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authorIan Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>2013-07-05 16:49:34 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-07-23 14:30:54 -0700
commit4b18f08be01a7b3c7b6df497137b6e3cb28adaa3 (patch)
treeac9878e0814248a2544db2049b80a0e4ebc3a8b5 /drivers/staging
parent69acbaac303e8cb948801a9ddd0ac24e86cc4a1b (diff)
staging: comedi: fix a race between do_cmd_ioctl() and read/write
`do_cmd_ioctl()` is called with the comedi device's mutex locked to process the `COMEDI_CMD` ioctl to set up comedi's asynchronous command handling on a comedi subdevice. `comedi_read()` and `comedi_write()` are the `read` and `write` handlers for the comedi device, but do not lock the mutex (for performance reasons, as some things can hold the mutex for quite a long time). There is a race condition if `comedi_read()` or `comedi_write()` is running at the same time and for the same file object and comedi subdevice as `do_cmd_ioctl()`. `do_cmd_ioctl()` sets the subdevice's `busy` pointer to the file object way before it sets the `SRF_RUNNING` flag in the subdevice's `runflags` member. `comedi_read() and `comedi_write()` check the subdevice's `busy` pointer is pointing to the current file object, then if the `SRF_RUNNING` flag is not set, will call `do_become_nonbusy()` to shut down the asyncronous command. Bad things can happen if the asynchronous command is being shutdown and set up at the same time. To prevent the race, don't set the `busy` pointer until after the `SRF_RUNNING` flag has been set. Also, make sure the mutex is held in `comedi_read()` and `comedi_write()` while calling `do_become_nonbusy()` in order to avoid moving the race condition to a point within that function. Change some error handling `goto cleanup` statements in `do_cmd_ioctl()` to simple `return -ERRFOO` statements as a result of changing when the `busy` pointer is set. Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c25
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 6cdef9d5f8d..f4a197b2d1f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1413,22 +1413,19 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
DPRINTK("subdevice busy\n");
return -EBUSY;
}
- s->busy = file;
/* make sure channel/gain list isn't too long */
if (cmd.chanlist_len > s->len_chanlist) {
DPRINTK("channel/gain list too long %u > %d\n",
cmd.chanlist_len, s->len_chanlist);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto cleanup;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
/* make sure channel/gain list isn't too short */
if (cmd.chanlist_len < 1) {
DPRINTK("channel/gain list too short %u < 1\n",
cmd.chanlist_len);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto cleanup;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
async->cmd = cmd;
@@ -1438,8 +1435,7 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
kmalloc(async->cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!async->cmd.chanlist) {
DPRINTK("allocation failed\n");
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto cleanup;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
if (copy_from_user(async->cmd.chanlist, user_chanlist,
@@ -1491,6 +1487,9 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
comedi_set_subdevice_runflags(s, ~0, SRF_USER | SRF_RUNNING);
+ /* set s->busy _after_ setting SRF_RUNNING flag to avoid race with
+ * comedi_read() or comedi_write() */
+ s->busy = file;
ret = s->do_cmd(dev, s);
if (ret == 0)
return 0;
@@ -2058,11 +2057,13 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (!comedi_is_subdevice_running(s)) {
if (count == 0) {
+ mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
if (comedi_is_subdevice_in_error(s))
retval = -EPIPE;
else
retval = 0;
do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
}
break;
}
@@ -2161,11 +2162,13 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
if (n == 0) {
if (!comedi_is_subdevice_running(s)) {
+ mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
if (comedi_is_subdevice_in_error(s))
retval = -EPIPE;
else
retval = 0;
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
break;
}
if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
@@ -2203,9 +2206,11 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
buf += n;
break; /* makes device work like a pipe */
}
- if (comedi_is_subdevice_idle(s) &&
- async->buf_read_count - async->buf_write_count == 0) {
- do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+ if (comedi_is_subdevice_idle(s)) {
+ mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
+ if (async->buf_read_count - async->buf_write_count == 0)
+ do_become_nonbusy(dev, s);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
}
set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
remove_wait_queue(&async->wait_head, &wait);