ext4: fix del_timer() misuse for ->s_err_report
authorAl Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 01:52:31 +0000 (20:52 -0500)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 01:52:31 +0000 (20:52 -0500)
That thing should be del_timer_sync(); consider what happens
if ext4_put_super() call of del_timer() happens to come just as it's
getting run on another CPU.  Since that timer reschedules itself
to run next day, you are pretty much guaranteed that you'll end up
with kfree'd scheduled timer, with usual fun consequences.  AFAICS,
that's -stable fodder all way back to 2010... [the second del_timer_sync()
is almost certainly not needed, but it doesn't hurt either]

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
fs/ext4/super.c

index c977f4e4e63be6c4cf3b477f628e4fc7d323d1f5..9d70c0c177c7cb8aec29de2094536b8358ae8679 100644 (file)
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
        }
 
        ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
-       del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+       del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
        ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
        ext4_mb_release(sb);
        ext4_ext_release(sb);
@@ -4184,7 +4184,7 @@ failed_mount_wq:
        }
 failed_mount3:
        ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
-       del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+       del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
        if (sbi->s_flex_groups)
                ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
        percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);