[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/3] drm/i915: Fix userptr deadlock with aliased GTT mmappings

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu Oct 1 04:34:46 PDT 2015


Michał Winiarski found a really evil way to trigger a struct_mutex
deadlock with userptr. He found that if he allocated a userptr bo and
then GTT mmaped another bo, or even itself, at the same address as the
userptr using MAP_FIXED, he could then cause a deadlock any time we then
had to invalidate the GTT mmappings (so at will). Tvrtko then found by
repeatedly allocating GTT mmappings he could alias with an old userptr
mmap and also trigger the deadlock.

To counter act the deadlock, we make the observation that we only need
to take the struct_mutex if the object has any pages to revoke, and that
before userspace can alias with the userptr address space, it must have
invalidated the userptr->pages. Thus if we can check for those pages
outside of the struct_mutex, we can avoid the deadlock. To do so we
introduce a separate flag for userptr objects that we can inspect from
the mmu-notifier underneath its spinlock.

The patch makes one eye-catching change. That is the removal serial=0
after detecting a to-be-freed object inside the invalidate walker. I
felt setting serial=0 was a questionable pessimisation: it denies us the
chance to reuse the current iterator for the next loop (before it is
freed) and being explicit makes the reader question the validity of the
locking (since the object-free race could occur elsewhere). The
serialisation of the iterator is through the spinlock, if the object is
freed before the next loop then the notifier.serial will be incremented
and we start the walk from the beginning as we detect the invalid cache.

To try and tame the error paths and interactions with the userptr->active
flag, we have to do a fair amount of rearranging of get_pages_userptr().

v2: Grammar fixes
v3: Reorder set-active so that it is only set when obj->pages is set
(and so needs cancellation). Only the order of setting obj->pages and
the active-flag is crucial. Calling gup after invalidate-range begin
means the userptr sees the new set of backing storage (and so will not
need to invalidate its new pages), but we have to be careful not to set
the active-flag prior to successfully establishing obj->pages.
v4: Take the active->flag early so we know in the mmu-notifier when we
have to cancel a pending gup-worker.
v5: Rearrange the error path so that is not so convoluted
v6: Set pinned to 0 when negative before calling release_pages()

Reported-by: Michał Winiarski <michal.winiarski at intel.com>
Testcase: igt/gem_userptr_blits/map-fixed*
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Michał Winiarski <michal.winiarski at intel.com>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 800a5394aa1e..161f7fbf5b76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct i915_mmu_object {
 	struct interval_tree_node it;
 	struct list_head link;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+	bool active;
 	bool is_linear;
 };
 
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ restart:
 
 		obj = mo->obj;
 
-		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&obj->base.refcount))
+		if (!mo->active ||
+		    !kref_get_unless_zero(&obj->base.refcount))
 			continue;
 
 		spin_unlock(&mn->lock);
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ static void i915_gem_userptr_mn_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *_mn,
 		else
 			it = interval_tree_iter_first(&mn->objects, start, end);
 		if (it != NULL) {
-			obj = container_of(it, struct i915_mmu_object, it)->obj;
+			struct i915_mmu_object *mo =
+				container_of(it, struct i915_mmu_object, it);
 
 			/* The mmu_object is released late when destroying the
 			 * GEM object so it is entirely possible to gain a
@@ -160,11 +163,9 @@ static void i915_gem_userptr_mn_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier *_mn,
 			 * the struct_mutex - and consequently use it after it
 			 * is freed and then double free it.
 			 */
-			if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&obj->base.refcount)) {
-				spin_unlock(&mn->lock);
-				serial = 0;
-				continue;
-			}
+			if (mo->active &&
+			    kref_get_unless_zero(&mo->obj->base.refcount))
+				obj = mo->obj;
 
 			serial = mn->serial;
 		}
@@ -566,6 +567,30 @@ __i915_gem_userptr_set_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 }
 
 static void
+__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+			      bool value)
+{
+	/* During mm_invalidate_range we need to cancel any userptr that
+	 * overlaps the range being invalidated. Doing so requires the
+	 * struct_mutex, and that risks recursion. In order to cause
+	 * recursion, the user must alias the userptr address space with
+	 * a GTT mmapping (possible with a MAP_FIXED) - then when we have
+	 * to invalidate that mmaping, mm_invalidate_range is called with
+	 * the userptr address *and* the struct_mutex held.  To prevent that
+	 * we set a flag under the i915_mmu_notifier spinlock to indicate
+	 * whether this object is valid.
+	 */
+#if defined(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER)
+	if (obj->userptr.mmu_object == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&obj->userptr.mmu_object->mn->lock);
+	obj->userptr.mmu_object->active = value;
+	spin_unlock(&obj->userptr.mmu_object->mn->lock);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
 __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker(struct work_struct *_work)
 {
 	struct get_pages_work *work = container_of(_work, typeof(*work), work);
@@ -613,6 +638,8 @@ __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker(struct work_struct *_work)
 			}
 		}
 		obj->userptr.work = ERR_PTR(ret);
+		if (ret)
+			__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(obj, false);
 	}
 
 	obj->userptr.workers--;
@@ -627,11 +654,60 @@ __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker(struct work_struct *_work)
 }
 
 static int
+__i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_schedule(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+				      bool *active)
+{
+	struct get_pages_work *work;
+
+	/* Spawn a worker so that we can acquire the
+	 * user pages without holding our mutex. Access
+	 * to the user pages requires mmap_sem, and we have
+	 * a strict lock ordering of mmap_sem, struct_mutex -
+	 * we already hold struct_mutex here and so cannot
+	 * call gup without encountering a lock inversion.
+	 *
+	 * Userspace will keep on repeating the operation
+	 * (thanks to EAGAIN) until either we hit the fast
+	 * path or the worker completes. If the worker is
+	 * cancelled or superseded, the task is still run
+	 * but the results ignored. (This leads to
+	 * complications that we may have a stray object
+	 * refcount that we need to be wary of when
+	 * checking for existing objects during creation.)
+	 * If the worker encounters an error, it reports
+	 * that error back to this function through
+	 * obj->userptr.work = ERR_PTR.
+	 */
+	if (obj->userptr.workers >= I915_GEM_USERPTR_MAX_WORKERS)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (work == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	obj->userptr.work = &work->work;
+	obj->userptr.workers++;
+
+	work->obj = obj;
+	drm_gem_object_reference(&obj->base);
+
+	work->task = current;
+	get_task_struct(work->task);
+
+	INIT_WORK(&work->work, __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker);
+	schedule_work(&work->work);
+
+	*active = true;
+	return -EAGAIN;
+}
+
+static int
 i915_gem_userptr_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	const int num_pages = obj->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct page **pvec;
 	int pinned, ret;
+	bool active;
 
 	/* If userspace should engineer that these pages are replaced in
 	 * the vma between us binding this page into the GTT and completion
@@ -649,6 +725,18 @@ i915_gem_userptr_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	 * to the vma (discard or cloning) which should prevent the more
 	 * egregious cases from causing harm.
 	 */
+	if (IS_ERR(obj->userptr.work)) {
+		/* active flag will have been dropped already by the worker */
+		ret = PTR_ERR(obj->userptr.work);
+		obj->userptr.work = NULL;
+		return ret;
+	}
+	if (obj->userptr.work)
+		/* active flag should still be held for the pending work */
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	/* Let the mmu-notifier know that we have begun and need cancellation */
+	__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(obj, true);
 
 	pvec = NULL;
 	pinned = 0;
@@ -657,73 +745,27 @@ i915_gem_userptr_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 			       GFP_TEMPORARY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
 		if (pvec == NULL) {
 			pvec = drm_malloc_ab(num_pages, sizeof(struct page *));
-			if (pvec == NULL)
+			if (pvec == NULL) {
+				__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(obj, false);
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 		}
 
 		pinned = __get_user_pages_fast(obj->userptr.ptr, num_pages,
 					       !obj->userptr.read_only, pvec);
 	}
-	if (pinned < num_pages) {
-		if (pinned < 0) {
-			ret = pinned;
-			pinned = 0;
-		} else {
-			/* Spawn a worker so that we can acquire the
-			 * user pages without holding our mutex. Access
-			 * to the user pages requires mmap_sem, and we have
-			 * a strict lock ordering of mmap_sem, struct_mutex -
-			 * we already hold struct_mutex here and so cannot
-			 * call gup without encountering a lock inversion.
-			 *
-			 * Userspace will keep on repeating the operation
-			 * (thanks to EAGAIN) until either we hit the fast
-			 * path or the worker completes. If the worker is
-			 * cancelled or superseded, the task is still run
-			 * but the results ignored. (This leads to
-			 * complications that we may have a stray object
-			 * refcount that we need to be wary of when
-			 * checking for existing objects during creation.)
-			 * If the worker encounters an error, it reports
-			 * that error back to this function through
-			 * obj->userptr.work = ERR_PTR.
-			 */
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
-			if (obj->userptr.work == NULL &&
-			    obj->userptr.workers < I915_GEM_USERPTR_MAX_WORKERS) {
-				struct get_pages_work *work;
-
-				work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_KERNEL);
-				if (work != NULL) {
-					obj->userptr.work = &work->work;
-					obj->userptr.workers++;
-
-					work->obj = obj;
-					drm_gem_object_reference(&obj->base);
-
-					work->task = current;
-					get_task_struct(work->task);
-
-					INIT_WORK(&work->work, __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker);
-					schedule_work(&work->work);
-				} else
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
-			} else {
-				if (IS_ERR(obj->userptr.work)) {
-					ret = PTR_ERR(obj->userptr.work);
-					obj->userptr.work = NULL;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
+
+	active = false;
+	if (pinned < 0)
+		ret = pinned, pinned = 0;
+	else if (pinned < num_pages)
+		ret = __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_schedule(obj, &active);
+	else
 		ret = __i915_gem_userptr_set_pages(obj, pvec, num_pages);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			obj->userptr.work = NULL;
-			pinned = 0;
-		}
+	if (ret) {
+		__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(obj, active);
+		release_pages(pvec, pinned, 0);
 	}
-
-	release_pages(pvec, pinned, 0);
 	drm_free_large(pvec);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -734,6 +776,7 @@ i915_gem_userptr_put_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	struct sg_page_iter sg_iter;
 
 	BUG_ON(obj->userptr.work != NULL);
+	__i915_gem_userptr_set_active(obj, false);
 
 	if (obj->madv != I915_MADV_WILLNEED)
 		obj->dirty = 0;
-- 
2.6.0



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