Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull irq core fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single fix plugging a long standing race between proc/stat and
  proc/interrupts access and freeing of interrupt descriptors"

* 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  genirq: Prevent proc race against freeing of irq descriptors

3 files changed, 77 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index 4332d76..df553b0 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ extern void unmask_threaded_irq(struct irq_desc *desc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
 static inline void irq_mark_irq(unsigned int irq) { }
+extern void irq_lock_sparse(void);
+extern void irq_unlock_sparse(void);
 #else
 extern void irq_mark_irq(unsigned int irq);
+static inline void irq_lock_sparse(void) { }
+static inline void irq_unlock_sparse(void) { }
 #endif
 
 extern void init_kstat_irqs(struct irq_desc *desc, int node, int nr);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index a1782f8..99793b9 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ static void free_masks(struct irq_desc *desc)
 static inline void free_masks(struct irq_desc *desc) { }
 #endif
 
+void irq_lock_sparse(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&sparse_irq_lock);
+}
+
+void irq_unlock_sparse(void)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&sparse_irq_lock);
+}
+
 static struct irq_desc *alloc_desc(int irq, int node, struct module *owner)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
@@ -168,6 +178,12 @@ static void free_desc(unsigned int irq)
 
 	unregister_irq_proc(irq, desc);
 
+	/*
+	 * sparse_irq_lock protects also show_interrupts() and
+	 * kstat_irq_usr(). Once we deleted the descriptor from the
+	 * sparse tree we can free it. Access in proc will fail to
+	 * lookup the descriptor.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&sparse_irq_lock);
 	delete_irq_desc(irq);
 	mutex_unlock(&sparse_irq_lock);
@@ -574,6 +590,15 @@ void kstat_incr_irq_this_cpu(unsigned int irq)
 	kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, irq_to_desc(irq));
 }
 
+/**
+ * kstat_irqs_cpu - Get the statistics for an interrupt on a cpu
+ * @irq:	The interrupt number
+ * @cpu:	The cpu number
+ *
+ * Returns the sum of interrupt counts on @cpu since boot for
+ * @irq. The caller must ensure that the interrupt is not removed
+ * concurrently.
+ */
 unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
@@ -582,6 +607,14 @@ unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu)
 			*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu) : 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * kstat_irqs - Get the statistics for an interrupt
+ * @irq:	The interrupt number
+ *
+ * Returns the sum of interrupt counts on all cpus since boot for
+ * @irq. The caller must ensure that the interrupt is not removed
+ * concurrently.
+ */
 unsigned int kstat_irqs(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
@@ -594,3 +627,22 @@ unsigned int kstat_irqs(unsigned int irq)
 		sum += *per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu);
 	return sum;
 }
+
+/**
+ * kstat_irqs_usr - Get the statistics for an interrupt
+ * @irq:	The interrupt number
+ *
+ * Returns the sum of interrupt counts on all cpus since boot for
+ * @irq. Contrary to kstat_irqs() this can be called from any
+ * preemptible context. It's protected against concurrent removal of
+ * an interrupt descriptor when sparse irqs are enabled.
+ */
+unsigned int kstat_irqs_usr(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	int sum;
+
+	irq_lock_sparse();
+	sum = kstat_irqs(irq);
+	irq_unlock_sparse();
+	return sum;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index ac1ba2f..9dc9bfd 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@
 
 #include "internals.h"
 
+/*
+ * Access rules:
+ *
+ * procfs protects read/write of /proc/irq/N/ files against a
+ * concurrent free of the interrupt descriptor. remove_proc_entry()
+ * immediately prevents new read/writes to happen and waits for
+ * already running read/write functions to complete.
+ *
+ * We remove the proc entries first and then delete the interrupt
+ * descriptor from the radix tree and free it. So it is guaranteed
+ * that irq_to_desc(N) is valid as long as the read/writes are
+ * permitted by procfs.
+ *
+ * The read from /proc/interrupts is a different problem because there
+ * is no protection. So the lookup and the access to irqdesc
+ * information must be protected by sparse_irq_lock.
+ */
 static struct proc_dir_entry *root_irq_dir;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -437,9 +454,10 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 		seq_putc(p, '\n');
 	}
 
+	irq_lock_sparse();
 	desc = irq_to_desc(i);
 	if (!desc)
-		return 0;
+		goto outsparse;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
 	for_each_online_cpu(j)
@@ -479,6 +497,8 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 	seq_putc(p, '\n');
 out:
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
+outsparse:
+	irq_unlock_sparse();
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif