sched/autogroup: Fix race with task_groups list

In autogroup_create(), a tg is allocated and added to the task_groups list. If CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is set, this tg is then modified while on the list, without locking. This can race with someone walking the list, like __enable_runtime() during CPU unplug, and result in a use-after-free bug. To fix this, move sched_online_group(), which adds the tg to the list, to the end of the autogroup_create() function after the modification. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
jimmycarry · May 28, 2013 · 41261b6 · 41261b6
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commit 41261b6
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/auto_group.c b/kernel/sched/auto_group.c
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_create(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(tg))
 		goto out_free;
 
-	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
-
 	kref_init(&ag->kref);
 	init_rwsem(&ag->lock);
 	ag->id = atomic_inc_return(&autogroup_seq_nr);
@@ -98,6 +96,7 @@ static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_create(void)
 #endif
 	tg->autogroup = ag;
 
+	sched_online_group(tg, &root_task_group);
 	return ag;
 
 out_free: