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authorNadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net>2008-11-19 18:36:08 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-11-19 21:49:57 -0500
commite00b4ff7ebf098b11b11be403921c1cf41d9e321 (patch)
treeca0b085b803128efea92ab98723adcefb35556fc /REPORTING-BUGS
parentcf7b9a1e11993a064f445d332fecf22819b87a5e (diff)
sysvipc: fix the ipc structures initialization
A problem was found while reviewing the code after Bugzilla bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11796. In ipc_addid(), the newly allocated ipc structure is inserted into the ipcs tree (i.e made visible to readers) without locking it. This is not correct since its initialization continues after it has been inserted in the tree. This patch moves the ipc structure lock initialization + locking before the actual insertion. Signed-off-by: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net> Reported-by: Clement Calmels <cboulte@gmail.com> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.27.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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