Andrea Parri 09d3f015d1 uprobes: Fix handle_swbp() vs. unregister() + register() race once more
Commit:

  142b18ddc8 ("uprobes: Fix handle_swbp() vs unregister() + register() race")

added the UPROBE_COPY_INSN flag, and corresponding smp_wmb() and smp_rmb()
memory barriers, to ensure that handle_swbp() uses fully-initialized
uprobes only.

However, the smp_rmb() is mis-placed: this barrier should be placed
after handle_swbp() has tested for the flag, thus guaranteeing that
(program-order) subsequent loads from the uprobe can see the initial
stores performed by prepare_uprobe().

Move the smp_rmb() accordingly.  Also amend the comments associated
to the two memory barriers to indicate their actual locations.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 142b18ddc8 ("uprobes: Fix handle_swbp() vs unregister() + register() race")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181122161031.15179-1-andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2018-11-23 08:31:19 +01:00
2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
2018-11-18 10:15:09 -08:00
2018-11-18 10:15:09 -08:00
2018-11-18 13:33:44 -08:00

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