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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
| commit | f4cdf7ca9a1fdcca413157df19753f388a5a224e (patch) | |
| tree | 60a31895b2446cd7fa27514e8c2843534a0de0da /drivers/md/dm-builtin.c | |
| download | linux-stable-f4cdf7ca9a1fdcca413157df19753f388a5a224e.tar.gz linux-stable-f4cdf7ca9a1fdcca413157df19753f388a5a224e.zip | |
Merge tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-mediagrafted
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- v4l2-core: added ISP statistics support and per-block validation
- v4l2-core: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance
- New camera sensors: Sony IMX678 and IMX471m, Himax HM1092 IR sensor
- New codec: Milos: VPU v2.0 codec support
- isp driver: gained support for Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP framework
- vsp1 driver: gained support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H
- Novalake driver: gained CVS support for new NVL hardware
- dvb-core: fix feed leak on failed DMX_ADD_PID
- several driver fixes, cleanups and minor improvements
* tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (308 commits)
media: ipu-bridge: check all DMI entries when overriding sensor rotation
media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error
media: rzg2l-cru: Align bytesperline to hardware DMA stride requirement
media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path
media: amd: isp4: release partial allocations in isp4if_alloc_fw_gpumem()
media: rcar-isp: Fix VSPX reference leaks
media: rcar-isp: Release ISPCORE resources
media: i2c: imx415: Release runtime PM reference on VBLANK error
media: i2c: imx415: Return test pattern write errors
media: renesas: vsp1: Declare index variables in for loop statement
media: renesas: vsp1: Make reset control optional to support platforms without a reset line
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,vsp1: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,fcp: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add additional 32-bit RGB format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add 16-bit raw Bayer format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Implement per-stream reference counting for multiplexed streams
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Use BIT_ULL() for 64-bit stream masks
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Correct color map between V4L2 and ISI
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md/dm-builtin.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/dm-builtin.c | 48 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c b/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e51076ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +#include "dm-core.h" + +/* + * The kobject release method must not be placed in the module itself, + * otherwise we are subject to module unload races. + * + * The release method is called when the last reference to the kobject is + * dropped. It may be called by any other kernel code that drops the last + * reference. + * + * The release method suffers from module unload race. We may prevent the + * module from being unloaded at the start of the release method (using + * increased module reference count or synchronizing against the release + * method), however there is no way to prevent the module from being + * unloaded at the end of the release method. + * + * If this code were placed in the dm module, the following race may + * happen: + * 1. Some other process takes a reference to dm kobject + * 2. The user issues ioctl function to unload the dm device + * 3. dm_sysfs_exit calls kobject_put, however the object is not released + * because of the other reference taken at step 1 + * 4. dm_sysfs_exit waits on the completion + * 5. The other process that took the reference in step 1 drops it, + * dm_kobject_release is called from this process + * 6. dm_kobject_release calls complete() + * 7. a reschedule happens before dm_kobject_release returns + * 8. dm_sysfs_exit continues, the dm device is unloaded, module reference + * count is decremented + * 9. The user unloads the dm module + * 10. The other process that was rescheduled in step 7 continues to run, + * it is now executing code in unloaded module, so it crashes + * + * Note that if the process that takes the foreign reference to dm kobject + * has a low priority and the system is sufficiently loaded with + * higher-priority processes that prevent the low-priority process from + * being scheduled long enough, this bug may really happen. + * + * In order to fix this module unload race, we place the release method + * into a helper code that is compiled directly into the kernel. + */ + +void dm_kobject_release(struct kobject *kobj) +{ + complete(dm_get_completion_from_kobject(kobj)); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_kobject_release); |
