Jens Axboe
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commit b5e683d5cab8cd433b06ae178621f083cabd4f63 upstream. eventfd use cases from aio and io_uring can deadlock due to circular or resursive calling, when eventfd_signal() tries to grab the waitqueue lock. On top of that, it's also possible to construct notification chains that are deep enough that we could blow the stack. Add a percpu counter that tracks the percpu recursion depth, warn if we exceed it. The counter is also exposed so that users of eventfd_signal() can do the right thing if it's non-zero in the context where it is called. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.19+ Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.