[PATCH 1/2] padata: Fix race in the serialization path

[Steffen Klassert]

When a padata object is queued to the serialization queue, another
cpu might process and free the padata object. So don't dereference
it after queueing to the serialization queue.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klass...@secunet.com>
---
 kernel/padata.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index b452599..aa99295 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ out:
 
 static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
 {
+       int cb_cpu;
        struct padata_priv *padata;
        struct padata_serial_queue *squeue;
        struct padata_instance *pinst = pd->pinst;
@@ -270,13 +271,14 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
                        return;
                }
 
-               squeue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->squeue, padata->cb_cpu);
+               cb_cpu = padata->cb_cpu;
+               squeue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->squeue, cb_cpu);
 
                spin_lock(&squeue->serial.lock);
                list_add_tail(&padata->list, &squeue->serial.list);
                spin_unlock(&squeue->serial.lock);
 
-               queue_work_on(padata->cb_cpu, pinst->wq, &squeue->work);
+               queue_work_on(cb_cpu, pinst->wq, &squeue->work);
        }
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&pd->lock);
-- 
1.7.0.4

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