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Re: [PATCH] Use proper lock in fscache_objlist_config.

From David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] Use proper lock in fscache_objlist_config.
Date 2016-10-04 17:50 +0200
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Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> wrote:

> fscache_objlist_config doesn't hold rkey->sem when calling user_key_payload,
> that can result in a "suspicious RCU usage" warning. It does hold
> rcu_read_lock,  so it either needs to use unprotected rcu_dereference,
> or take rkey->sem instead of rcu_read_lock.

It shouldn't take key->sem.  The RCU lock should be necessary as
user_key_payload() wraps a call to rcu_dereference().

Did you encounter a lockdep report or did you visually inspect this?

David

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[PATCH] Use proper lock in fscache_objlist_config. Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> - 2016-10-04 15:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] Use proper lock in fscache_objlist_config. David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-10-04 17:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] Use proper lock in fscache_objlist_config. Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> - 2016-10-04 18:00 +0200

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