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ipc/sem.c: fix return code race with semop vs. semop +semctl(IPC_RMID)

sys_semtimedop() may return -EIDRM although the semaphore operation
completed successfully:

thread 1: thread 2:
semtimedop(), sleeps
semop():
* acquires sem_lock()
semtimedop() woken up due to timeout
sem_lock() loops
* notices that thread 2 could be completed.
* performs the operations that thread 2 is sleeping on.
* marks the semaphore operation as IN_WAKEUP
* drops sem_lock(), does wakeup, sets return code to 0
* thread delayed due to interrupt, whatever
* returns to user space
* thread still delayed
semctl(IPC_RMID)
* acquires sem_lock()
* ipc_rmid(), ipcp->deleted=1
* drops sem_lock()
* thread finally continues - but seem_lock()
now fails due to ipcp->deleted == 1
* returns -EIDRM instead of 0

The fix is trivial: Always use the return code in queue.status.

In real world, the race probably doesn't matter:
If the semaphore array is destroyed, the app is probably not interested
if the last operation succeeded or was already cancelled.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

authored by

Manfred Spraul and committed by
Linus Torvalds
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ipc/sem.c
··· 1460 1460 * Array removed? If yes, leave without sem_unlock(). 1461 1461 */ 1462 1462 if (IS_ERR(sma)) { 1463 - error = -EIDRM; 1464 1463 goto out_free; 1465 1464 } 1466 1465