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Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:42:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <0000000000009b403005942237bf@google.com> <27b57b11aadf1bd41ad8326101713ca0be7b8edf.camel@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Balbir Singh Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 14:42:39 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: KCSAN: data-race in taskstats_exit / taskstats_exit To: Dmitry Vyukov Cc: Marco Elver , syzbot , LKML , syzkaller-bugs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 7:55 PM Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 1:54 AM Balbir Singh wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2019-11-06 at 11:23 +0100, Marco Elver wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 01:10, Balbir Singh wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2019-10-04 at 21:26 -0700, syzbot wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > syzbot found the following crash on: > > > > > > > > > > HEAD commit: b4bd9343 x86, kcsan: Enable KCSAN for x86 > > > > > git tree: https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan > > > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=125329db600000 > > > > > kernel config: > > > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=c0906aa620713d80 > > > > > dashboard link: > > > > > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c5d03165a1bd1dead0c1 > > > > > compiler: gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental) > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet. > > > > > > > > > > IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the > > > > > commit: > > > > > Reported-by: syzbot+c5d03165a1bd1dead0c1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > > > > > BUG: KCSAN: data-race in taskstats_exit / taskstats_exit > > > > > > > > > > write to 0xffff8881157bbe10 of 8 bytes by task 7951 on cpu 0: > > > > > taskstats_tgid_alloc kernel/taskstats.c:567 [inline] > > > > > taskstats_exit+0x6b7/0x717 kernel/taskstats.c:596 > > > > > do_exit+0x2c2/0x18e0 kernel/exit.c:864 > > > > > do_group_exit+0xb4/0x1c0 kernel/exit.c:983 > > > > > get_signal+0x2a2/0x1320 kernel/signal.c:2734 > > > > > do_signal+0x3b/0xc00 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:815 > > > > > exit_to_usermode_loop+0x250/0x2c0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:159 > > > > > prepare_exit_to_usermode arch/x86/entry/common.c:194 [inline] > > > > > syscall_return_slowpath arch/x86/entry/common.c:274 [inline] > > > > > do_syscall_64+0x2d7/0x2f0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:299 > > > > > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 > > > > > > > > > > read to 0xffff8881157bbe10 of 8 bytes by task 7949 on cpu 1: > > > > > taskstats_tgid_alloc kernel/taskstats.c:559 [inline] > > > > > taskstats_exit+0xb2/0x717 kernel/taskstats.c:596 > > > > > do_exit+0x2c2/0x18e0 kernel/exit.c:864 > > > > > do_group_exit+0xb4/0x1c0 kernel/exit.c:983 > > > > > __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:994 [inline] > > > > > __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:992 [inline] > > > > > __x64_sys_exit_group+0x2e/0x30 kernel/exit.c:992 > > > > > do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x2f0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:296 > > > > > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry I've been away and just catching up with email > > > > > > > > I don't think this is a bug, if I interpret the report correctly it shows > > > > a > > > > race > > > > > > > > static struct taskstats *taskstats_tgid_alloc(struct task_struct *tsk) > > > > { > > > > struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal; > > > > struct taskstats *stats; > > > > > > > > #1 if (sig->stats || thread_group_empty(tsk)) <- the check of sig- > > > > >stats > > > > goto ret; > > > > > > > > /* No problem if kmem_cache_zalloc() fails */ > > > > stats = kmem_cache_zalloc(taskstats_cache, GFP_KERNEL); > > > > > > > > spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); > > > > if (!sig->stats) { > > > > #2 sig->stats = stats; <- here in setting sig->stats > > > > stats = NULL; > > > > } > > > > spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); > > > > > > > > if (stats) > > > > kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, stats); > > > > ret: > > > > return sig->stats; > > > > } > > > > > > > > The worst case scenario is that we might see sig->stats as being NULL when > > > > two > > > > threads belonging to the same tgid. We do free up stats if we got that > > > > wrong > > > > > > > > Am I misinterpreting the report? > > > > > > > > Balbir Singh. > > > > > > The plain concurrent reads/writes are a data race, which may manifest > > > in various undefined behaviour due to compiler optimizations [1, 2]. > > > Note that, "data race" does not necessarily imply "race condition"; > > > some data races are race conditions (usually the more interesting > > > bugs) -- but not *all* data races are race conditions (sometimes > > > referred to as "benign races"). KCSAN reports data races according to > > > the LKMM. > > > [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/793253/ > > > [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/799218/ > > > > > > If there is no race condition here that warrants heavier > > > synchronization (locking etc.), we still have the data race which > > > needs fixing by using marked atomic operations (READ_ONCE, WRITE_ONCE, > > > atomic_t, etc.). We also need to consider memory ordering requirements > > > (do we need smp_*mb(), smp_load_acquire/smp_store_release, ..)? > > > > > > In the case here, the pattern is double-checked locking, which is > > > incorrect without atomic operations and the correct memory ordering. > > > There is a lengthy discussion here: > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191021113327.22365-1-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com/ > > > > > > > > > > I am still not convinced unless someone can prove that unsigned long reads are > > non-atomic, > > None of the relevant standards guarantee this. C standard very > explicitly states the opposite - any data race renders behavior of the > program as undefined. LKMM does not give any defined behavior to data > races either. QED ;) > Fair enough! I am going to have a read the specification, in the meanwhile, I agree changes are needed based on what you've just stated above Balbir > > acquire/release and barriers semantics don't matter because the > > code deals with the race inside of a lock if the read was spurious, The > > assumption is based on the face that sig->stats can be NULL or the kzalloc'ed > > value in all cases. > > > > Balbir Singh. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "syzkaller-bugs" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to syzkaller-bugs+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/syzkaller-bugs/acd6b0d98a7ebcb4ead9b263ec5c568c5a747166.camel%40gmail.com.