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authorMartijn Coenen <maco@android.com>2017-08-31 10:04:28 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-09-01 09:22:50 +0200
commitbb74562a7f8398231be20a5c9d36225301a9be31 (patch)
tree9a7aa97bc73f96d5a72cd286d9a47905dbe1d8f1 /drivers/android
parent858b2719686ddd0ab5fc77479a46d16f90e6b7da (diff)
downloadlinux-bb74562a7f8398231be20a5c9d36225301a9be31.tar.gz
ANDROID: binder: don't enqueue death notifications to thread todo.
This allows userspace to request death notifications without
having to worry about getting an immediate callback on the same
thread; one scenario where this would be problematic is if the
death recipient handler grabs a lock that was already taken
earlier (eg as part of a nested transaction).

Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/android')
-rw-r--r--drivers/android/binder.c22
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index afe6ac37e1ca..b0f039500d80 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -3499,22 +3499,12 @@ static int binder_thread_write(struct binder_proc *proc,
 				ref->death = death;
 				if (ref->node->proc == NULL) {
 					ref->death->work.type = BINDER_WORK_DEAD_BINDER;
-					if (thread->looper &
-					    (BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_REGISTERED |
-					     BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_ENTERED))
-						binder_enqueue_work(
-							proc,
-							&ref->death->work,
-							&thread->todo);
-					else {
-						binder_inner_proc_lock(proc);
-						binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(
-							&ref->death->work,
-							&proc->todo);
-						binder_wakeup_proc_ilocked(
-							proc);
-						binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc);
-					}
+
+					binder_inner_proc_lock(proc);
+					binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(
+						&ref->death->work, &proc->todo);
+					binder_wakeup_proc_ilocked(proc);
+					binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc);
 				}
 			} else {
 				if (ref->death == NULL) {