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authorFedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>2026-08-31 10:58:09 +0300
committerMika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>2026-09-02 09:07:46 +0200
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thunderbolt: Fix NULL dereference in tb_remove_work()grafted
There is a slight race between tb_remove_work() and tb_domain_remove() which leads to dereferencing a NULL tb->root_switch pointer inside tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(): Thread A Thread B tb_remove_work() tb_domain_remove() mutex_lock(&tb->lock) tb_stop() /* doesn't cancel a running callback */ cancel_delayed_work(&tcm->remove_work) ... tb_switch_remove(tb->root_switch) tb->root_switch = NULL mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) mutex_lock(&tb->lock) ... /* without checking ->root_switch */ tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(tb->root_switch) mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) Commit a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") doesn't seem right to move tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() out of the &tb->lock section and the check for tb->root_switch, in particular. It states: For this reason separate removing the XDomain from the topology data structures (where we need the lock) from unregistering the device from the bus (where remove callbacks of the drivers are being called). tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() belongs to the former group of functions requiring the lock. And it also calls tb_xdomain_remove() which should only be called with &tb->lock held. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool. Fixes: a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt69
-rw-r--r--Documentation/features/sched/numa-balancing/arch-support.txt30
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diff --git a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
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+#
+# Feature name: membarrier-sync-core
+# Kconfig: ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
+# description: arch supports core serializing membarrier
+#
+# Architecture requirements
+#
+# * arm/arm64/powerpc/s390
+#
+# Rely on implicit context synchronization as a result of exception return
+# when returning from IPI handler, and when returning to user-space.
+#
+# * riscv
+#
+# riscv uses xRET as return from interrupt and to return to user-space.
+#
+# Given that xRET is not core serializing, we rely on FENCE.I for providing
+# core serialization:
+#
+# - by calling sync_core_before_usermode() on return from interrupt (cf.
+# ipi_sync_core()),
+#
+# - via switch_mm() and sync_core_before_usermode() (respectively, for
+# uthread->uthread and kthread->uthread transitions) before returning
+# to user-space.
+#
+# The serialization in switch_mm() is activated by prepare_sync_core_cmd().
+#
+# * x86
+#
+# x86-32 uses IRET as return from interrupt, which takes care of the IPI.
+# However, it uses both IRET and SYSEXIT to go back to user-space. The IRET
+# instruction is core serializing, but not SYSEXIT.
+#
+# x86-64 uses IRET as return from interrupt, which takes care of the IPI.
+# However, it can return to user-space through either SYSRETL (compat code),
+# SYSRETQ, or IRET.
+#
+# Given that neither SYSRET{L,Q}, nor SYSEXIT, are core serializing, we rely
+# instead on write_cr3() performed by switch_mm() to provide core serialization
+# after changing the current mm, and deal with the special case of kthread ->
+# uthread (temporarily keeping current mm into active_mm) by issuing a
+# sync_core_before_usermode() in that specific case.
+#
+ -----------------------
+ | arch |status|
+ -----------------------
+ | alpha: | TODO |
+ | arc: | TODO |
+ | arm: | ok |
+ | arm64: | ok |
+ | csky: | TODO |
+ | hexagon: | TODO |
+ | loongarch: | TODO |
+ | m68k: | TODO |
+ | microblaze: | TODO |
+ | mips: | TODO |
+ | nios2: | TODO |
+ | openrisc: | TODO |
+ | parisc: | TODO |
+ | powerpc: | ok |
+ | riscv: | ok |
+ | s390: | ok |
+ | sh: | TODO |
+ | sparc: | TODO |
+ | um: | TODO |
+ | x86: | ok |
+ | xtensa: | TODO |
+ -----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/features/sched/numa-balancing/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/sched/numa-balancing/arch-support.txt
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+#
+# Feature name: numa-balancing
+# Kconfig: ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
+# description: arch supports NUMA balancing
+#
+ -----------------------
+ | arch |status|
+ -----------------------
+ | alpha: | TODO |
+ | arc: | .. |
+ | arm: | .. |
+ | arm64: | ok |
+ | csky: | .. |
+ | hexagon: | .. |
+ | loongarch: | ok |
+ | m68k: | .. |
+ | microblaze: | .. |
+ | mips: | TODO |
+ | nios2: | .. |
+ | openrisc: | .. |
+ | parisc: | .. |
+ | powerpc: | ok |
+ | riscv: | ok |
+ | s390: | ok |
+ | sh: | .. |
+ | sparc: | TODO |
+ | um: | .. |
+ | x86: | ok |
+ | xtensa: | .. |
+ -----------------------