2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

commit e8577d1f0329d4842e8302e289fb2c22156abef4 upstream.

ipc_addid() makes a new ipc identifier visible to everyone.  New objects
start as locked, so that the caller can complete the initialization
after the call.  Within struct sem_array, at least sma->sem_base and
sma->sem_nsems are accessed without any locks, therefore this approach
doesn't work.

Thus: Move the ipc_addid() to the end of the initialization.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manf...@colorfullife.com>
Reported-by: Rik van Riel <r...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <r...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <d...@stgolabs.net>
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aqu...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
[bwh: Backported to 2.6.32:
 - Adjust context
 - The error path being moved looks a little different]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu>
---
 ipc/sem.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index b781007..26dc5b1 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct 
ipc_params *params)
                return retval;
        }
 
+       sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->sem_pending);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
+       sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
+       sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
+
        id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
        if (id < 0) {
                security_sem_free(sma);
@@ -272,11 +278,6 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct 
ipc_params *params)
        }
        ns->used_sems += nsems;
 
-       sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->sem_pending);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
-       sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
-       sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
        sem_unlock(sma);
 
        return sma->sem_perm.id;
-- 
1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty



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