free_user() could be called in atomic context.

This patch uses non-sleeping cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced(). At this stage
atomic refcount is zero, thus all read-sections should have been ended.

Example:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:2856
 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 177, name: ksoftirqd/27
 CPU: 27 PID: 177 Comm: ksoftirqd/27 Not tainted 4.19.25-3 #1
 Hardware name: AIC 1S-HV26-08/MB-DPSB04-06, BIOS IVYBV060 10/21/2015
 Call Trace:
  dump_stack+0x5c/0x7b
  ___might_sleep+0xec/0x110
  __flush_work+0x48/0x1f0
  ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x4d/0x80
  _cleanup_srcu_struct+0x104/0x140
  free_user+0x18/0x30 [ipmi_msghandler]
  ipmi_free_recv_msg+0x3a/0x50 [ipmi_msghandler]
  deliver_response+0xbd/0xd0 [ipmi_msghandler]
  deliver_local_response+0xe/0x30 [ipmi_msghandler]
  handle_one_recv_msg+0x163/0xc80 [ipmi_msghandler]
  ? dequeue_entity+0xa0/0x960
  handle_new_recv_msgs+0x15c/0x1f0 [ipmi_msghandler]
  tasklet_action_common.isra.22+0x103/0x120
  __do_softirq+0xf8/0x2d7
  run_ksoftirqd+0x26/0x50
  smpboot_thread_fn+0x11d/0x1e0
  kthread+0x103/0x140
  ? sort_range+0x20/0x20
  ? kthread_destroy_worker+0x40/0x40
  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40

Fixes: 77f8269606bf ("ipmi: fix use-after-free of user->release_barrier.rda")
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebni...@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org # 4.18
Cc: Yang Yingliang <yangyingli...@huawei.com>
Cc: Corey Minyard <cminy...@mvista.com>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c 
b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e8ba67834746..c35f2bcbaa23 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmi_get_smi_info);
 static void free_user(struct kref *ref)
 {
        struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(ref, struct ipmi_user, refcount);
-       cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
+
+       /*
+        * Cleanup without waiting. This could be called in atomic context.
+        * Refcount is zero: all read-sections should have been ended.
+        */
+       cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced(&user->release_barrier);
        kfree(user);
 }
 



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