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ipc/sem.c: synchronize the proc interface
authorManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:45:07 +0000 (13:45 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:55:02 +0000 (10:55 -0700)
commit469231ffd40187f3e0a7ef7c0b50c88fd0454d46
tree1297c695931a943cda71602f582fe838cd39c64a
parent6b8fe6d417f93fa628779b1afd9e7717bbcb0572
ipc/sem.c: synchronize the proc interface

commit d8c633766ad88527f25d9f81a5c2f083d78a2b39 upstream.

The proc interface is not aware of sem_lock(), it instead calls
ipc_lock_object() directly.  This means that simple semop() operations
can run in parallel with the proc interface.  Right now, this is
uncritical, because the implementation doesn't do anything that requires
a proper synchronization.

But it is dangerous and therefore should be fixed.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ipc/sem.c