rcu-tasks: Fix low-probability task_struct leak
When rcu_tasks_trace_postgp() function detects an RCU Tasks Trace CPU stall, it adds all tasks blocking the current grace period to a list, invoking get_task_struct() on each to prevent them from being freed while on the list. It then traverses that list, printing stall-warning messages for each one that is still blocking the current grace period and removing it from the list. The list removal invokes the matching put_task_struct(). This of course means that in the admittedly unlikely event that some task executes its outermost rcu_read_unlock_trace() in the meantime, it won't be removed from the list and put_task_struct() won't be executing, resulting in a task_struct leak. This commit therefore makes the list removal and put_task_struct() unconditional, stopping the leak. Note further that this bug can occur only after an RCU Tasks Trace CPU stall warning, which by default only happens after a grace period has extended for ten minutes (yes, not a typo, minutes). Fixes: 4593e772 ("rcu-tasks: Add stall warnings for RCU Tasks Trace") Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.7.x Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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