Hi Patrick,

On 06/27/2015 08:51 PM, Patrick Donnelly wrote:
> task_pgrp requires an rcu or tasklist lock to be obtained if the returned pid
> is to be dereferenced, which kill_pgrp does. Obtain an RCU lock for the
> duration of use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Donnelly <batr...@batbytes.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> index 57fc6ee..fbb55db 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> @@ -388,33 +388,39 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_find_polling_driver);
>  int tty_check_change(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  {
>       unsigned long flags;
> +     struct pid *pgrp;
>       int ret = 0;
>  
>       if (current->signal->tty != tty)
>               return 0;
>  
> -     spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
> +     rcu_read_lock();
> +     pgrp = task_pgrp(current);
>  
> +     spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
>       if (!tty->pgrp) {
>               printk(KERN_WARNING "tty_check_change: tty->pgrp == NULL!\n");
> -             goto out_unlock;
> +             goto out_irqunlock;

The label name changing is not really necessary and would reduce diff count.
It would be nice to get the printk() out from the locks as well (in a follow-on
patch?)

Regards,
Peter Hurley

>       }
> -     if (task_pgrp(current) == tty->pgrp)
> -             goto out_unlock;
> +     if (pgrp == tty->pgrp)
> +             goto out_irqunlock;
>       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
> +
>       if (is_ignored(SIGTTOU))
> -             goto out;
> +             goto out_rcuunlock;
>       if (is_current_pgrp_orphaned()) {
>               ret = -EIO;
> -             goto out;
> +             goto out_rcuunlock;
>       }
> -     kill_pgrp(task_pgrp(current), SIGTTOU, 1);
> +     kill_pgrp(pgrp, SIGTTOU, 1);
> +     rcu_read_unlock();
>       set_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
>       ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
> -out:
>       return ret;
> -out_unlock:
> +out_irqunlock:
>       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
> +out_rcuunlock:
> +     rcu_read_unlock();
>       return ret;
>  }
>  
> 

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