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[PATCH] Fix race in efi variable delete code
authorMatt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:57:18 +0000 (00:57 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:51:01 +0000 (13:51 -0800)
Fix race when deleting an EFI variable and issuing another EFI command on
the same variable.  The removal of the variable from the efivars_list
should be done in efivar_delete and not delayed until the kobject release.

Furthermore, remove the item from the list at module unload time, and use
list_for_each_entry_safe() rather than list_for_each_safe() for
readability.

Tested on ia64.

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/firmware/efivars.c

index 5ab5e393b882810556d80c6c7fa5071e444362b3..c6281ccd4fe7d3c09bf71a8eb8cc2467fc19cc32 100644 (file)
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ struct efivar_entry {
        struct kobject kobj;
 };
 
-#define get_efivar_entry(n) list_entry(n, struct efivar_entry, list)
-
 struct efivar_attribute {
        struct attribute attr;
        ssize_t (*show) (struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf);
@@ -386,9 +384,6 @@ static struct sysfs_ops efivar_attr_ops = {
 static void efivar_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
        struct efivar_entry *var = container_of(kobj, struct efivar_entry, kobj);
-       spin_lock(&efivars_lock);
-       list_del(&var->list);
-       spin_unlock(&efivars_lock);
        kfree(var);
 }
 
@@ -430,9 +425,8 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_create(struct subsystem *sub, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
        struct efi_variable *new_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
-       struct efivar_entry *search_efivar = NULL;
+       struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
        unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
-       struct list_head *pos, *n;
        efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
        int found = 0;
 
@@ -444,8 +438,7 @@ efivar_create(struct subsystem *sub, const char *buf, size_t count)
        /*
         * Does this variable already exist?
         */
-       list_for_each_safe(pos, n, &efivar_list) {
-               search_efivar = get_efivar_entry(pos);
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivar_list, list) {
                strsize1 = utf8_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
                strsize2 = utf8_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024);
                if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
@@ -490,9 +483,8 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_delete(struct subsystem *sub, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
        struct efi_variable *del_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
-       struct efivar_entry *search_efivar = NULL;
+       struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
        unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
-       struct list_head *pos, *n;
        efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
        int found = 0;
 
@@ -504,8 +496,7 @@ efivar_delete(struct subsystem *sub, const char *buf, size_t count)
        /*
         * Does this variable already exist?
         */
-       list_for_each_safe(pos, n, &efivar_list) {
-               search_efivar = get_efivar_entry(pos);
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivar_list, list) {
                strsize1 = utf8_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
                strsize2 = utf8_strsize(del_var->VariableName, 1024);
                if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
@@ -537,9 +528,9 @@ efivar_delete(struct subsystem *sub, const char *buf, size_t count)
                spin_unlock(&efivars_lock);
                return -EIO;
        }
+       list_del(&search_efivar->list);
        /* We need to release this lock before unregistering. */
        spin_unlock(&efivars_lock);
-
        efivar_unregister(search_efivar);
 
        /* It's dead Jim.... */
@@ -768,10 +759,14 @@ out_free:
 static void __exit
 efivars_exit(void)
 {
-       struct list_head *pos, *n;
+       struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
 
-       list_for_each_safe(pos, n, &efivar_list)
-               efivar_unregister(get_efivar_entry(pos));
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivar_list, list) {
+               spin_lock(&efivars_lock);
+               list_del(&entry->list);
+               spin_unlock(&efivars_lock);
+               efivar_unregister(entry);
+       }
 
        subsystem_unregister(&vars_subsys);
        firmware_unregister(&efi_subsys);