From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
To: paulmck@kernel.org, frederic@kernel.org,
quic_neeraju@quicinc.com, joel@joelfernandes.org
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Safe access to rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:25:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221224052553.263199-1-qiang1.zhang@intel.com> (raw)
For kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario
can result system oops.
CPU1 CPU2
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore rcu_print_task_exp_stall
if (special.b.blocked) READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks) != NULL
raw_spin_lock_rcu_node
np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp)
if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->exp_tasks)
WRITE_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks, np)
....
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node
raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node
t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev,
struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry)
(if rnp->exp_tasks is NULL
will trigger oops)
This problem is that CPU2 accesses rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks
without holding the rcu_node structure's ->lock and CPU2 did not
observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks in time,
if rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks is set null pointer by CPU1, after
that CPU2 accesses members of rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks will
trigger oops.
This commit therefore allows rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks to be
accessed while holding rcu_node structure's ->lock.
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 7cc4856da081..902e7c8709c7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -803,9 +803,11 @@ static int rcu_print_task_exp_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp)
int ndetected = 0;
struct task_struct *t;
- if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks))
- return 0;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+ if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks)) {
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
+ return 0;
+ }
t = list_entry(rnp->exp_tasks->prev,
struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry);
list_for_each_entry_continue(t, &rnp->blkd_tasks, rcu_node_entry) {
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2022-12-24 5:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-24 5:25 Zqiang [this message]
2023-01-06 3:10 ` [PATCH] rcu: Safe access to rcu_node structure's->exp_tasks Zhang, Qiang1
2023-01-06 3:41 ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-01-06 12:58 ` Zhang, Qiang1
2023-01-09 13:21 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2023-01-09 15:22 ` Paul E. McKenney
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