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kernel/sys.c: fix missing rcu protection for sys_getpriority()

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find_task_by_vpid() is not safe without rcu_read_lock().  2.6.33-rc7 got
RCU protection for sys_setpriority() but missed it for sys_getpriority().

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tetsuo Handa 2010-02-22 12:44:16 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 5a2d41961d
commit 701188374b
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@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getpriority, int, which, int, who)
if (which > PRIO_USER || which < PRIO_PROCESS)
return -EINVAL;
rcu_read_lock();
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
switch (which) {
case PRIO_PROCESS:
@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getpriority, int, which, int, who)
}
out_unlock:
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
return retval;
}