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Commit 2ec55f80 authored by Manfred Spraul's avatar Manfred Spraul Committed by Linus Torvalds
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ipc/sem.c: avoid ipc_rcu_putref for failed ipc_addid()

Loosely based on a patch from Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>:
 - id and retval can be merged
 - if ipc_addid() fails, then use call_rcu() directly.

The difference is that call_rcu is used for failed ipc_addid() calls, to
continue to guaranteed an rcu delay for security_sem_free().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525185107.12869-14-manfred@colorfullife.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent c3f6fb6f
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