linux/kernel
Vasily Averin 831246570d kernel/notifier.c: double register detection
By design notifiers can be registerd once only, 2nd register attempt
called by mistake silently corrupts notifiers list.

A few years ago I investigated described problem, the host was power
cycled because of notifier list corruption.  I've prepared this patch
and applied it to the OpenVZ kernel and sent this patch but nobody
commented on it.  Later it helped us to detect a similar problem in the
OpenVz kernel.

Mistakes with notifier registration can happen for example during
subsystem initialization from different namespaces, or because of a lost
unregister in the roll-back path on initialization failures.

The proposed check cannot prevent the described problem, however it
allows us to detect its reason quickly without coredump analysis.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/04127e71-4782-9bbb-fe5a-7c01e93a99b0@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
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bpf bpf: fix undefined behavior in narrow load handling 2019-05-13 02:05:50 +02:00
cgroup kernel/sched/psi.c: expose pressure metrics on root cgroup 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
configs
debug kdb: use bool for binary state indicators 2018-12-30 08:31:52 +00:00
dma DMA mapping updates for 5.2 2019-05-09 08:40:55 -07:00
events mm/mmu_notifier: use correct mmu_notifier events for each invalidation 2019-05-14 09:47:49 -07:00
gcov kernel/gcov/gcc_3_4.c: use struct_size() in kzalloc() 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
irq Driver core/kobject patches for 5.2-rc1 2019-05-07 13:01:40 -07:00
livepatch Driver core/kobject patches for 5.2-rc1 2019-05-07 13:01:40 -07:00
locking Remove Mysterious Macro Intended to Obscure Weird Behaviours (mmiowb()) 2019-05-06 16:57:52 -07:00
power Power management updates for 5.2-rc1 2019-05-06 19:40:31 -07:00
printk fbdev changes for v5.1: 2019-03-15 14:22:59 -07:00
rcu Printk changes for 5.2 2019-05-07 09:18:12 -07:00
sched kernel/sched/psi.c: expose pressure metrics on root cgroup 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
time Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2019-05-07 22:03:58 -07:00
trace This is the bulk of the GPIO changes for the v5.2 kernel cycle: 2019-05-11 10:54:43 -04:00
.gitignore Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
acct.c acct_on(): don't mess with freeze protection 2019-04-04 21:04:13 -04:00
async.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: switch send_to_group() and ->handle_event to const struct qstr * 2019-04-26 13:51:03 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
audit.c audit: connect LOGIN record to its syscall record 2019-03-20 20:57:48 -04:00
audit.h audit_compare_dname_path(): switch to const struct qstr * 2019-04-28 20:33:43 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'work.dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-05-07 20:03:32 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'work.dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-05-07 20:03:32 -07:00
backtracetest.c backtrace-test: Simplify stack trace handling 2019-04-29 12:37:47 +02:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: add SafeSetID module that gates setid calls 2019-01-25 11:22:43 -08:00
compat.c time: make adjtime compat handling available for 32 bit 2019-02-07 00:13:27 +01:00
configs.c kernel/configs: use .incbin directive to embed config_data.gz 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-05-06 14:50:46 -07:00
crash_core.c kexec: export PG_offline to VMCOREINFO 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c SELinux: Remove cred security blob poisoning 2019-01-08 13:18:44 -08:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c mm: change mm_update_next_owner() to update mm->owner with WRITE_ONCE 2019-05-14 19:52:47 -07:00
extable.c
fail_function.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
fork.c userfaultfd: use RCU to free the task struct when fork fails 2019-05-14 19:52:47 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c mm/gup: change GUP fast to use flags rather than a write 'bool' 2019-05-14 09:47:46 -07:00
gen_ikh_data.sh Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: Use continuously blocked time when reporting. 2019-03-07 18:31:59 -08:00
iomem.c mm/resource: Use resource_overlaps() to simplify region_intersects() 2019-04-19 12:59:36 +02:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Do not raise an IPI when queueing work on the local CPU 2019-04-18 14:07:52 +02:00
jump_label.c locking/static_key: Don't take sleeping locks in __static_key_slow_dec_deferred() 2019-04-29 08:29:21 +02:00
kallsyms.c bpf: Add module name [bpf] to ksymbols for bpf programs 2019-01-21 17:38:56 -03:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks Remove Mysterious Macro Intended to Obscure Weird Behaviours (mmiowb()) 2019-05-06 16:57:52 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt kconfig: warn no new line at end of file 2018-12-15 17:44:35 +09:00
kcov.c kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
kexec_core.c power/suspend: Add function to disable secondaries for suspend 2019-05-03 19:42:41 +02:00
kexec_file.c mm: memblock: make keeping memblock memory opt-in rather than opt-out 2019-05-14 09:47:50 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kheaders.c Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix error check when reusing optimized probes 2019-04-16 09:38:16 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c include/: refactor headers to allow kthread.h inclusion in psi_types.h 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
latencytop.c latency_top: Simplify stack trace handling 2019-04-29 12:37:48 +02:00
Makefile kernel/Makefile: don't assume that kernel/gen_ikh_data.sh is executable 2019-05-14 19:52:47 -07:00
memremap.c kernel/memremap.c: remove the unused device_private_entry_fault() export 2019-05-14 09:47:51 -07:00
module_signing.c modsign: use all trusted keys to verify module signature 2018-11-07 14:41:41 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-05-09 12:54:40 -07:00
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: double register detection 2019-05-14 19:52:49 -07:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: Replace padata_attr_type default_attrs field with groups 2019-04-25 22:06:11 +02:00
panic.c s390: simplify disabled_wait 2019-05-02 13:54:11 +02:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c Fix failure path in alloc_pid() 2018-12-28 12:42:30 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c ptrace: take into account saved_sigmask in PTRACE{GET,SET}SIGMASK 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c mm/resource: Use resource_overlaps() to simplify region_intersects() 2019-04-19 12:59:36 +02:00
rseq.c rseq: Remove superfluous rseq_len from task_struct 2019-04-19 12:39:32 +02:00
seccomp.c audit/stable-5.2 PR 20190507 2019-05-07 19:06:04 -07:00
signal.c Merge branch 'for-5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2019-05-09 13:52:12 -07:00
smp.c cpu/hotplug: Fix "SMT disabled by BIOS" detection for KVM 2019-01-30 19:27:00 +01:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Remove tasklet_hrtimer 2019-03-22 14:36:02 +01:00
stackleak.c stackleak: Mark stackleak_track_stack() as notrace 2018-12-05 19:31:44 -08:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Provide common infrastructure 2019-04-29 12:37:57 +02:00
stop_machine.c treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively 2019-04-09 14:19:06 +02:00
sys_ni.c signal: support CLONE_PIDFD with pidfd_send_signal 2019-05-07 14:31:03 +02:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: prctl: fix false positive in validate_prctl_map() 2019-05-14 09:47:44 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl.c userfaultfd/sysctl: add vm.unprivileged_userfaultfd 2019-05-14 09:47:45 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c genetlink: optionally validate strictly/dumps 2019-04-27 17:07:22 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Don't try to offline the last CPU 2019-03-26 14:42:53 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Replace synchronize_sched() and call_rcu_sched() 2018-11-27 09:21:41 -08:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c umh: add exit routine for UMH process 2019-01-11 18:05:40 -08:00
up.c
user_namespace.c userns: also map extents in the reverse map to kernel IDs 2018-11-07 23:51:16 -06:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Fix typo in comment 2019-04-18 14:05:51 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core, workqueues: Distangle worker accounting from rq lock 2019-04-16 16:55:15 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2019-05-09 13:48:52 -07:00