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When starting the xenwatch thread a theoretical deadlock situation is
possible:
xs_init() contains:
task = kthread_run(xenwatch_thread, NULL, "xenwatch");
if (IS_ERR(task))
return PTR_ERR(task);
xenwatch_pid = task->pid;
And xenwatch_thread() does:
mutex_lock(&xenwatch_mutex);
...
event->handle->callback();
...
mutex_unlock(&xenwatch_mutex);
The callback could call unregister_xenbus_watch() which does:
...
if (current->pid != xenwatch_pid)
mutex_lock(&xenwatch_mutex);
...
In case a watch is firing before xenwatch_pid could be set and the
callback of that watch unregisters a watch, then a self-deadlock would
occur.
Avoid this by setting xenwatch_pid in xenwatch_thread().
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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README
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.