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Marc Hartmayer reported:
[ 23.133876] Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space
[ 23.133950] Failing address: 0000000000000000 TEID: 0000000000000483
[ 23.133954] Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
[ 23.133957] AS:000000001b8f0007 R3:0000000056cf4007 S:0000000056cf3800 P:000000000000003d
[ 23.134207] Oops: 0004 ilc:2 [#1] SMP
(snip)
[ 23.134516] Call Trace:
[ 23.134520] [<0000024e326caf28>] worker_thread+0x48/0x430
[ 23.134525] ([<0000024e326caf18>] worker_thread+0x38/0x430)
[ 23.134528] [<0000024e326d3a3e>] kthread+0x11e/0x130
[ 23.134533] [<0000024e3264b0dc>] __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x60
[ 23.134536] [<0000024e333fb37a>] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x38
[ 23.134552] Last Breaking-Event-Address:
[ 23.134553] [<0000024e333f4c04>] mutex_unlock+0x24/0x30
[ 23.134562] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops
With debuging and analysis, worker_thread() accesses to the nullified
worker->pool when the newly created worker is destroyed before being
waken-up, in which case worker_thread() can see the result detach_worker()
reseting worker->pool to NULL at the begining.
Move the code "worker->pool = NULL;" out from detach_worker() to fix the
problem.
worker->pool had been designed to be constant for regular workers and
changeable for rescuer. To share attaching/detaching code for regular
and rescuer workers and to avoid worker->pool being accessed inadvertently
when the worker has been detached, worker->pool is reset to NULL when
detached no matter the worker is rescuer or not.
To maintain worker->pool being reset after detached, move the code
"worker->pool = NULL;" in the worker thread context after detached.
It is either be in the regular worker thread context after PF_WQ_WORKER
is cleared or in rescuer worker thread context with wq_pool_attach_mutex
held. So it is safe to do so.
Cc: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87wmjj971b.fsf@linux.ibm.com/
Reported-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes:
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| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| io_uring | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .editorconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.