On Tue, 17 Jun 2014, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 20:45 +0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > In wake_futex_pi we verify ownership by matching pi_state->owner ==
> > current, but here the only test is the TID value, which is set by
> > userspace - which we don't trust...
> >
> > I'm trying to determine if it matters in this case... if there are no
> > waiters, is the pi_state still around? If so, it does indeed matter, and
> > we should be verifying.
>
> Erm. The whole point of this patch is to do:
>
> - Find existing state first and handle it.
>
> - If no state exists and TID == current, take it
>
> - Otherwise create state
Duh, that was the lock path. But here the point is:
- Find existing state first and handle it.
- If no state exists and TID == current, release it
The retry is obvious, right?
Thanks,
tglx
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