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[v2] plugins/hotblocks: Fix potential deadlock in plugin_exit() function

Message ID 20230921092311.15578-1-liucong2@kylinos.cn
State New
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Series [v2] plugins/hotblocks: Fix potential deadlock in plugin_exit() function | expand

Commit Message

Cong Liu Sept. 21, 2023, 9:23 a.m. UTC
This patch fixes a potential deadlock in the plugin_exit() function of QEMU.
The original code does not release the lock mutex if it is NULL. This patch
adds a check for it being NULL and releases the mutex in that case.

Signed-off-by: Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn>
Suggested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
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 contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Sept. 21, 2023, 10:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On 21/9/23 11:23, Cong Liu wrote:
> This patch fixes a potential deadlock in the plugin_exit() function of QEMU.
> The original code does not release the lock mutex if it is NULL. This patch
> adds a check for it being NULL and releases the mutex in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Liu <liucong2@kylinos.cn>
> Suggested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>

Not really suggested, just reviewed ;)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>

> ---
>   contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
> index 6b74d25fead6..b99b93ad8dc7 100644
> --- a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
> +++ b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
> @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
>           }
>   
>           g_list_free(it);
> -        g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
>       }
>   
> +    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
>       qemu_plugin_outs(report->str);
>   }
>
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diff --git a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
index 6b74d25fead6..b99b93ad8dc7 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
+++ b/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@  static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
         }
 
         g_list_free(it);
-        g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
     }
 
+    g_mutex_unlock(&lock);
     qemu_plugin_outs(report->str);
 }