From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, peterz@infradead.org,
mingo@redhat.com, will@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [REPORT] Request for reviewing crypto code wrt wait_for_completion()
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 12:46:39 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210807034639.GA8726@X58A-UD3R> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210806114058.GA13896@gondor.apana.org.au>
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 07:40:58PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 05:03:44PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > Hello crypto folks,
> >
> > I developed a tool for tracking waiters and reporting if any of the
> > events that the waiters are waiting for would never happen, say, a
> > deadlock. Yes, it would look like Lockdep but more inclusive.
> >
> > While I ran the tool(Dept: Dependency Tracker) on v5.4.96, I got some
> > reports from the tool. One of them is related to crypto subsystem.
> > Because I'm not that familiar with the code, I'd like to ask you guys to
> > review the related code.
> >
> > If I understand correctly, it doesn't actually cause deadlock but looks
> > like a problematic code. I know you are not used to the format of the
> > report from Dept so.. let me summerize the result.
> >
> > The simplified call trace looks like when the problem araised :
> >
> > THREAD A
> > --------
> > A1 crypto_alg_mod_lookup()
> > A2 crypto_probing_notify(CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST)
> > A3 cryptomgr_schedule_probe()
> > A4 kthread_run(cyptomgr_probe) ---> Start THREAD B
> >
> > A5 crypto_larval_wait()
> > A6 wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(c) /* waiting for B10 */
>
> This larval would be an instantiation larval, and it can only be
> woken up by thread B, not C.
Yes. This is what I understood based on the code.
> > THREAD B
> > --------
> > B1 cryptomgr_probe()
> > B2 pkcslpad_create()
> > B3 crypto_wait_for_test()
> > B4 crypto_probing_notify(CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REGISTER)
> > B5 cryptomgr_schedule_test()
> > B6 kthread_run(cyptomgr_test) ---> Start THREAD C
> >
> > B7 tmpl->alloc()
> > B8 crupto_register_instance()
> > B9 wait_for_completion_killable(c) /* waiting for C3 */
> > B10 complete_all(c)
>
> I presume you're talking about about the wait_for_completion from
Right. Sorry for confusing you.
> crypto_wait_for_test, in which case it can only be woken by thread
> C. After which thread B will return to cryptomgr_probe and wake up
> thread A.
Yes. This is what I understood based on the code too.
>
> > THREAD C
> > --------
> > C1 cryptomgr_test()
> > C2 crypto_alg_tested()
> > C3 complete_all(c)
> >
> > ---
> >
> > For example, in this situation, I think C3 could wake up both A6 and B9
> > before THREAD B reaches B10 which is not desired by A6. Say, is it okay
> > to wake up A6 with B7 ~ B9 having yet to complete?
>
> AFAICS thread C only wakes up test larvals, not instantiation larvals.
> Please let me know if you have any further issues.
The both cases looks like to get the larvals from the same list,
crypto_alg_list, one from crypto_larval_lookup() and the other from
__crypto_register_alg(). So I thought a single larval can be used at the
same time both at crypto_wait_for_test() and crypto_alg_mod_lookup() by
any chance. It would be great if the code ensures it never happens :-)
The problematic scenario I wanted to ask you looks like - I was
wondering if it's okay to nest requesting CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST and
CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REGISTER in a single stack, in other words, if it's okay
to try CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REGISTER before completing CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST.
A1 crypto_alg_mod_lookup()
A2 crypto_probing_notify(CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REQUEST)
A3 cryptomgr_schedule_probe()
A4 kthread_run(cyptomgr_probe) ---> Start THREAD B
B1 cryptomgr_probe()
B2 pkcslpad_create()
B3 crypto_wait_for_test()
B4 crypto_probing_notify(CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_REGISTER)
B5 cryptomgr_schedule_test()
B6 kthread_run(cyptomgr_test) ---> Start THREAD C
C1 cryptomgr_test()
C2 crypto_alg_tested()
C3 complete_all(c) <- *the point* that I'd like to ask you.
A5 crypto_larval_wait()
A6 wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(c) /* waiting for B10 */
(wake up and go)
Bx wait_for_completion_killable(c) /* waiting for C3 */
(wake up and go)
Bx tmpl->alloc()
Bx crupto_register_instance()
B10 complete_all(c)
I think I've shown you all the detail about the problematic flow. If
it still looks okay to you, then it'd be great!
Thank you,
Byungchul
> Thanks,
> --
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
> PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-07 3:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-03 2:16 [RFC] Cross-release versus a new tool Byungchul Park
2021-08-06 8:03 ` [REPORT] Request for reviewing crypto code wrt wait_for_completion() Byungchul Park
2021-08-06 11:40 ` Herbert Xu
2021-08-07 3:46 ` Byungchul Park [this message]
2021-08-08 4:45 ` Herbert Xu
2021-08-25 1:27 ` [RFC] Cross-release versus a new tool Byungchul Park
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