summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/kernel/exit.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2010-02-22 17:04:50 -0800
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-02-25 10:34:26 +0100
commitd11c563dd20ff35da5652c3e1c989d9e10e1d6d0 (patch)
treeb189f50de7a01d7603935d4da7e755d764dfe67e /kernel/exit.c
parenta898def29e4119bc01ebe7ca97423181f4c0ea2d (diff)
downloadlinux-d11c563dd20ff35da5652c3e1c989d9e10e1d6d0.tar.gz
sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference()
Update the rcu_dereference() usages to take advantage of the new
lockdep-based checking.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
LKML-Reference: <1266887105-1528-6-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[ -v2: fix allmodconfig missing symbol export build failure on x86 ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/exit.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 546774a31a66..45ed043b8bf5 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	BUG_ON(!sig);
 	BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&sig->count));
 
-	sighand = rcu_dereference(tsk->sighand);
+	sighand = rcu_dereference_check(tsk->sighand,
+					rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+					lockdep_is_held(&tasklist_lock));
 	spin_lock(&sighand->siglock);
 
 	posix_cpu_timers_exit(tsk);
@@ -170,8 +172,10 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 repeat:
 	tracehook_prepare_release_task(p);
 	/* don't need to get the RCU readlock here - the process is dead and
-	 * can't be modifying its own credentials */
+	 * can't be modifying its own credentials. But shut RCU-lockdep up */
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	atomic_dec(&__task_cred(p)->user->processes);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	proc_flush_task(p);
 
@@ -473,9 +477,11 @@ static void close_files(struct files_struct * files)
 	/*
 	 * It is safe to dereference the fd table without RCU or
 	 * ->file_lock because this is the last reference to the
-	 * files structure.
+	 * files structure.  But use RCU to shut RCU-lockdep up.
 	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long set;
 		i = j * __NFDBITS;
@@ -521,10 +527,12 @@ void put_files_struct(struct files_struct *files)
 		 * at the end of the RCU grace period. Otherwise,
 		 * you can free files immediately.
 		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 		if (fdt != &files->fdtab)
 			kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, files);
 		free_fdtable(fdt);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }