Re: [PATCH 2/2] [BUGFIX] virtio/console: Add pipe_lock/unlock forsplice_write

From: Amit Shah
Date: Fri Jul 19 2013 - 01:23:30 EST


On (Fri) 19 Jul 2013 [08:19:32], Yoshihiro YUNOMAE wrote:
> Add pipe_lock/unlock for splice_write to avoid oops by following competition:

> diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> index 8722656..4a28e4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> @@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
> * pipe->nrbufs == 0 means there are no data to transfer,
> * so this returns just 0 for no data.
> */
> + pipe_lock(pipe);
> if (!pipe->nrbufs)
> return 0;
>
> @@ -953,6 +954,7 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
> sgl.sg = buf->sg;
> sg_init_table(sgl.sg, sgl.size);
> ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_sg);
> + pipe_unlock(pipe);
> if (likely(ret > 0))
> ret = __send_to_port(port, buf->sg, sgl.n, sgl.len, buf, true);
>
>

You're not unlocking in all the error return cases.

Amit
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