[PATCH net] rxrpc: Don't release call mutex on error pointer

Subsystems: networking [general], rxrpc sockets (af_rxrpc), the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2017-10-22 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH net] rxrpc: Don't release call mutex on error pointer

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: 2017-10-20 16:01:26

Don't release call mutex at the end of rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() if the
call pointer actually holds an error value.

Fixes: 540b1c48c37a ("rxrpc: Fix deadlock between call creation and sendmsg/recvmsg")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

 net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
index 73c980e26581..054e32872808 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c
@@ -311,10 +311,11 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_kernel_begin_call(struct socket *sock,
 	call = rxrpc_new_client_call(rx, &cp, srx, user_call_ID, tx_total_len,
 				     gfp);
 	/* The socket has been unlocked. */
-	if (!IS_ERR(call))
+	if (!IS_ERR(call)) {
 		call->notify_rx = notify_rx;
+		mutex_unlock(&call->user_mutex);
+	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&call->user_mutex);
 	_leave(" = %p", call);
 	return call;
 }

Re: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Don't release call mutex on error pointer

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2017-10-22 02:06:30

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:01:22 +0100
Don't release call mutex at the end of rxrpc_kernel_begin_call() if the
call pointer actually holds an error value.

Fixes: 540b1c48c37a ("rxrpc: Fix deadlock between call creation and sendmsg/recvmsg")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Applied, thanks David.
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