cpuset: fix a race condition in __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall()

commit 99afb0fd5f05aac467ffa85c36778fec4396209b upstream.

It's not safe to access task's cpuset after releasing task_lock().
Holding callback_mutex won't help.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index bd1dfa2c7d890044ca8a52687322b2c65e037612..5ae9f950e024a60935a810adf3988b1b72cf2992 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2507,9 +2507,9 @@ int __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall(int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
        task_lock(current);
        cs = nearest_hardwall_ancestor(task_cs(current));
+       allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed);
        task_unlock(current);
 
-       allowed = node_isset(node, cs->mems_allowed);
        mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
        return allowed;
 }