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[PATCH] bug fix in kernel/kmod.c

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I think there is a bug in kmod.c: In __call_usermodehelper(), when
kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, ...) return success, since wait_for_helper()
might call complete() at any time, the sub_info should not be used any
more.

Normally wait_for_helper() take a long time to finish, you may not get
problem for most of the case.  But if you remove /sbin/modprobe, it may
become easier for you to get a oop in khelper.

Cc: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Kenneth Lee 2006-09-16 12:15:55 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 1ab7a1f3b4
commit e4b69aa2a1
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -197,11 +197,12 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(void *data)
{
struct subprocess_info *sub_info = data;
pid_t pid;
int wait = sub_info->wait;
/* CLONE_VFORK: wait until the usermode helper has execve'd
* successfully We need the data structures to stay around
* until that is done. */
if (sub_info->wait)
if (wait)
pid = kernel_thread(wait_for_helper, sub_info,
CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
else
@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(void *data)
if (pid < 0) {
sub_info->retval = pid;
complete(sub_info->complete);
} else if (!sub_info->wait)
} else if (!wait)
complete(sub_info->complete);
}