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| author | Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru> | 2026-08-31 10:58:09 +0300 |
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| committer | Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> | 2026-09-02 09:07:46 +0200 |
| commit | 4310c6b8e75d6a47f7548e5948fbe6318aa4440a (patch) | |
| tree | 0032b584d8e218681a48126eb91f57091c351b83 /Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst b/Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8c847dffe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.. _development_conclusion: + +For more information +==================== + +There are numerous sources of information on Linux kernel development and +related topics. First among those will always be the Documentation +directory found in the kernel source distribution. Start with the +top-level :ref:`process/howto.rst <process_howto>`; also read +:ref:`process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`. Many internal +kernel APIs are documented using the kerneldoc mechanism; "make htmldocs" +or "make pdfdocs" can be used to generate those documents in HTML or PDF +format (though the version of TeX shipped by some distributions runs into +internal limits and fails to process the documents properly). + +Various web sites discuss kernel development at all levels of detail. Your +author would like to humbly suggest https://lwn.net/ as a source; +information on many specific kernel topics can be found via the LWN kernel +index at: + + https://lwn.net/Kernel/Index/ + +Beyond that, a valuable resource for kernel developers is: + + https://kernelnewbies.org/ + +And, of course, one should not forget https://kernel.org/, the definitive +location for kernel release information. + +There are a number of books on kernel development: + + Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition (Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro + Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman). Online at + https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/. + + Linux Kernel Development (Robert Love). + + Understanding the Linux Kernel (Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati). + +All of these books suffer from a common fault, though: they tend to be +somewhat obsolete by the time they hit the shelves, and they have been on +the shelves for a while now. Still, there is quite a bit of good +information to be found there. + +Documentation for git can be found at: + + https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ + + https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html + + +Conclusion +========== + +Congratulations to anybody who has made it through this long-winded +document. Hopefully it has provided a helpful understanding of how the +Linux kernel is developed and how you can participate in that process. + +In the end, it's the participation that matters. Any open source software +project is no more than the sum of what its contributors put into it. The +Linux kernel has progressed as quickly and as well as it has because it has +been helped by an impressively large group of developers, all of whom are +working to make it better. The kernel is a premier example of what can be +done when thousands of people work together toward a common goal. + +The kernel can always benefit from a larger developer base, though. There +is always more work to do. But, just as importantly, most other +participants in the Linux ecosystem can benefit through contributing to the +kernel. Getting code into the mainline is the key to higher code quality, +lower maintenance and distribution costs, a higher level of influence over +the direction of kernel development, and more. It is a situation where +everybody involved wins. Fire up your editor and come join us; you will be +more than welcome. |
