percpu_counter: fix CPU unplug race in percpu_counter_destroy()
We should first delete the counter from percpu_counters list
before freeing memory, or a percpu_counter_hotcpu_callback()
could dereference a NULL pointer.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index a866389..71b265c3 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@
if (!fbc->counters)
return;
- free_percpu(fbc->counters);
- fbc->counters = NULL;
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
list_del(&fbc->list);
mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
#endif
+ free_percpu(fbc->counters);
+ fbc->counters = NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_destroy);