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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index eecce7bab86d..4cdc603b00c3 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1398,15 +1398,10 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_pi_state *pi_
DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
int ret = 0;
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
new_owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
- if (!new_owner) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!new_owner)) {
/*
- * Since we held neither hb->lock nor wait_lock when coming
- * into this function, we could have raced with futex_lock_pi()
- * such that we might observe @this futex_q waiter, but the
- * rt_mutex's wait_list can be empty (either still, or again,
- * depending on which side we land).
+ * As per the comment in futex_unlock_pi() this should not happen.
*
* When this happens, give up our locks and try again, giving
* the futex_lock_pi() instance time to complete, either by
@@ -2794,15 +2789,18 @@ retry:
if (pi_state->owner != current)
goto out_unlock;
+ get_pi_state(pi_state);
/*
- * Grab a reference on the pi_state and drop hb->lock.
+ * Since modifying the wait_list is done while holding both
+ * hb->lock and wait_lock, holding either is sufficient to
+ * observe it.
*
- * The reference ensures pi_state lives, dropping the hb->lock
- * is tricky.. wake_futex_pi() will take rt_mutex::wait_lock to
- * close the races against futex_lock_pi(), but in case of
- * _any_ fail we'll abort and retry the whole deal.
+ * By taking wait_lock while still holding hb->lock, we ensure
+ * there is no point where we hold neither; and therefore
+ * wake_futex_pi() must observe a state consistent with what we
+ * observed.
*/
- get_pi_state(pi_state);
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
ret = wake_futex_pi(uaddr, uval, pi_state);