crypto: cryptd - disable softirqs in cryptd_queue_worker to prevent data corruption
authorJussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:42:28 +0000 (20:42 +0300)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:46:55 +0000 (16:46 +0000)
commit6ae9425d0d643c68945b7772c6adf3ea1f40e864
tree75a9485c6c69747db3a3a3835f3ddc3cc1037030
parent7381ef4c90bd96b8fa02b28077eb657a154ba156
crypto: cryptd - disable softirqs in cryptd_queue_worker to prevent data corruption

commit 9efade1b3e981f5064f9db9ca971b4dc7557ae42 upstream.

cryptd_queue_worker attempts to prevent simultaneous accesses to crypto
workqueue by cryptd_enqueue_request using preempt_disable/preempt_enable.
However cryptd_enqueue_request might be called from softirq context,
so add local_bh_disable/local_bh_enable to prevent data corruption and
panics.

Bug report at http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=134858649616319&w=2

v2:
 - Disable software interrupts instead of hardware interrupts

Reported-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gurucharan.shetty@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
crypto/cryptd.c