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[v3,2/2] ALSA: fireworks: accessing to user space outside spinlock

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Takashi Sakamoto Aug. 31, 2016, 11:15 a.m. UTC
In hwdep interface of fireworks driver, accessing to user space is in a
critical section with disabled local interrupt. Depending on architecture,
accessing to user space can cause page fault exception. Then local
processor stores machine status and handles the synchronous event. A
handler corresponding to the event can call task scheduler to wait for
preparing pages. In a case of usage of single core processor, the state to
disable local interrupt is worse because it don't handle usual interrupts
from hardware.

This commit fixes this bug, performing the accessing outside spinlock.

Reported-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thakkar@oracle.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 555e8a8f7f14('ALSA: fireworks: Add command/response functionality into hwdep interface')
Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>
---
 sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c       | 52 ++++++++++++++++++------
 sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c |  4 +-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Comments

Takashi Iwai Aug. 31, 2016, 12:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:15:33 +0200,
Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> In hwdep interface of fireworks driver, accessing to user space is in a
> critical section with disabled local interrupt. Depending on architecture,
> accessing to user space can cause page fault exception. Then local
> processor stores machine status and handles the synchronous event. A
> handler corresponding to the event can call task scheduler to wait for
> preparing pages. In a case of usage of single core processor, the state to
> disable local interrupt is worse because it don't handle usual interrupts
> from hardware.
> 
> This commit fixes this bug, performing the accessing outside spinlock.
> 
> Reported-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thakkar@oracle.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 555e8a8f7f14('ALSA: fireworks: Add command/response functionality into hwdep interface')
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>
> ---
>  sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c       | 52 ++++++++++++++++++------
>  sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c |  4 +-
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
> index 33df865..2563490 100644
> --- a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
> +++ b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>  {
>  	unsigned int length, till_end, type;
>  	struct snd_efw_transaction *t;
> +	u8 *pull_ptr;
>  	long count = 0;
>  
>  	if (remained < sizeof(type) + sizeof(struct snd_efw_transaction))
> @@ -38,8 +39,17 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>  	buf += sizeof(type);
>  
>  	/* write into buffer as many responses as possible */
> +	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * When another task reaches here during this task's access to user
> +	 * space, it picks up current position in buffer and can read the same
> +	 * series of responses.
> +	 */
> +	pull_ptr = efw->pull_ptr;
> +
>  	while (efw->resp_queues > 0) {
> -		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(efw->pull_ptr);
> +		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(pull_ptr);
>  		length = be32_to_cpu(t->length) * sizeof(__be32);
>  
>  		/* confirm enough space for this response */
> @@ -49,16 +59,19 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>  		/* copy from ring buffer to user buffer */
>  		while (length > 0) {
>  			till_end = snd_efw_resp_buf_size -
> -				(unsigned int)(efw->pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
> +				(unsigned int)(pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
>  			till_end = min_t(unsigned int, length, till_end);
>  
> -			if (copy_to_user(buf, efw->pull_ptr, till_end))
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
> +
> +			if (copy_to_user(buf, pull_ptr, till_end))
>  				return -EFAULT;
>  
> -			efw->pull_ptr += till_end;
> -			if (efw->pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf +
> -					     snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
> -				efw->pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
> +			spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
> +
> +			pull_ptr += till_end;
> +			if (pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf + snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
> +				pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
>  
>  			length -= till_end;
>  			buf += till_end;
> @@ -69,6 +82,18 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>  		efw->resp_queues--;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * All of tasks can read from the buffer nearly simultaneously, but the
> +	 * position of each task is different depending on the length of given
> +	 * buffer. Here, for simplicity, a position of buffer is set by the
> +	 * latest task. It's better for a listening application to allow one
> +	 * thread to read from the buffer. Unless, each task can read different
> +	 * sequence of responses depending on variation of buffer length.
> +	 */
> +	efw->pull_ptr = pull_ptr;
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);

Hrm, I'm afraid that it still doesn't work properly when accessed
concurrently.  In your code, efw->pull_ptr isn't updated until the end
of the loop, while dfw->resp_queues are decremented in the loop.

Suppose resp_queues = 2, and two threads read concurrently.  What
happens?   Both threads read from the first element only once, and
resp_queues are decremented twice (one per each).  And now both
threads go out of the loops, and both set the pull_ptr to the same
next item, although the second item hasn't been processed.


Takashi
Takashi Sakamoto Aug. 31, 2016, 1:03 p.m. UTC | #2
On Aug 31 2016 21:21, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:15:33 +0200,
> Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
>>
>> In hwdep interface of fireworks driver, accessing to user space is in a
>> critical section with disabled local interrupt. Depending on architecture,
>> accessing to user space can cause page fault exception. Then local
>> processor stores machine status and handles the synchronous event. A
>> handler corresponding to the event can call task scheduler to wait for
>> preparing pages. In a case of usage of single core processor, the state to
>> disable local interrupt is worse because it don't handle usual interrupts
>> from hardware.
>>
>> This commit fixes this bug, performing the accessing outside spinlock.
>>
>> Reported-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thakkar@oracle.com>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Fixes: 555e8a8f7f14('ALSA: fireworks: Add command/response functionality into hwdep interface')
>> Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp>
>> ---
>>  sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c       | 52 ++++++++++++++++++------
>>  sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c |  4 +-
>>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
>> index 33df865..2563490 100644
>> --- a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
>> +++ b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>>  {
>>  	unsigned int length, till_end, type;
>>  	struct snd_efw_transaction *t;
>> +	u8 *pull_ptr;
>>  	long count = 0;
>>  
>>  	if (remained < sizeof(type) + sizeof(struct snd_efw_transaction))
>> @@ -38,8 +39,17 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>>  	buf += sizeof(type);
>>  
>>  	/* write into buffer as many responses as possible */
>> +	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * When another task reaches here during this task's access to user
>> +	 * space, it picks up current position in buffer and can read the same
>> +	 * series of responses.
>> +	 */
>> +	pull_ptr = efw->pull_ptr;
>> +
>>  	while (efw->resp_queues > 0) {
>> -		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(efw->pull_ptr);
>> +		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(pull_ptr);
>>  		length = be32_to_cpu(t->length) * sizeof(__be32);
>>  
>>  		/* confirm enough space for this response */
>> @@ -49,16 +59,19 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>>  		/* copy from ring buffer to user buffer */
>>  		while (length > 0) {
>>  			till_end = snd_efw_resp_buf_size -
>> -				(unsigned int)(efw->pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
>> +				(unsigned int)(pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
>>  			till_end = min_t(unsigned int, length, till_end);
>>  
>> -			if (copy_to_user(buf, efw->pull_ptr, till_end))
>> +			spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
>> +
>> +			if (copy_to_user(buf, pull_ptr, till_end))
>>  				return -EFAULT;
>>  
>> -			efw->pull_ptr += till_end;
>> -			if (efw->pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf +
>> -					     snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
>> -				efw->pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
>> +			spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
>> +
>> +			pull_ptr += till_end;
>> +			if (pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf + snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
>> +				pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
>>  
>>  			length -= till_end;
>>  			buf += till_end;
>> @@ -69,6 +82,18 @@ hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
>>  		efw->resp_queues--;
>>  	}
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * All of tasks can read from the buffer nearly simultaneously, but the
>> +	 * position of each task is different depending on the length of given
>> +	 * buffer. Here, for simplicity, a position of buffer is set by the
>> +	 * latest task. It's better for a listening application to allow one
>> +	 * thread to read from the buffer. Unless, each task can read different
>> +	 * sequence of responses depending on variation of buffer length.
>> +	 */
>> +	efw->pull_ptr = pull_ptr;
>> +
>> +	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
> 
> Hrm, I'm afraid that it still doesn't work properly when accessed
> concurrently.  In your code, efw->pull_ptr isn't updated until the end
> of the loop, while dfw->resp_queues are decremented in the loop.
> 
> Suppose resp_queues = 2, and two threads read concurrently.  What
> happens?   Both threads read from the first element only once, and
> resp_queues are decremented twice (one per each).  And now both
> threads go out of the loops, and both set the pull_ptr to the same
> next item, although the second item hasn't been processed.

Just from my overlooking.


Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto
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Patch

diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
index 33df865..2563490 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_hwdep.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@  hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
 {
 	unsigned int length, till_end, type;
 	struct snd_efw_transaction *t;
+	u8 *pull_ptr;
 	long count = 0;
 
 	if (remained < sizeof(type) + sizeof(struct snd_efw_transaction))
@@ -38,8 +39,17 @@  hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
 	buf += sizeof(type);
 
 	/* write into buffer as many responses as possible */
+	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * When another task reaches here during this task's access to user
+	 * space, it picks up current position in buffer and can read the same
+	 * series of responses.
+	 */
+	pull_ptr = efw->pull_ptr;
+
 	while (efw->resp_queues > 0) {
-		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(efw->pull_ptr);
+		t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)(pull_ptr);
 		length = be32_to_cpu(t->length) * sizeof(__be32);
 
 		/* confirm enough space for this response */
@@ -49,16 +59,19 @@  hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
 		/* copy from ring buffer to user buffer */
 		while (length > 0) {
 			till_end = snd_efw_resp_buf_size -
-				(unsigned int)(efw->pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
+				(unsigned int)(pull_ptr - efw->resp_buf);
 			till_end = min_t(unsigned int, length, till_end);
 
-			if (copy_to_user(buf, efw->pull_ptr, till_end))
+			spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
+			if (copy_to_user(buf, pull_ptr, till_end))
 				return -EFAULT;
 
-			efw->pull_ptr += till_end;
-			if (efw->pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf +
-					     snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
-				efw->pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
+			spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
+			pull_ptr += till_end;
+			if (pull_ptr >= efw->resp_buf + snd_efw_resp_buf_size)
+				pull_ptr -= snd_efw_resp_buf_size;
 
 			length -= till_end;
 			buf += till_end;
@@ -69,6 +82,18 @@  hwdep_read_resp_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long remained,
 		efw->resp_queues--;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * All of tasks can read from the buffer nearly simultaneously, but the
+	 * position of each task is different depending on the length of given
+	 * buffer. Here, for simplicity, a position of buffer is set by the
+	 * latest task. It's better for a listening application to allow one
+	 * thread to read from the buffer. Unless, each task can read different
+	 * sequence of responses depending on variation of buffer length.
+	 */
+	efw->pull_ptr = pull_ptr;
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -76,14 +101,17 @@  static long
 hwdep_read_locked(struct snd_efw *efw, char __user *buf, long count,
 		  loff_t *offset)
 {
-	union snd_firewire_event event;
+	union snd_firewire_event event = {
+		.lock_status.type = SNDRV_FIREWIRE_EVENT_LOCK_STATUS,
+	};
 
-	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
+	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
 
-	event.lock_status.type = SNDRV_FIREWIRE_EVENT_LOCK_STATUS;
 	event.lock_status.status = (efw->dev_lock_count > 0);
 	efw->dev_lock_changed = false;
 
+	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
 	count = min_t(long, count, sizeof(event.lock_status));
 
 	if (copy_to_user(buf, &event, count))
@@ -111,13 +139,13 @@  hwdep_read(struct snd_hwdep *hwdep, char __user *buf, long count,
 		spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
 	if (efw->dev_lock_changed)
 		count = hwdep_read_locked(efw, buf, count, offset);
 	else if (efw->resp_queues > 0)
 		count = hwdep_read_resp_buf(efw, buf, count, offset);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efw->lock);
-
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
index f550808..fa78e32 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@  copy_resp_to_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, void *data, size_t length, int *rcode)
 	size_t capacity, till_end;
 	struct snd_efw_transaction *t;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
-
 	t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)data;
 	length = min_t(size_t, be32_to_cpu(t->length) * sizeof(u32), length);
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
+
 	if (efw->push_ptr < efw->pull_ptr)
 		capacity = (unsigned int)(efw->pull_ptr - efw->push_ptr);
 	else