[patch 0/3] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[patch 0/3] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[Thomas Gleixner]

The recent requeue PI changes introduced a condition where a waiter can
escape to user space with inconsistent state and in the worst case exit
before state has been made correct.

The following series addresses this.

Applies on top of

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/urgent

Thanks,

	tglx
---
 futex.c |  185 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)

[patch 1/3] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[Thomas Gleixner]

The recent rework of the requeue PI code introduced a possibility for
going back to user space in inconsistent state:

CPU 0				CPU 1

requeue_futex()
  if (lock_pifutex_user()) {
      dequeue_waiter();
      wake_waiter(task);
				sched_in(task);
     				return_from_futex_syscall();

  ---> Inconsistent state because PI state is not established

It becomes worse if the woken up task immediately exits:

				sys_exit();
				
      attach_pistate(vpid);	<--- FAIL


Attach the pi state before dequeuing and waking the waiter. If the waiter
gets a spurious wakeup before the dequeue operation it will wait in
futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() and therefore cannot return and exit.

Fixes: 07d91ef510fb ("futex: Prevent requeue_pi() lock nesting issue on RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+4d1bd0725ef09168e1a0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 kernel/futex.c |   98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1454,8 +1454,23 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __us
 			newval |= FUTEX_WAITERS;
 
 		ret = lock_pi_update_atomic(uaddr, uval, newval);
-		/* If the take over worked, return 1 */
-		return ret < 0 ? ret : 1;
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the waiter bit was requested the caller also needs PI
+		 * state attached to the new owner of the user space futex.
+		 *
+		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
+		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
+		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 */
+		if (set_waiters) {
+			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
+						  exiting);
+			 WARN_ON(ret);
+		}
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2036,17 +2051,24 @@ futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *p
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/*
-	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter.  Set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit in
-	 * the contended case or if set_waiters is 1.  The pi_state is returned
-	 * in ps in contended cases.
+	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter.  Set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit
+	 * in the contended case or if @set_waiters is true.
+	 *
+	 * In the contended case PI state is attached to the lock owner. If
+	 * the user space lock can be acquired then PI state is attached to
+	 * the new owner (top_waiter->task) when @set_waiters is true.
 	 */
 	vpid = task_pid_vnr(top_waiter->task);
 	ret = futex_lock_pi_atomic(pifutex, hb2, key2, ps, top_waiter->task,
 				   exiting, set_waiters);
 	if (ret == 1) {
-		/* Dequeue, wake up and update top_waiter::requeue_state */
+		/*
+		 * Lock was acquired in user space and PI state was
+		 * attached to top_waiter->task. That means state is fully
+		 * consistent and the waiter can return to user space
+		 * immediately after the wakeup.
+		 */
 		requeue_pi_wake_futex(top_waiter, key2, hb2);
-		return vpid;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		/* Rewind top_waiter::requeue_state */
 		futex_requeue_pi_complete(top_waiter, ret);
@@ -2208,19 +2230,26 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uad
 						 &exiting, nr_requeue);
 
 		/*
-		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or is
-		 * waiting on it.  If the former, then the pi_state will not
-		 * exist yet, look it up one more time to ensure we have a
-		 * reference to it. If the lock was taken, @ret contains the
-		 * VPID of the top waiter task.
-		 * If the lock was not taken, we have pi_state and an initial
-		 * refcount on it. In case of an error we have nothing.
+		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or
+		 * is waiting on it. In both cases pi_state has been
+		 * established and an initial refcount on it. In case of an
+		 * error there's nothing.
 		 *
 		 * The top waiter's requeue_state is up to date:
 		 *
-		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret > 0), then
+		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret == 1), then
 		 *    the state is Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED.
 		 *
+		 *    The top waiter has been dequeued and woken up and can
+		 *    return to user space immediately. The kernel/user
+		 *    space state is consistent. In case that there must be
+		 *    more waiters requeued the WAITERS bit in the user
+		 *    space futex is set so the top waiter task has to go
+		 *    into the syscall slowpath to unlock the futex. This
+		 *    will block until this requeue operation has been
+		 *    completed and the hash bucket locks have been
+		 *    dropped.
+		 *
 		 *  - If the trylock failed with an error (ret < 0) then
 		 *    the state is either Q_REQUEUE_PI_NONE, i.e. "nothing
 		 *    happened", or Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE when there was an
@@ -2234,36 +2263,20 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uad
 		 *    the same sanity checks for requeue_pi as the loop
 		 *    below does.
 		 */
-		if (ret > 0) {
-			WARN_ON(pi_state);
-			task_count++;
-			/*
-			 * If futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the
-			 * user space futex, then the user space value
-			 * @uaddr2 has been set to the @hb1's top waiter
-			 * task VPID. This task is guaranteed to be alive
-			 * and cannot be exiting because it is either
-			 * sleeping or blocked on @hb2 lock.
-			 *
-			 * The @uaddr2 futex cannot have waiters either as
-			 * otherwise futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() would not
-			 * have succeeded.
-			 *
-			 * In order to requeue waiters to @hb2, pi state is
-			 * required. Hand in the VPID value (@ret) and
-			 * allocate PI state with an initial refcount on
-			 * it.
-			 */
-			ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr2, ret, &key2, &pi_state,
-						 &exiting);
-			WARN_ON(ret);
-		}
-
 		switch (ret) {
 		case 0:
 			/* We hold a reference on the pi state. */
 			break;
 
+		case 1:
+			/*
+			 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the user space
+			 * futex. Adjust task_count.
+			 */
+			task_count++;
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+
 		/*
 		 * If the above failed, then pi_state is NULL and
 		 * waiter::requeue_state is correct.
@@ -2395,9 +2408,8 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uad
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state either in
-	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() or in attach_to_pi_owner(). We need
-	 * to drop it here again.
+	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state in
+	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(). We need to drop it here again.
 	 */
 	put_pi_state(pi_state);
 

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner]

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     340fd7c048184554c2524604cb8059794a01c686
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/340fd7c048184554c2524604cb8059794a01c686
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:48 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:29:48 +02:00

futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

The recent rework of the requeue PI code introduced a possibility for
going back to user space in inconsistent state:

CPU 0				CPU 1

requeue_futex()
  if (lock_pifutex_user()) {
      dequeue_waiter();
      wake_waiter(task);
				sched_in(task);
     				return_from_futex_syscall();

  ---> Inconsistent state because PI state is not established

It becomes worse if the woken up task immediately exits:

				sys_exit();
				
      attach_pistate(vpid);	<--- FAIL


Attach the pi state before dequeuing and waking the waiter. If the waiter
gets a spurious wakeup before the dequeue operation it will wait in
futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() and therefore cannot return and exit.

Fixes: 07d91ef510fb ("futex: Prevent requeue_pi() lock nesting issue on RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+4d1bd0725ef09168e1a0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.558914045@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/futex.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 30e7dae..04164d4 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1454,8 +1454,23 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 			newval |= FUTEX_WAITERS;
 
 		ret = lock_pi_update_atomic(uaddr, uval, newval);
-		/* If the take over worked, return 1 */
-		return ret < 0 ? ret : 1;
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the waiter bit was requested the caller also needs PI
+		 * state attached to the new owner of the user space futex.
+		 *
+		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
+		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
+		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 */
+		if (set_waiters) {
+			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
+						  exiting);
+			 WARN_ON(ret);
+		}
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2036,17 +2051,24 @@ futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/*
-	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter.  Set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit in
-	 * the contended case or if set_waiters is 1.  The pi_state is returned
-	 * in ps in contended cases.
+	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter and set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit
+	 * in the contended case or if @set_waiters is true.
+	 *
+	 * In the contended case PI state is attached to the lock owner. If
+	 * the user space lock can be acquired then PI state is attached to
+	 * the new owner (@top_waiter->task) when @set_waiters is true.
 	 */
 	vpid = task_pid_vnr(top_waiter->task);
 	ret = futex_lock_pi_atomic(pifutex, hb2, key2, ps, top_waiter->task,
 				   exiting, set_waiters);
 	if (ret == 1) {
-		/* Dequeue, wake up and update top_waiter::requeue_state */
+		/*
+		 * Lock was acquired in user space and PI state was
+		 * attached to @top_waiter->task. That means state is fully
+		 * consistent and the waiter can return to user space
+		 * immediately after the wakeup.
+		 */
 		requeue_pi_wake_futex(top_waiter, key2, hb2);
-		return vpid;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		/* Rewind top_waiter::requeue_state */
 		futex_requeue_pi_complete(top_waiter, ret);
@@ -2208,19 +2230,26 @@ retry_private:
 						 &exiting, nr_requeue);
 
 		/*
-		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or is
-		 * waiting on it.  If the former, then the pi_state will not
-		 * exist yet, look it up one more time to ensure we have a
-		 * reference to it. If the lock was taken, @ret contains the
-		 * VPID of the top waiter task.
-		 * If the lock was not taken, we have pi_state and an initial
-		 * refcount on it. In case of an error we have nothing.
+		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or
+		 * is waiting on it. In both cases pi_state has been
+		 * established and an initial refcount on it. In case of an
+		 * error there's nothing.
 		 *
 		 * The top waiter's requeue_state is up to date:
 		 *
-		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret > 0), then
+		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret == 1), then
 		 *    the state is Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED.
 		 *
+		 *    The top waiter has been dequeued and woken up and can
+		 *    return to user space immediately. The kernel/user
+		 *    space state is consistent. In case that there must be
+		 *    more waiters requeued the WAITERS bit in the user
+		 *    space futex is set so the top waiter task has to go
+		 *    into the syscall slowpath to unlock the futex. This
+		 *    will block until this requeue operation has been
+		 *    completed and the hash bucket locks have been
+		 *    dropped.
+		 *
 		 *  - If the trylock failed with an error (ret < 0) then
 		 *    the state is either Q_REQUEUE_PI_NONE, i.e. "nothing
 		 *    happened", or Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE when there was an
@@ -2234,36 +2263,20 @@ retry_private:
 		 *    the same sanity checks for requeue_pi as the loop
 		 *    below does.
 		 */
-		if (ret > 0) {
-			WARN_ON(pi_state);
-			task_count++;
-			/*
-			 * If futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the
-			 * user space futex, then the user space value
-			 * @uaddr2 has been set to the @hb1's top waiter
-			 * task VPID. This task is guaranteed to be alive
-			 * and cannot be exiting because it is either
-			 * sleeping or blocked on @hb2 lock.
-			 *
-			 * The @uaddr2 futex cannot have waiters either as
-			 * otherwise futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() would not
-			 * have succeeded.
-			 *
-			 * In order to requeue waiters to @hb2, pi state is
-			 * required. Hand in the VPID value (@ret) and
-			 * allocate PI state with an initial refcount on
-			 * it.
-			 */
-			ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr2, ret, &key2, &pi_state,
-						 &exiting);
-			WARN_ON(ret);
-		}
-
 		switch (ret) {
 		case 0:
 			/* We hold a reference on the pi state. */
 			break;
 
+		case 1:
+			/*
+			 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the user space
+			 * futex. Adjust task_count.
+			 */
+			task_count++;
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+
 		/*
 		 * If the above failed, then pi_state is NULL and
 		 * waiter::requeue_state is correct.
@@ -2395,9 +2408,8 @@ retry_private:
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state either in
-	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() or in attach_to_pi_owner(). We need
-	 * to drop it here again.
+	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state in
+	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(). We need to drop it here again.
 	 */
 	put_pi_state(pi_state);
 

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner]

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     4f07ec0d76f242d4ca0f0c0c6f7293c28254a554
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/4f07ec0d76f242d4ca0f0c0c6f7293c28254a554
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:48 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:07:18 +02:00

futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

The recent rework of the requeue PI code introduced a possibility for
going back to user space in inconsistent state:

CPU 0				CPU 1

requeue_futex()
  if (lock_pifutex_user()) {
      dequeue_waiter();
      wake_waiter(task);
				sched_in(task);
     				return_from_futex_syscall();

  ---> Inconsistent state because PI state is not established

It becomes worse if the woken up task immediately exits:

				sys_exit();
				
      attach_pistate(vpid);	<--- FAIL


Attach the pi state before dequeuing and waking the waiter. If the waiter
gets a spurious wakeup before the dequeue operation it will wait in
futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync() and therefore cannot return and exit.

Fixes: 07d91ef510fb ("futex: Prevent requeue_pi() lock nesting issue on RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+4d1bd0725ef09168e1a0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.558914045@linutronix.de


---
 kernel/futex.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 30e7dae..04164d4 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1454,8 +1454,23 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 			newval |= FUTEX_WAITERS;
 
 		ret = lock_pi_update_atomic(uaddr, uval, newval);
-		/* If the take over worked, return 1 */
-		return ret < 0 ? ret : 1;
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the waiter bit was requested the caller also needs PI
+		 * state attached to the new owner of the user space futex.
+		 *
+		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
+		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
+		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 */
+		if (set_waiters) {
+			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
+						  exiting);
+			 WARN_ON(ret);
+		}
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2036,17 +2051,24 @@ futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(u32 __user *pifutex, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb1,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/*
-	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter.  Set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit in
-	 * the contended case or if set_waiters is 1.  The pi_state is returned
-	 * in ps in contended cases.
+	 * Try to take the lock for top_waiter and set the FUTEX_WAITERS bit
+	 * in the contended case or if @set_waiters is true.
+	 *
+	 * In the contended case PI state is attached to the lock owner. If
+	 * the user space lock can be acquired then PI state is attached to
+	 * the new owner (@top_waiter->task) when @set_waiters is true.
 	 */
 	vpid = task_pid_vnr(top_waiter->task);
 	ret = futex_lock_pi_atomic(pifutex, hb2, key2, ps, top_waiter->task,
 				   exiting, set_waiters);
 	if (ret == 1) {
-		/* Dequeue, wake up and update top_waiter::requeue_state */
+		/*
+		 * Lock was acquired in user space and PI state was
+		 * attached to @top_waiter->task. That means state is fully
+		 * consistent and the waiter can return to user space
+		 * immediately after the wakeup.
+		 */
 		requeue_pi_wake_futex(top_waiter, key2, hb2);
-		return vpid;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
 		/* Rewind top_waiter::requeue_state */
 		futex_requeue_pi_complete(top_waiter, ret);
@@ -2208,19 +2230,26 @@ retry_private:
 						 &exiting, nr_requeue);
 
 		/*
-		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or is
-		 * waiting on it.  If the former, then the pi_state will not
-		 * exist yet, look it up one more time to ensure we have a
-		 * reference to it. If the lock was taken, @ret contains the
-		 * VPID of the top waiter task.
-		 * If the lock was not taken, we have pi_state and an initial
-		 * refcount on it. In case of an error we have nothing.
+		 * At this point the top_waiter has either taken uaddr2 or
+		 * is waiting on it. In both cases pi_state has been
+		 * established and an initial refcount on it. In case of an
+		 * error there's nothing.
 		 *
 		 * The top waiter's requeue_state is up to date:
 		 *
-		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret > 0), then
+		 *  - If the lock was acquired atomically (ret == 1), then
 		 *    the state is Q_REQUEUE_PI_LOCKED.
 		 *
+		 *    The top waiter has been dequeued and woken up and can
+		 *    return to user space immediately. The kernel/user
+		 *    space state is consistent. In case that there must be
+		 *    more waiters requeued the WAITERS bit in the user
+		 *    space futex is set so the top waiter task has to go
+		 *    into the syscall slowpath to unlock the futex. This
+		 *    will block until this requeue operation has been
+		 *    completed and the hash bucket locks have been
+		 *    dropped.
+		 *
 		 *  - If the trylock failed with an error (ret < 0) then
 		 *    the state is either Q_REQUEUE_PI_NONE, i.e. "nothing
 		 *    happened", or Q_REQUEUE_PI_IGNORE when there was an
@@ -2234,36 +2263,20 @@ retry_private:
 		 *    the same sanity checks for requeue_pi as the loop
 		 *    below does.
 		 */
-		if (ret > 0) {
-			WARN_ON(pi_state);
-			task_count++;
-			/*
-			 * If futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the
-			 * user space futex, then the user space value
-			 * @uaddr2 has been set to the @hb1's top waiter
-			 * task VPID. This task is guaranteed to be alive
-			 * and cannot be exiting because it is either
-			 * sleeping or blocked on @hb2 lock.
-			 *
-			 * The @uaddr2 futex cannot have waiters either as
-			 * otherwise futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() would not
-			 * have succeeded.
-			 *
-			 * In order to requeue waiters to @hb2, pi state is
-			 * required. Hand in the VPID value (@ret) and
-			 * allocate PI state with an initial refcount on
-			 * it.
-			 */
-			ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr2, ret, &key2, &pi_state,
-						 &exiting);
-			WARN_ON(ret);
-		}
-
 		switch (ret) {
 		case 0:
 			/* We hold a reference on the pi state. */
 			break;
 
+		case 1:
+			/*
+			 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() acquired the user space
+			 * futex. Adjust task_count.
+			 */
+			task_count++;
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+
 		/*
 		 * If the above failed, then pi_state is NULL and
 		 * waiter::requeue_state is correct.
@@ -2395,9 +2408,8 @@ retry_private:
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state either in
-	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() or in attach_to_pi_owner(). We need
-	 * to drop it here again.
+	 * We took an extra initial reference to the pi_state in
+	 * futex_proxy_trylock_atomic(). We need to drop it here again.
 	 */
 	put_pi_state(pi_state);
 

[patch 2/3] futex: Clarify comment for requeue_pi_wake_futex()

[Thomas Gleixner]

It's slightly confusing.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 kernel/futex.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1954,12 +1954,26 @@ static inline int futex_requeue_pi_wakeu
  * @hb:		the hash_bucket of the requeue target futex
  *
  * During futex_requeue, with requeue_pi=1, it is possible to acquire the
- * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.  Set the futex_q key
- * to the requeue target futex so the waiter can detect the wakeup on the right
- * futex, but remove it from the hb and NULL the rt_waiter so it can detect
- * atomic lock acquisition.  Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock
- * to protect access to the pi_state to fixup the owner later.  Must be called
- * with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
+ * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.
+ *
+ * 1) Set @q::key to the requeue target futex key so the waiter can detect
+ *    the wakeup on the right futex.
+ *
+ * 2) Dequeue @q from the hash bucket.
+ *
+ * 3) Set @q::rt_waiter to NULL so the woken up task can detect atomic lock
+ *    acquisition.
+ *
+ * 4) Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock for the case that
+ *    the waiter has to fixup the pi state.
+ *
+ * 5) Complete the requeue state so the waiter can make progress. After
+ *    this point the waiter task can return from the syscall immediately in
+ *    case that the pi state does not have to be fixed up.
+ *
+ * 6) Wake the waiter task.
+ *
+ * Must be called with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
  */
 static inline
 void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Clarify comment for requeue_pi_wake_futex()

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The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c38ae90c7c3abd287caa979ad0ff63c9a43ba71d
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c38ae90c7c3abd287caa979ad0ff63c9a43ba71d
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:50 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:29:48 +02:00

futex: Clarify comment for requeue_pi_wake_futex()

It's slightly confusing.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.618613025@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/futex.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 04164d4..82cd270 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1954,12 +1954,26 @@ static inline int futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync(struct futex_q *q)
  * @hb:		the hash_bucket of the requeue target futex
  *
  * During futex_requeue, with requeue_pi=1, it is possible to acquire the
- * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.  Set the futex_q key
- * to the requeue target futex so the waiter can detect the wakeup on the right
- * futex, but remove it from the hb and NULL the rt_waiter so it can detect
- * atomic lock acquisition.  Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock
- * to protect access to the pi_state to fixup the owner later.  Must be called
- * with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
+ * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.
+ *
+ * 1) Set @q::key to the requeue target futex key so the waiter can detect
+ *    the wakeup on the right futex.
+ *
+ * 2) Dequeue @q from the hash bucket.
+ *
+ * 3) Set @q::rt_waiter to NULL so the woken up task can detect atomic lock
+ *    acquisition.
+ *
+ * 4) Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock for the case that
+ *    the waiter has to fixup the pi state.
+ *
+ * 5) Complete the requeue state so the waiter can make progress. After
+ *    this point the waiter task can return from the syscall immediately in
+ *    case that the pi state does not have to be fixed up.
+ *
+ * 6) Wake the waiter task.
+ *
+ * Must be called with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
  */
 static inline
 void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Clarify comment for requeue_pi_wake_futex()

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The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     249955e51c8136189b3c66f54e212981a1350a0f
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/249955e51c8136189b3c66f54e212981a1350a0f
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:50 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:07:18 +02:00

futex: Clarify comment for requeue_pi_wake_futex()

It's slightly confusing.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.618613025@linutronix.de


---
 kernel/futex.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 04164d4..82cd270 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1954,12 +1954,26 @@ static inline int futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync(struct futex_q *q)
  * @hb:		the hash_bucket of the requeue target futex
  *
  * During futex_requeue, with requeue_pi=1, it is possible to acquire the
- * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.  Set the futex_q key
- * to the requeue target futex so the waiter can detect the wakeup on the right
- * futex, but remove it from the hb and NULL the rt_waiter so it can detect
- * atomic lock acquisition.  Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock
- * to protect access to the pi_state to fixup the owner later.  Must be called
- * with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
+ * target futex if it is uncontended or via a lock steal.
+ *
+ * 1) Set @q::key to the requeue target futex key so the waiter can detect
+ *    the wakeup on the right futex.
+ *
+ * 2) Dequeue @q from the hash bucket.
+ *
+ * 3) Set @q::rt_waiter to NULL so the woken up task can detect atomic lock
+ *    acquisition.
+ *
+ * 4) Set the q->lock_ptr to the requeue target hb->lock for the case that
+ *    the waiter has to fixup the pi state.
+ *
+ * 5) Complete the requeue state so the waiter can make progress. After
+ *    this point the waiter task can return from the syscall immediately in
+ *    case that the pi state does not have to be fixed up.
+ *
+ * 6) Wake the waiter task.
+ *
+ * Must be called with both q->lock_ptr and hb->lock held.
  */
 static inline
 void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,

[patch 3/3] futex: Avoid redundant task lookup

[Thomas Gleixner]

No need to do the full VPID based task lookup and validation of the top
waiter when the user space futex was acquired on it's behalf during the
requeue_pi operation. The task is known already and it cannot go away
before requeue_pi_wake_futex() has been invoked.

Split out the actual attach code from attach_pi_state_owner() and use that
instead of the full blown variant.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 kernel/futex.c |   67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,36 @@ static int handle_exit_race(u32 __user *
 	return -ESRCH;
 }
 
+static void __attach_to_pi_owner(struct task_struct *p, union futex_key *key,
+				 struct futex_pi_state **ps)
+{
+	/*
+	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
+	 *
+	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
+	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
+	 */
+	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
+	 * the owner of it:
+	 */
+	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
+
+	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
+	pi_state->key = *key;
+
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
+	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
+	/*
+	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
+	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
+	 */
+	pi_state->owner = p;
+
+	*ps = pi_state;
+}
 /*
  * Lookup the task for the TID provided from user space and attach to
  * it after doing proper sanity checks.
@@ -1272,7 +1302,6 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user
 			      struct task_struct **exiting)
 {
 	pid_t pid = uval & FUTEX_TID_MASK;
-	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/*
@@ -1324,36 +1353,11 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
-	 *
-	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
-	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
-	 */
-	pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
-	 * the owner of it:
-	 */
-	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
-
-	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
-	pi_state->key = *key;
-
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
-	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
-	/*
-	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
-	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
-	 */
-	pi_state->owner = p;
+	__attach_to_pi_owner(p, key, ps);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
 
 	put_task_struct(p);
 
-	*ps = pi_state;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1464,11 +1468,14 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __us
 		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
 		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
 		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 *
+		 * No need to do the full attach_to_pi_owner() exercise
+		 * because @task is known and valid.
 		 */
 		if (set_waiters) {
-			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
-						  exiting);
-			 WARN_ON(ret);
+			raw_spin_lock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
+			__attach_to_pi_owner(task, key, ps);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Avoid redundant task lookup

[tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner]

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c7e54b66384ca3e2c03e9021dc0627446dae2966
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c7e54b66384ca3e2c03e9021dc0627446dae2966
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:51 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:29:48 +02:00

futex: Avoid redundant task lookup

No need to do the full VPID based task lookup and validation of the top
waiter when the user space futex was acquired on it's behalf during the
requeue_pi operation. The task is known already and it cannot go away
before requeue_pi_wake_futex() has been invoked.

Split out the actual attach code from attach_pi_state_owner() and use that
instead of the full blown variant.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.676104881@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/futex.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 82cd270..a316dce 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,36 @@ static int handle_exit_race(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval,
 	return -ESRCH;
 }
 
+static void __attach_to_pi_owner(struct task_struct *p, union futex_key *key,
+				 struct futex_pi_state **ps)
+{
+	/*
+	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
+	 *
+	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
+	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
+	 */
+	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
+	 * the owner of it:
+	 */
+	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
+
+	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
+	pi_state->key = *key;
+
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
+	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
+	/*
+	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
+	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
+	 */
+	pi_state->owner = p;
+
+	*ps = pi_state;
+}
 /*
  * Lookup the task for the TID provided from user space and attach to
  * it after doing proper sanity checks.
@@ -1272,7 +1302,6 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, union futex_key *key,
 			      struct task_struct **exiting)
 {
 	pid_t pid = uval & FUTEX_TID_MASK;
-	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/*
@@ -1324,36 +1353,11 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, union futex_key *key,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
-	 *
-	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
-	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
-	 */
-	pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
-	 * the owner of it:
-	 */
-	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
-
-	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
-	pi_state->key = *key;
-
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
-	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
-	/*
-	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
-	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
-	 */
-	pi_state->owner = p;
+	__attach_to_pi_owner(p, key, ps);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
 
 	put_task_struct(p);
 
-	*ps = pi_state;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1464,11 +1468,14 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
 		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
 		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 *
+		 * No need to do the full attach_to_pi_owner() exercise
+		 * because @task is known and valid.
 		 */
 		if (set_waiters) {
-			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
-						  exiting);
-			 WARN_ON(ret);
+			raw_spin_lock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
+			__attach_to_pi_owner(task, key, ps);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}

[tip: locking/urgent] futex: Avoid redundant task lookup

[tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner]

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     340576590dac4bb58d532a8ad5bfa806d8ab473c
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/340576590dac4bb58d532a8ad5bfa806d8ab473c
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:48:51 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:07:18 +02:00

futex: Avoid redundant task lookup

No need to do the full VPID based task lookup and validation of the top
waiter when the user space futex was acquired on it's behalf during the
requeue_pi operation. The task is known already and it cannot go away
before requeue_pi_wake_futex() has been invoked.

Split out the actual attach code from attach_pi_state_owner() and use that
instead of the full blown variant.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902094414.676104881@linutronix.de


---
 kernel/futex.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 82cd270..a316dce 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,36 @@ static int handle_exit_race(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval,
 	return -ESRCH;
 }
 
+static void __attach_to_pi_owner(struct task_struct *p, union futex_key *key,
+				 struct futex_pi_state **ps)
+{
+	/*
+	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
+	 *
+	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
+	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
+	 */
+	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
+	 * the owner of it:
+	 */
+	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
+
+	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
+	pi_state->key = *key;
+
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
+	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
+	/*
+	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
+	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
+	 */
+	pi_state->owner = p;
+
+	*ps = pi_state;
+}
 /*
  * Lookup the task for the TID provided from user space and attach to
  * it after doing proper sanity checks.
@@ -1272,7 +1302,6 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, union futex_key *key,
 			      struct task_struct **exiting)
 {
 	pid_t pid = uval & FUTEX_TID_MASK;
-	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/*
@@ -1324,36 +1353,11 @@ static int attach_to_pi_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, union futex_key *key,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * No existing pi state. First waiter. [2]
-	 *
-	 * This creates pi_state, we have hb->lock held, this means nothing can
-	 * observe this state, wait_lock is irrelevant.
-	 */
-	pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
-
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the pi_mutex in locked state and make @p
-	 * the owner of it:
-	 */
-	rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(&pi_state->pi_mutex, p);
-
-	/* Store the key for possible exit cleanups: */
-	pi_state->key = *key;
-
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&pi_state->list));
-	list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
-	/*
-	 * Assignment without holding pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock is safe
-	 * because there is no concurrency as the object is not published yet.
-	 */
-	pi_state->owner = p;
+	__attach_to_pi_owner(p, key, ps);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
 
 	put_task_struct(p);
 
-	*ps = pi_state;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1464,11 +1468,14 @@ static int futex_lock_pi_atomic(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 		 * @task is guaranteed to be alive and it cannot be exiting
 		 * because it is either sleeping or waiting in
 		 * futex_requeue_pi_wakeup_sync().
+		 *
+		 * No need to do the full attach_to_pi_owner() exercise
+		 * because @task is known and valid.
 		 */
 		if (set_waiters) {
-			 ret = attach_to_pi_owner(uaddr, newval, key, ps,
-						  exiting);
-			 WARN_ON(ret);
+			raw_spin_lock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
+			__attach_to_pi_owner(task, key, ps);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}

Re: [patch 0/3] futex: Prevent inconsistent state and exit race

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 11:48:47AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The recent requeue PI changes introduced a condition where a waiter can
> escape to user space with inconsistent state and in the worst case exit
> before state has been made correct.
> 
> The following series addresses this.
> 

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>