Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2020-11-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull futex fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single fix for the futex code where an intermediate state in the
  underlying RT mutex was not handled correctly and triggering a BUG()
  instead of treating it as another variant of retry condition"

* tag 'locking-urgent-2020-11-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index f8614ef4ff311b..ac328874f6e583 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2380,10 +2380,22 @@ retry:
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Since we just failed the trylock; there must be an owner.
+		 * The trylock just failed, so either there is an owner or
+		 * there is a higher priority waiter than this one.
 		 */
 		newowner = rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
-		BUG_ON(!newowner);
+		/*
+		 * If the higher priority waiter has not yet taken over the
+		 * rtmutex then newowner is NULL. We can't return here with
+		 * that state because it's inconsistent vs. the user space
+		 * state. So drop the locks and try again. It's a valid
+		 * situation and not any different from the other retry
+		 * conditions.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(!newowner)) {
+			err = -EAGAIN;
+			goto handle_err;
+		}
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(argowner != current);
 		if (oldowner == current) {