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fix RCU-callback-after-kmem_cache_destroy problem in sl[aou]b
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:31:37 +0000 (12:31 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:05:58 +0000 (16:05 -0700)
commitc6e23180eed05084ec631b2d2de0e94df8b48c74
treee3e4ecaad1ca3be4c035ee32ffcc8677fc85f7dd
parent940a9e0f721c8498ebc23888171dac7046660278
fix RCU-callback-after-kmem_cache_destroy problem in sl[aou]b

commit 7ed9f7e5db58c6e8c2b4b738a75d5dcd8e17aad5 upstream.

Jesper noted that kmem_cache_destroy() invokes synchronize_rcu() rather than
rcu_barrier() in the SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU case, which could result in RCU
callbacks accessing a kmem_cache after it had been destroyed.

Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
mm/slab.c
mm/slob.c
mm/slub.c