cvs commit: src/sys/kern tty.c

[Max Laier]

On Monday 11 September 2006 16:48, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Sunday 10 September 2006 12:51, Martin Blapp wrote:
> > mbr         2006-09-10 16:51:56 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/kern             tty.c
> >   Log:
> >   Fix locking race in ttymodem(). The locking of the proctree happens
> > too late and opens a small race window before tp->t_session->s_leader
> > is accessed. In case tp->t_session has just been set to NULL
> > elsewhere, we get a panic().
> >
> >   This fix is a bandaid until someone else fixes the whole locking in
> > the tty subsystem.  Definitly more work needs to be done.
> >
> >   MFC after:      1 week
> >   Reviewed by:    mlaier
> >   PR:             kern/103101
>
> Did you ever try putting a 'mtx_assert(&Giant, MA_OWNED);' in place to
> see if Giant is held there?  Until the tty system is locked, the proper
> fix is to put Giant back on top of it, not abuse the wrong lock. 
> Abusing the wrong lock is only going to narrow the race, not fix it.

Unless, of course, the offending call path (the one entering the tty code 
w/o Giant) holds the "wrong lock", which - in this case - is likely as a 
change of t_session means something was fiddling with the proctree.

Martin was trying to get you and others involved with this beforehand.  
This commit is - as indicated in the commit message - a bandaid that 
fixes the apparent problem.  In Martin's installation this problem 
manifests in panic()ing every other hour - I don't think that's a system 
state we want to ship as FreeBSD 6.2.  This is why we decided to commit 
the bandaid now, after Martin's other requests for help and input timed 
out.  Seems like the plan worked and people start looking at this, now ;)

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