linux/kernel
Ingo Molnar 4021cb279a [PATCH] fix uidhash_lock <-> RCU deadlock
RCU task-struct freeing can call free_uid(), which is taking
uidhash_lock - while other users of uidhash_lock are softirq-unsafe.

The fix is to always take the uidhash_spinlock in a softirq-safe manner.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-31 11:30:18 -08:00
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irq [PATCH] kernel/: small cleanups 2006-01-08 20:13:48 -08:00
power SOFTWARE_SUSPEND: fix a typo in the dependencies 2006-01-15 02:01:39 +01:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore more generated files 2006-01-03 11:35:26 +01:00
acct.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
audit.c [PATCH] EDAC: atomic scrub operations 2006-01-18 19:20:30 -08:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] EDAC: atomic scrub operations 2006-01-18 19:20:30 -08:00
capability.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
compat.c [PATCH] Generic sys_rt_sigsuspend() 2006-01-18 19:20:29 -08:00
configs.c update the email address of Randy Dunlap 2006-01-03 13:37:51 +01:00
cpu.c [PATCH] clean up lock_cpu_hotplug() in cpufreq 2005-11-28 14:42:23 -08:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] cpuset oom lock fix 2006-01-14 18:27:10 -08:00
dma.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exec_domain.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exit.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
extable.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
fork.c [PATCH] x86_64: Inclusion of ScaleMP vSMP architecture patches - vsmp_align 2006-01-11 19:05:01 -08:00
futex.c [PATCH] FRV: Make futex code compilable on nommu [try #2] 2006-01-06 08:33:33 -08:00
hrtimer.c [PATCH] kernel/hrtimer.c sparse warning fix 2006-01-16 23:21:12 -08:00
intermodule.c [PATCH] introduce and use kzalloc 2005-09-07 16:57:45 -07:00
itimer.c [PATCH] hrtimer: switch itimers to hrtimer 2006-01-10 08:01:38 -08:00
kallsyms.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt 2005-06-23 09:45:10 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt [PATCH] sched: voluntary kernel preemption 2005-06-25 16:24:45 -07:00
kexec.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
kfifo.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
kmod.c [PATCH] Keys: Get rid of warning in kmod.c if keys disabled 2005-10-30 17:37:23 -08:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] kprobes: fix unloading of self probed module 2006-01-11 18:42:12 -08:00
ksysfs.c [PATCH] kdump: export per cpu crash notes pointer through sysfs 2006-01-10 08:01:26 -08:00
kthread.c [PATCH] Add kthread_stop_sem() 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] build kernel/intermodule.c only when required 2006-01-16 23:15:26 -08:00
module.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] fix/simplify mutex debugging code 2006-01-11 08:14:16 -08:00
mutex-debug.h [PATCH] mutex subsystem, debugging code 2006-01-09 15:59:20 -08:00
mutex.c [PATCH] mutex: trivial whitespace cleanups 2006-01-10 14:27:59 -08:00
mutex.h [PATCH] mutex subsystem, core 2006-01-09 15:59:19 -08:00
panic.c [PATCH] s390: cleanup Kconfig 2006-01-06 08:33:53 -08:00
params.c [PATCH] kernel/params.c: fix sysfs access with CONFIG_MODULES=n 2005-12-20 10:31:33 -08:00
pid.c [PATCH] RCU signal handling 2006-01-08 20:13:40 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [PATCH] hrtimer: switch clock_nanosleep to hrtimer nanosleep API 2006-01-10 08:01:38 -08:00
posix-timers.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00
printk.c correct email address of Manfred Spraul 2006-01-15 02:43:54 +01:00
profile.c [PATCH] mostly_read data section 2005-07-07 18:23:46 -07:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu: fix hotplug-cpu ->donelist leak 2006-01-10 08:49:47 -08:00
rcutorture.c [PATCH] Extend RCU torture module to test tickless idle CPU 2006-01-08 20:13:59 -08:00
resource.c [PATCH] kernel/resource.c: __check_region(): remove pointless __deprecated 2006-01-10 08:02:02 -08:00
sched.c [PATCH] Fix boot-time slowdown for measure_migration_cost 2006-01-31 10:23:31 -08:00
seccomp.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
signal.c [PATCH] Generic sys_rt_sigsuspend() 2006-01-18 19:20:29 -08:00
softirq.c [PATCH] cpu hoptlug: avoid usage of smp_processor_id() in preemptible code 2005-11-07 07:53:29 -08:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] quieten softlockup at boot 2005-11-09 07:55:50 -08:00
spinlock.c [PATCH] spinlock consolidation 2005-09-10 10:06:21 -07:00
stop_machine.c [PATCH] Remove set_fs() in stop_machine() 2006-01-10 08:01:25 -08:00
sys_ni.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc-merge 2006-01-09 10:03:44 -08:00
sys.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
sysctl.c [PATCH] Zone reclaim: proc override 2006-01-18 19:20:17 -08:00
time.c Don't try to "validate" a non-existing timeval. 2006-01-31 10:16:55 -08:00
timer.c [PATCH] hrtimer: switch sys_nanosleep to hrtimer 2006-01-10 08:01:38 -08:00
uid16.c [PATCH] move capable() to capability.h 2006-01-11 18:42:13 -08:00
user.c [PATCH] fix uidhash_lock <-> RCU deadlock 2006-01-31 11:30:18 -08:00
wait.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
workqueue.c [PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions 2006-01-14 18:27:06 -08:00