2.6.36-git11 -- kernel/pid.c:419 invoked rcu_dereference_check()without protection!

From: Miles Lane
Date: Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:22:37 EST


[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
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kernel/pid.c:419 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by ureadahead/943:
#0: (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff810ec497>]
sys_ioprio_set+0x8e/0x2aa

stack backtrace:
Pid: 943, comm: ureadahead Not tainted 2.6.36-git11 #8
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8105d335>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
[<ffffffff8104c825>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x3f/0x58
[<ffffffff8104c85b>] find_task_by_vpid+0x1d/0x1f
[<ffffffff810ec4c6>] sys_ioprio_set+0xbd/0x2aa
[<ffffffff813547a3>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
[<ffffffff81002aab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
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