[PATCH] wrong error path in dup_fd() leading to oopses in RCU

From: Kirill Korotaev
Date: Fri Mar 31 2006 - 08:49:48 EST


Wrong error path in dup_fd() - it should return NULL on error,
not an address of already freed memory :/

Triggered by OpenVZ stress test suite.

What is interesting is that it was causing different oopses in RCU like below:
Call Trace:
[<c013492c>] rcu_do_batch+0x2c/0x80
[<c0134bdd>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x3d/0x70
[<c0126cf3>] tasklet_action+0x73/0xe0
[<c01269aa>] __do_softirq+0x10a/0x130
[<c01058ff>] do_softirq+0x4f/0x60
=======================
[<c0113817>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x77/0x110
[<c0103b54>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1c/0x24
Code: Bad EIP value.
<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Signed-Off-By: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@xxxxx>
Signed-Off-By: Dmitry Mishin <dim@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev <dev@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Kirill
--- ./kernel/fork.c.fsfix 2006-03-29 11:42:01.000000000 +0400
+++ ./kernel/fork.c 2006-03-29 19:20:18.000000000 +0400
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ out_release:
free_fdset (new_fdt->open_fds, new_fdt->max_fdset);
free_fd_array(new_fdt->fd, new_fdt->max_fds);
kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, newf);
- goto out;
+ return NULL;
}

static int copy_files(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)