ipc/sem: Fix dangling sem_array access in semtimedop race
When __do_semtimedop() goes to sleep because it has to wait for a semaphore value becoming zero or becoming bigger than some threshold, it links the on-stack sem_queue to the sem_array, then goes to sleep without holding a reference on the sem_array. When __do_semtimedop() comes back out of sleep, one of two things must happen: a) We prove that the on-stack sem_queue has been disconnected from the (possibly freed) sem_array, making it safe to return from the stack frame that the sem_queue exists in. b) We stabilize our reference to the sem_array, lock the sem_array, and detach the sem_queue from the sem_array ourselves. sem_array has RCU lifetime, so for case (b), the reference can be stabilized inside an RCU read-side critical section by locklessly checking whether the sem_queue is still connected to the sem_array. However, the current code does the lockless check on sem_queue before starting an RCU read-side critical section, s...
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