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authorFedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>2026-08-31 10:58:09 +0300
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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+================
+Live Update uAPI
+================
+:Author: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
+
+ioctl interface
+===============
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/liveupdate/luo_core.c
+ :doc: LUO ioctl Interface
+
+ioctl uAPI
+===========
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
+
+Note on Compatibility
+=====================
+
+Note that the Live Update feature is still under development and subject to
+change, so compatibility is not guaranteed when kexec rebooting between
+different kernel versions. This is expected to change and stabilize in a future
+version.
+
+Userspace Integration
+=====================
+
+systemd (since version v261) uses LUO to preserve its per-service file
+descriptor store across a kexec-based live update. Services opt in by setting
+``FileDescriptorStoreMax=`` and ``FileDescriptorStorePreserve=`` in their unit,
+and push file descriptors with a name into the store via
+``sd_pid_notify_with_fds(... "FDSTORE=1\nFDNAME=foo")``.
+
+Services may also create their own LUO sessions (via ``/dev/liveupdate``) and
+push the resulting session fds into their file descriptor store like any other
+fd. systemd detects such session fds and handles them accordingly, and
+hands the re-retrieved session fd back to the service after kexec, using the
+existing file descriptor store service interface.
+
+For details, see:
+
+- `File Descriptor Store <https://systemd.io/FILE_DESCRIPTOR_STORE/>`_
+- `systemd.service(5) FileDescriptorStorePreserve=
+ <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.service.html#FileDescriptorStorePreserve=>`_
+- `sd_pid_notify_with_fds(3)
+ <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/sd_pid_notify_with_fds.html>`_
+
+See Also
+========
+
+- :doc:`Live Update Orchestrator </core-api/liveupdate>`