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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-02-08 15:03:11 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-02-08 15:03:11 +1100
commitd5112a4f31a361409d3c57dc9d58dd69f8014bef (patch)
tree64771300b2191cb94d9aaf60355661a01c2ccd1a /kernel/sys.c
parent12e86f92fcfe4f0bcab0ad7fa4088a64c60d9b38 (diff)
parent5fad293bcbd48d9a2370020cf60e4b4a42559b12 (diff)
Merge branch 'for_paulus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc into for-2.6.21
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sys.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index c7675c1bfdf..6e2101dec0f 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -323,11 +323,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blocking_notifier_chain_unregister);
int blocking_notifier_call_chain(struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
unsigned long val, void *v)
{
- int ret;
+ int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
- down_read(&nh->rwsem);
- ret = notifier_call_chain(&nh->head, val, v);
- up_read(&nh->rwsem);
+ /*
+ * We check the head outside the lock, but if this access is
+ * racy then it does not matter what the result of the test
+ * is, we re-check the list after having taken the lock anyway:
+ */
+ if (rcu_dereference(nh->head)) {
+ down_read(&nh->rwsem);
+ ret = notifier_call_chain(&nh->head, val, v);
+ up_read(&nh->rwsem);
+ }
return ret;
}