[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] fs/pstore: Perform erase from a worker

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Mon Mar 20 17:49:16 UTC 2017


On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 2:52 AM, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> In order to prevent a cyclic recursion between psi->read_mutex and the
> inode_lock, we need to move the pse->erase to a worker.
>
> [  605.374955] ======================================================
> [  605.381281] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> [  605.387679] 4.11.0-rc2-CI-CI_DRM_2352+ #1 Not tainted
> [  605.392826] -------------------------------------------------------
> [  605.399196] rm/7298 is trying to acquire lock:
> [  605.403720]  (&psinfo->read_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff813e183f>] pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.412300]
> [  605.412300] but task is already holding lock:
> [  605.418237]  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff812157ec>] vfs_unlink+0x4c/0x19
> 0
> [  605.427397]
> [  605.427397] which lock already depends on the new lock.
> [  605.427397]
> [  605.435770]
> [  605.435770] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> [  605.443396]
> [  605.443396] -> #1 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}:
> [  605.450347]        lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
> [  605.454551]        down_write+0x3f/0x70
> [  605.458484]        pstore_mkfile+0x1f4/0x460
> [  605.462835]        pstore_get_records+0x17a/0x320
> [  605.467664]        pstore_fill_super+0xa4/0xc0
> [  605.472205]        mount_single+0x89/0xb0
> [  605.476314]        pstore_mount+0x13/0x20
> [  605.480411]        mount_fs+0xf/0x90
> [  605.484122]        vfs_kern_mount+0x66/0x170
> [  605.488464]        do_mount+0x190/0xd50
> [  605.492397]        SyS_mount+0x90/0xd0
> [  605.496212]        entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1
> [  605.501496]
> [  605.501496] -> #0 (&psinfo->read_mutex){+.+.+.}:
> [  605.507747]        __lock_acquire+0x1ac0/0x1bb0
> [  605.512401]        lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
> [  605.516594]        __mutex_lock+0x6e/0x990
> [  605.520755]        mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20
> [  605.525279]        pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.529465]        vfs_unlink+0xb5/0x190
> [  605.533477]        do_unlinkat+0x24c/0x2a0
> [  605.537672]        SyS_unlinkat+0x16/0x30
> [  605.541781]        entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1

If I'm reading this right it's a race between mount and unlink...
that's quite a corner case. :)

> [  605.547067]
> [  605.547067] other info that might help us debug this:
> [  605.547067]
> [  605.555221]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> [  605.555221]
> [  605.561280]        CPU0                    CPU1
> [  605.565883]        ----                    ----
> [  605.570502]   lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14);
> [  605.575217]                                lock(&psinfo->read_mutex);
> [  605.581803]                                lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14);
> [  605.589159]   lock(&psinfo->read_mutex);

I haven't had time to dig much yet, but I wonder if the locking order
on unlink could just be reversed, and the deadlock would go away?

> [  605.593156]
> [  605.593156]  *** DEADLOCK ***
> [  605.593156]
> [  605.599214] 3 locks held by rm/7298:
> [  605.602896]  #0:  (sb_writers#11){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff8122e85f>] mnt_want_write+0x1f/0x50
> [  605.611490]  #1:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14/1){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8121a7dc>] do_unlinkat+0
> x11c/0x2a0
> [  605.621417]  #2:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff812157ec>] vfs_unlink+0x4c
> /0x190
> [  605.630995]
> [  605.630995] stack backtrace:
> [  605.635450] CPU: 7 PID: 7298 Comm: rm Not tainted 4.11.0-rc2-CI-CI_DRM_2352+ #1
> [  605.642999] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170X-UD5/Z170X-UD5-CF, BIOS F21 01/06/2
> 017
> [  605.652305] Call Trace:
> [  605.654814]  dump_stack+0x67/0x92
> [  605.658184]  print_circular_bug+0x1e0/0x2e0
> [  605.662465]  __lock_acquire+0x1ac0/0x1bb0
> [  605.666634]  ? retint_kernel+0x2d/0x2d
> [  605.670456]  lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
> [  605.674112]  ? pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.677970]  ? pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.681818]  __mutex_lock+0x6e/0x990
> [  605.685456]  ? pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.689791]  ? pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.694124]  ? vfs_unlink+0x4c/0x190
> [  605.698310]  mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20
> [  605.702859]  pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
> [  605.707021]  vfs_unlink+0xb5/0x190
> [  605.711024]  do_unlinkat+0x24c/0x2a0
> [  605.715194]  SyS_unlinkat+0x16/0x30
> [  605.719275]  entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1
> [  605.724543] RIP: 0033:0x7f8b08073ed7
> [  605.728676] RSP: 002b:00007ffe70eff628 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000107
> [  605.736929] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: ffffffff8147ea93 RCX: 00007f8b08073ed7
> [  605.744711] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000001450000 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
> [  605.752512] RBP: ffffc9000338ff88 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000000
> [  605.760276] R10: 000000000000015e R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
> [  605.768040] R13: 00007ffe70eff750 R14: 000000000144ff70 R15: 0000000001451230
> [  605.775800]  ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
>
> Reported-by: Tomi Sarvela <tomi.p.sarvela at intel.com>
> Fixes: e9e360b08a44 ("pstore: Protect unlink with read_mutex")
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100234
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Tomi Sarvela <tomi.p.sarvela at intel.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton at enomsg.org>
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross at android.com>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck at intel.com>
> Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha at redhat.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung at kernel.org>
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # v4.10+
> ---
>  fs/pstore/inode.c    | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  fs/pstore/platform.c |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
> index 57c0646479f5..dee5d34d9a64 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
> @@ -186,6 +186,26 @@ static const struct file_operations pstore_file_operations = {
>         .release        = seq_release,
>  };
>
> +struct pstore_unlink_work {
> +       struct work_struct work;
> +       struct dentry *dentry;
> +};
> +
> +static void pstore_unlink_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +       struct pstore_unlink_work *arg = container_of(work, typeof(*arg), work);
> +       struct dentry *dentry = arg->dentry;
> +       struct pstore_private *p = d_inode(dentry)->i_private;
> +
> +       mutex_lock(&p->psi->read_mutex);
> +       p->psi->erase(p->type, p->id, p->count,
> +                     d_inode(dentry)->i_ctime, p->psi);
> +       mutex_unlock(&p->psi->read_mutex);
> +
> +       dput(dentry);
> +       kfree(arg);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * When a file is unlinked from our file system we call the
>   * platform driver to erase the record from persistent store.
> @@ -193,20 +213,23 @@ static const struct file_operations pstore_file_operations = {
>  static int pstore_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  {
>         struct pstore_private *p = d_inode(dentry)->i_private;
> +       struct pstore_unlink_work *work;
>         int err;
>
>         err = pstore_check_syslog_permissions(p);
>         if (err)
>                 return err;
>
> -       if (p->psi->erase) {
> -               mutex_lock(&p->psi->read_mutex);
> -               p->psi->erase(p->type, p->id, p->count,
> -                             d_inode(dentry)->i_ctime, p->psi);
> -               mutex_unlock(&p->psi->read_mutex);
> -       } else {
> +       if (!p->psi->erase)
>                 return -EPERM;
> -       }
> +
> +       work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!work)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +       work->dentry = dget(dentry);
> +       INIT_WORK(&work->work, pstore_unlink_work);
> +       schedule_work(&work->work);
>
>         return simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
>  }
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
> index efab7b64925b..6ffca5ab4782 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
> @@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
>
>  void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *psi)
>  {
> +       flush_scheduled_work();
> +
>         if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_PMSG)
>                 pstore_unregister_pmsg();
>         if (psi->flags & PSTORE_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> --
> 2.11.0
>

If there isn't a shorter solution, then yeah, we can add a worker, but
I'd rather avoid the complexity...

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security


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