Re: [PATCH] NFC: llcp: fix nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() lockup

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 01:12:32 EST


On (06/26/18 07:07), Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
[..]
> > #include <net/nfc/nfc.h>
> > @@ -755,7 +756,8 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_llcp_sock *sock, u8 ssap, u8 dsap,
> > pdu = nfc_alloc_send_skb(sock->dev, &sock->sk, MSG_DONTWAIT,
> > frag_len + LLCP_HEADER_SIZE, &err);
> > if (pdu == NULL) {
> > - pr_err("Could not allocate PDU\n");
> > + pr_err_ratelimited("Could not allocate PDU\n");
> > + cond_resched();
> > continue;
> > }
>
>
> But this thread is still in an infinite (unkillable?) loop? If yes, we
> are waiting for the next syzbot report ;)

The loop is still infinite, correct, but we have a preemption point now.
Sure, net people can come with a much better solution, I'll be happy to
scratch my patch.

-ss