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ipc/sem.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid()
authorManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:35:13 +0000 (14:35 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:26:02 +0000 (16:26 -0700)
commit2ec55f8024db859d70f14c26e91ca044328dd50d
tree8e37263fd21347b0f173d38697f856547ea829b7
parentc3f6fb6fe4e638a58eae558cb209c463cd46c2fc
ipc/sem.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid()

Loosely based on a patch from Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>:
 - id and retval can be merged
 - if ipc_addid() fails, then use call_rcu() directly.

The difference is that call_rcu is used for failed ipc_addid() calls, to
continue to guaranteed an rcu delay for security_sem_free().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-14-manfred@colorfullife.com
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
ipc/sem.c