答复: [PATCH V2] rcu: Make sure new krcp free business is handled after the wanted rcu grace period.

["代子为 (Ziwei Dai)" <Ziwei.Dai@unisoc.com>]

> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> 发送时间: 2023年4月6日 2:46
> 收件人: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
> 抄送: 代子为 (Ziwei Dai) <Ziwei.Dai@unisoc.com>; urezki@gmail.com; frederic@kernel.org; quic_neeraju@quicinc.com;
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> 主题: Re: [PATCH V2] rcu: Make sure new krcp free business is handled after the wanted rcu grace period.
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> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 02:12:02PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 1:39 PM Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 8:43 AM Ziwei Dai <ziwei.dai@unisoc.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In kfree_rcu_monitor(), new free business at krcp is attached to
> > > > any free channel at krwp. kfree_rcu_monitor() is responsible to
> > > > make sure new free business is handled after the rcu grace period.
> > > > But if there is any none-free channel at krwp already, that means
> > > > there is an on-going rcu work, which will cause the
> > > > kvfree_call_rcu()-triggered free business is done before the wanted rcu grace period ends.
> > > >
> > > > This commit ignore krwp which has non-free channel at
> > > > kfree_rcu_monitor(), to fix the issue that kvfree_call_rcu() loses effectiveness.
> > > >
> > > > Below is the css_set obj "from_cset" use-after-free case caused by
> > > > kvfree_call_rcu() losing effectiveness.
> > > > CPU 0 calls rcu_read_lock(), then use "from_cset", then hard irq
> > > > comes, the task is schedule out.
> > > > CPU 1 calls kfree_rcu(cset, rcu_head), willing to free "from_cset" after new gp.
> > > > But "from_cset" is freed right after current gp end. "from_cset" is reallocated.
> > > > CPU 0 's task arrives back, references "from_cset"'s member, which causes crash.
> > > >
> > > > CPU 0                                   CPU 1
> > > > count_memcg_event_mm()
> > > > |rcu_read_lock()  <---
> > > > |mem_cgroup_from_task()
> > > >  |// css_set_ptr is the "from_cset" mentioned on CPU 1
> > > > |css_set_ptr = rcu_dereference((task)->cgroups)  |// Hard irq
> > > > comes, current task is scheduled out.
> > > >
> > > >                                         cgroup_attach_task()
> > > >                                         |cgroup_migrate()
> > > >                                         |cgroup_migrate_execute()
> > > >                                         |css_set_move_task(task, from_cset, to_cset, true)
> > > >                                         |cgroup_move_task(task, to_cset)
> > > >                                         |rcu_assign_pointer(.., to_cset)
> > > >                                         |...
> > > >                                         |cgroup_migrate_finish()
> > > >                                         |put_css_set_locked(from_cset)
> > > >                                         |from_cset->refcount return 0
> > > >                                         |kfree_rcu(cset, rcu_head) // means to free from_cset after new gp
> > > >                                         |add_ptr_to_bulk_krc_lock()
> > > >
> > > > |schedule_delayed_work(&krcp->monitor_work, ..)
> > > >
> > > >                                         kfree_rcu_monitor()
> > > >                                         |krcp->bulk_head[0]'s work attached to krwp->bulk_head_free[]
> > > >                                         |queue_rcu_work(system_wq, &krwp->rcu_work)
> > > >                                         |if rwork->rcu.work is not in WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT state,
> > > >                                         |call_rcu(&rwork->rcu,
> > > > rcu_work_rcufn) <--- request a new gp
> > > >
> > > >                                         // There is a perious call_rcu(.., rcu_work_rcufn)
> > > >                                         // gp end, rcu_work_rcufn() is called.
> > > >                                         rcu_work_rcufn()
> > > >                                         |__queue_work(..,
> > > > rwork->wq, &rwork->work);
> > > >
> > > >                                         |kfree_rcu_work()
> > > >                                         |krwp->bulk_head_free[0] bulk is freed before new gp end!!!
> > > >                                         |The "from_cset" is freed before new gp end.
> > > >
> > > > // the task is scheduled in after many ms.
> > > >  |css_set_ptr->subsys[(subsys_id) <--- Caused kernel crash, because css_set_ptr is freed.
> > > >
> > > > v2: Use helper function instead of inserted code block at kfree_rcu_monitor().
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: c014efeef76a ("rcu: Add multiple in-flight batches of
> > > > kfree_rcu() work")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ziwei Dai <ziwei.dai@unisoc.com>
> > >
> > > Please update the fixes tag to:
> > > 5f3c8d620447 ("rcu/tree: Maintain separate array for vmalloc ptrs")
> >
> > Vlad pointed out in another thread that the fix is actually to 34c881745549.
> >
> > So just to be sure, it could be updated to:
> > Fixes: 34c881745549 ("rcu: Support kfree_bulk() interface in
> > kfree_rcu()")
> > Fixes: 5f3c8d620447 ("rcu/tree: Maintain separate array for vmalloc
> > ptrs")
> 
> Ziwei Dai, does this change in Fixes look good to you?
> 
> If so, I will update the commit log in this commit that I am planning to submit into v6.3.  It is strictly speaking not a v6.3 regression,
> but it is starting to show up in the wild and the patch is contained enough to be considered an urgent fix.
> 
>                                                         Thanx, Paul

Hi Paul, it looks good to me and thanks!