locking/rtmutex: Fix ww_mutex deadlock check
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:44:11 +0000 (11:44 +0200)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 9 Sep 2021 08:31:22 +0000 (10:31 +0200)
commite5480572706da1b2c2dc2c6484eab64f92b9263b
tree2d686fdbd3bc32ed3aeff1daa4f90150c22169c6
parentd66e3edee7af87fe212df611ab9846b987a5070f
locking/rtmutex: Fix ww_mutex deadlock check

Dan reported that rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() can be called with
.orig_waiter == NULL however commit a055fcc132d4 ("locking/rtmutex: Return
success on deadlock for ww_mutex waiters") unconditionally dereferences it.

Since both call-sites that have .orig_waiter == NULL don't care for the
return value, simply disable the deadlock squash by adding the NULL check.

Notably, both callers use the deadlock condition as a termination condition
for the iteration; once detected, it is sure that (de)boosting is done.
Arguably step [3] would be a more natural termination point, but it's
dubious whether adding a third deadlock detection state would improve the
code.

Fixes: a055fcc132d4 ("locking/rtmutex: Return success on deadlock for ww_mutex waiters")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YS9La56fHMiCCo75@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
kernel/locking/rtmutex.c