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[PATCH] ipmi: Remove smi_msg from waiting_rcv_msgs list before handle_one_recv_msg()

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Commit 7ea0ed2b5be8 ("ipmi: Make the message handler easier to use for
SMI interfaces") changed handle_new_recv_msgs() to call handle_one_recv_msg()
for a smi_msg while the smi_msg is still connected to waiting_rcv_msgs list.
That could lead to following list corruption problems:

1) low-level function treats smi_msg as not connected to list

  handle_one_recv_msg() could end up calling smi_send(), which
  assumes the msg is not connected to list.

  For example, the following sequence could corrupt list by
  doing list_add_tail() for the entry still connected to other list.

    handle_new_recv_msgs()
      msg = list_entry(waiting_rcv_msgs)
      handle_one_recv_msg(msg)
        handle_ipmb_get_msg_cmd(msg)
          smi_send(msg)
            spin_lock(xmit_msgs_lock)
            list_add_tail(msg)
            spin_unlock(xmit_msgs_lock)

2) race between multiple handle_new_recv_msgs() instances

  handle_new_recv_msgs() once releases waiting_rcv_msgs_lock before calling
  handle_one_recv_msg() then retakes the lock and list_del() it.

  If others call handle_new_recv_msgs() during the window shown below
  list_del() will be done twice for the same smi_msg.

  handle_new_recv_msgs()
    spin_lock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock)
    msg = list_entry(waiting_rcv_msgs)
    spin_unlock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock)
  | 
  | handle_one_recv_msg(msg)
  | 
    spin_lock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock)
    list_del(msg)
    spin_unlock(waiting_rcv_msgs_lock)

Fixes: 7ea0ed2b5be8 ("ipmi: Make the message handler easier to use for SMI interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 94fb407..94e4a88 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3820,6 +3820,7 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
 	while (!list_empty(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs)) {
 		smi_msg = list_entry(intf->waiting_rcv_msgs.next,
 				     struct ipmi_smi_msg, link);
+		list_del(&smi_msg->link);
 		if (!run_to_completion)
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&intf->waiting_rcv_msgs_lock,
 					       flags);
@@ -3831,9 +3832,9 @@ static void handle_new_recv_msgs(ipmi_smi_t intf)
 			 * To preserve message order, quit if we
 			 * can't handle a message.
 			 */
+			list_add(&smi_msg->link, &intf->waiting_rcv_msgs);
 			break;
 		} else {
-			list_del(&smi_msg->link);
 			if (rv == 0)
 				/* Message handled */
 				ipmi_free_smi_msg(smi_msg);

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[PATCH] ipmi: Remove smi_msg from waiting_rcv_msgs list before  handle_one_recv_msg() Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> - 2016-06-10 06:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Remove smi_msg from waiting_rcv_msgs list before  handle_one_recv_msg() Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> - 2016-06-10 06:40 +0200

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