ipc/sem.c: fix return code race with semop vs. semop +semctl(IPC_RMID)

sys_semtimedop() may return -EIDRM although the semaphore operation
completed successfully:

thread 1:	thread 2:
		semtimedop(), sleeps
semop():
* acquires sem_lock()
		semtimedop() woken up due to timeout
		sem_lock() loops
* notices that thread 2 could be completed.
* performs the operations that thread 2 is sleeping on.
* marks the semaphore operation as IN_WAKEUP
* drops sem_lock(), does wakeup, sets return code to 0
		* thread delayed due to interrupt, whatever
* returns to user space
		* thread still delayed
semctl(IPC_RMID)
* acquires sem_lock()
* ipc_rmid(), ipcp->deleted=1
* drops sem_lock()
		* thread finally continues - but seem_lock()
		  now fails due to ipcp->deleted == 1
		* returns -EIDRM instead of 0

The fix is trivial: Always use the return code in queue.status.

In real world, the race probably doesn't matter:
If the semaphore array is destroyed, the app is probably not interested
if the last operation succeeded or was already cancelled.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index c8e00f8b4be1b79bd49bf841924d8d8ea5945b8c..fb13be17945b2beb12e2a76229ee76b347140c05 100644 (file)
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(semtimedop, int, semid, struct sembuf __user *, tsops,
         * Array removed? If yes, leave without sem_unlock().
         */
        if (IS_ERR(sma)) {
-               error = -EIDRM;
                goto out_free;
        }