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Use get_online_cpus to avoid races involving for_each_online_cpu

PATCH Superseded Silas Boyd-Wickizer 3 participants 4 messages Aug 3, 2012 Hardware monitoring

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PATCH 3/3 Use get_online_cpus to avoid races involving for_each_online_cpu

via_cputemp_init in drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c loops with for_each_online_cpu, adding platform_devices, then calls register_hotcpu_notifier. If a CPU is offlined between the loop and register_hotcpu_notifier, then later onlined, via_cputemp_device_add will attempt to platform devices with the same ID.

This fix surrounds for_each_online_cpu and register_hotcpu_notifier with get_online_cpus+put_online_cpus.

Build tested.

---
 drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c +3 -0
index 8689664..9ad07c3 100644
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i);
 
@@ -347,12 +348,14 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) {
+		put_online_cpus();
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit_driver_unreg;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&via_cputemp_cpu_notifier);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
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Hi Silas,

thanks a lot for the finding and addressing the issue.

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In reply to Silas Boyd-Wickizer

Hi Silas,

Quoted 5 lines · Silas Boyd-Wickizer

via_cputemp_init in drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c loops with for_each_online_cpu, adding platform_devices, then calls register_hotcpu_notifier. If a CPU is offlined between the loop and register_hotcpu_notifier, then later onlined, via_cputemp_device_add will attempt to platform devices with the same ID.

Missing word in this last sentence.

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This fix surrounds for_each_online_cpu and register_hotcpu_notifier with get_online_cpus+put_online_cpus.

Build tested.

Thanks for reporting and for the fix. Two questions:

What about via_cputemp_exit()? While less obvious, I suspect it is racy too. The notifier is unregistered first. If a CPU gets offline before the devices are removed, we will have a device pointing to a non-existent CPU for a short time. I think we should play it safe and use get/put_online_cpus() there too, as I seem to understand it guarantees CPUs can't go offline when we wouldn't handle that event properly. Alternatively, unregistering the platform driver first might close the race.

Secondly, drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c is very similar to via-cputemp.c, so I think it needs the exact same fix(es).

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---
 drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c +3 -0
index 8689664..9ad07c3 100644
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i);
 
@@ -347,12 +348,14 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) {
+		put_online_cpus();
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit_driver_unreg;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&via_cputemp_cpu_notifier);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
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Jean Delvare
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Quoted 10 lines · Jean Delvare

Hi Silas,

Quoted 5 lines · Silas Boyd-Wickizer

via_cputemp_init in drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c loops with for_each_online_cpu, adding platform_devices, then calls register_hotcpu_notifier. If a CPU is offlined between the loop and register_hotcpu_notifier, then later onlined, via_cputemp_device_add will attempt to platform devices with the same ID.

Missing word in this last sentence.

Fixed.

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This fix surrounds for_each_online_cpu and register_hotcpu_notifier with get_online_cpus+put_online_cpus.

Build tested.

Thanks for reporting and for the fix. Two questions:

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What about via_cputemp_exit()? While less obvious, I suspect it is racy too. The notifier is unregistered first. If a CPU gets offline before the devices are removed, we will have a device pointing to a non-existent CPU for a short time. I think we should play it safe and use get/put_online_cpus() there too, as I seem to understand it guarantees CPUs can't go offline when we wouldn't handle that event properly. Alternatively, unregistering the platform driver first might close the race.

I added get/put_online_cpus().

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Secondly, drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c is very similar to via-cputemp.c, so I think it needs the exact same fix(es).

Indeed -- I'll submit a fix for this.

Silas

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---
 drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
drivers/hwmon/via-cputemp.c +3 -0
index 8689664..9ad07c3 100644
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i);
 
@@ -347,12 +348,14 @@ static int __init via_cputemp_init(void)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) {
+		put_online_cpus();
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto exit_driver_unreg;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&via_cputemp_cpu_notifier);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
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