From 25f71d1c3e98ef0e52371746220d66458eac75bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yang Yang Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:17:55 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] futex: Move futex_init() to core_initcall The UEVENT user mode helper is enabled before the initcalls are executed and is available when the root filesystem has been mounted. The user mode helper is triggered by device init calls and the executable might use the futex syscall. futex_init() is marked __initcall which maps to device_initcall, but there is no guarantee that futex_init() is invoked _before_ the first device init call which triggers the UEVENT user mode helper. If the user mode helper uses the futex syscall before futex_init() then the syscall crashes with a NULL pointer dereference because the futex subsystem has not been initialized yet. Move futex_init() to core_initcall so futexes are initialized before the root filesystem is mounted and the usermode helper becomes available. [ tglx: Rewrote changelog ] Signed-off-by: Yang Yang Cc: jiang.biao2@zte.com.cn Cc: jiang.zhengxiong@zte.com.cn Cc: zhong.weidong@zte.com.cn Cc: deng.huali@zte.com.cn Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1483085875-6130-1-git-send-email-yang.yang29@zte.com.cn Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/futex.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 0842c8ca534b..cdf365036141 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -3323,4 +3323,4 @@ static int __init futex_init(void) return 0; } -__initcall(futex_init); +core_initcall(futex_init); -- 2.30.2