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When a crypto template needs to be instantiated, CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST is sent to crypto_chain. cryptomgr_schedule_probe() handles this by starting a thread to instantiate the template, then waiting for this thread to complete via crypto_larval::completion. This can deadlock because instantiating the template may require loading modules, and this (apparently depending on userspace) may need to wait for the crc-t10dif module (lib/crc-t10dif.c) to be loaded. But crc-t10dif's module_init function uses crypto_register_notifier() and therefore takes crypto_chain.rwsem for write. That can't proceed until the notifier callback has finished, as it holds this semaphore for read. Fix this by removing the wait on crypto_larval::completion from within cryptomgr_schedule_probe(). It's actually unnecessary because crypto_alg_mod_lookup() calls crypto_larval_wait() itself after sending CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST. This only actually became a problem in v4.20 due to commit |
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Linux kernel
============
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.
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.