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slub: Fix kmem_cache_destroy() with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU
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kmem_cache_destroy() should call rcu_barrier() *after* kmem_cache_close() and
*before* sysfs_slab_remove() or risk rcu_free_slab() being called after
kmem_cache is deleted (kfreed).

rmmod nf_conntrack can crash the machine because it has to kmem_cache_destroy()
a SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU enabled cache.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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Eric Dumazet authored and Pekka Enberg committed Sep 3, 2009
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions mm/slub.c
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Expand Up @@ -2594,8 +2594,6 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struct kmem_cache *s)
*/
void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
{
if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
rcu_barrier();
down_write(&slub_lock);
s->refcount--;
if (!s->refcount) {
Expand All @@ -2606,6 +2604,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
"still has objects.\n", s->name, __func__);
dump_stack();
}
if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
rcu_barrier();
sysfs_slab_remove(s);
} else
up_write(&slub_lock);
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