO: Kill to_live_kthread(), perhaps we can even kill "struct kthread" too,
and rework kthread_stop(), it can use task_work_add() to sync with the exiting
kernel thread.

Message-Id: <20160629180357.GA7178@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/kthread.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 9ff173dca1ae..4ab4c3766a80 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
 static struct kthread *to_live_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
 {
 	struct completion *vfork = ACCESS_ONCE(k->vfork_done);
-	if (likely(vfork))
+	if (likely(vfork) && try_get_task_stack(k))
 		return __to_kthread(vfork);
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -425,8 +425,10 @@ void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k)
 {
 	struct kthread *kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
 
-	if (kthread)
+	if (kthread) {
 		__kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
+		put_task_stack(k);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_unpark);
 
@@ -455,6 +457,7 @@ int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k)
 				wait_for_completion(&kthread->parked);
 			}
 		}
+		put_task_stack(k);
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -490,6 +493,7 @@ int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
 		__kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
 		wake_up_process(k);
 		wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
+		put_task_stack(k);
 	}
 	ret = k->exit_code;
 	put_task_struct(k);
-- 
2.7.4

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