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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 454f6c6020a8..6115146563f9 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -326,10 +326,17 @@ static inline int sem_lock(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops,
/* Then check that the global lock is free */
if (!spin_is_locked(&sma->sem_perm.lock)) {
- /* spin_is_locked() is not a memory barrier */
- smp_mb();
+ /*
+ * The ipc object lock check must be visible on all
+ * cores before rechecking the complex count. Otherwise
+ * we can race with another thread that does:
+ * complex_count++;
+ * spin_unlock(sem_perm.lock);
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
- /* Now repeat the test of complex_count:
+ /*
+ * Now repeat the test of complex_count:
* It can't change anymore until we drop sem->lock.
* Thus: if is now 0, then it will stay 0.
*/
@@ -507,13 +514,6 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
return retval;
}
- id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
- if (id < 0) {
- ipc_rcu_putref(sma, sem_rcu_free);
- return id;
- }
- ns->used_sems += nsems;
-
sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
for (i = 0; i < nsems; i++) {
@@ -528,6 +528,14 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
+
+ id = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni);
+ if (id < 0) {
+ ipc_rcu_putref(sma, sem_rcu_free);
+ return id;
+ }
+ ns->used_sems += nsems;
+
sem_unlock(sma, -1);
rcu_read_unlock();