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Upon a retry, if futex_lock_pi_atomic() returns a\ndifferent error, the bogus pointer is passed to wait_for_owner_exiting().\n\n CPU0\t\t\t CPU1\t\t CPU2\n futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n // acquires the PI futex\n exit()\n futex_cleanup_begin()\n futex_state = EXITING;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi(uaddr)\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t attach_to_pi_owner()\n\t\t\t\t // observes EXITING\n\t\t\t\t *exiting = owner; // takes ref\n\t\t\t\t return -EBUSY\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EBUSY, owner)\n\t\t\t\t put_task_struct(); // drops ref\n\t\t\t // exiting still points to owner\n\t\t\t goto retry;\n\t\t\t futex_lock_pi_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t lock_pi_update_atomic()\n\t\t\t\t cmpxchg(uaddr)\n\t\t\t\t\t*uaddr ^= WAITERS // whatever\n\t\t\t\t // value changed\n\t\t\t\t return -EAGAIN;\n\t\t\t wait_for_owner_exiting(-EAGAIN, exiting) // stale\n\t\t\t\t WARN_ON_ONCE(exiting)\n\nFix this by resetting upon retry, essentially aligning it with requeue_pi." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": 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