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mm/slab_common: Deleting kobject in kmem_cache_destroy() without holding slab_mutex/cpu_hotplug_lock

Message ID 20220809205901.76595-1-longman@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
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Series mm/slab_common: Deleting kobject in kmem_cache_destroy() without holding slab_mutex/cpu_hotplug_lock | expand

Commit Message

Waiman Long Aug. 9, 2022, 8:59 p.m. UTC
A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
circular locking dependency.

  +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
  |                                                         |
  +---------------------------------------------------------+

One way to break this circular locking chain is to avoid holding
cpu_hotplug_lock and slab_mutex while deleting the kobject in
sysfs_slab_unlink() which should be equivalent to doing a write_lock
and write_unlock pair of the kn->active virtual lock.

Since the kobject structures are not protected by slab_mutex or the
cpu_hotplug_lock, we can certainly release those locks before doing
the delete operation.

Move sysfs_slab_unlink() and sysfs_slab_release() to the newly
created kmem_cache_release() and call it outside the slab_mutex &
cpu_hotplug_lock critical sections.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
 mm/slab_common.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Comments

Roman Gushchin Aug. 9, 2022, 10:25 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 04:59:01PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
> circular locking dependency.
> 
>   +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
>   |                                                         |
>   +---------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> One way to break this circular locking chain is to avoid holding
> cpu_hotplug_lock and slab_mutex while deleting the kobject in
> sysfs_slab_unlink() which should be equivalent to doing a write_lock
> and write_unlock pair of the kn->active virtual lock.
> 
> Since the kobject structures are not protected by slab_mutex or the
> cpu_hotplug_lock, we can certainly release those locks before doing
> the delete operation.
> 
> Move sysfs_slab_unlink() and sysfs_slab_release() to the newly
> created kmem_cache_release() and call it outside the slab_mutex &
> cpu_hotplug_lock critical sections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/slab_common.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 17996649cfe3..9274fb03563e 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -392,6 +392,30 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
>  
> +#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> +/*
> + * For a given kmem_cache, kmem_cache_destroy() should only be called
> + * once or there will be a use-after-free problem. The actual deletion
> + * and release of the kobject does not need slab_mutex or cpu_hotplug_lock
> + * protection. So they are now done without holding those locks.
> + */
> +static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
> +{
> +	if (!workfn)
> +		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
> +
> +	if (workfn || !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
> +		sysfs_slab_release(s);
> +	else
> +		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
> +{
> +	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
>  	LIST_HEAD(to_destroy);
> @@ -418,11 +442,7 @@ static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &to_destroy, list) {
>  		debugfs_slab_release(s);
>  		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
> -#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> -		sysfs_slab_release(s);
> -#else
> -		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
> -#endif
> +		kmem_cache_release(s, true);

Hi Waiman!

As I understand, with SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS kmem_cache_release() can effectively call
into itself: first it's called with workfn == false from shutdown_cache() and
then optionally it's scheduled to call itself from a work context with
workfn == true just to call sysfs_slab_release(). Is it right?

If !SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS, shutdown_cache() optionally adds kmem_cache to the
slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy list and calls kmem_cache_release(s, false) ==
slab_kmem_cache_release(). How it's then removed from the list?

Overall the patch is a bit hard to follow (not like this code was easy to read
before, so can't blame the patch). But I wonder if it will make things simpler
to decouple kmem_cache_release(workfn == true) and kmem_cache_release(workfn == false)
into 2 different helpers? Or at least add a bold comment on how things are supposed
to work.

Thanks!
Waiman Long Aug. 9, 2022, 11:05 p.m. UTC | #2
On 8/9/22 18:25, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 04:59:01PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
>> circular locking dependency.
>>
>>    +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
>>    |                                                         |
>>    +---------------------------------------------------------+
>>
>> One way to break this circular locking chain is to avoid holding
>> cpu_hotplug_lock and slab_mutex while deleting the kobject in
>> sysfs_slab_unlink() which should be equivalent to doing a write_lock
>> and write_unlock pair of the kn->active virtual lock.
>>
>> Since the kobject structures are not protected by slab_mutex or the
>> cpu_hotplug_lock, we can certainly release those locks before doing
>> the delete operation.
>>
>> Move sysfs_slab_unlink() and sysfs_slab_release() to the newly
>> created kmem_cache_release() and call it outside the slab_mutex &
>> cpu_hotplug_lock critical sections.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/slab_common.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
>> index 17996649cfe3..9274fb03563e 100644
>> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
>> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
>> @@ -392,6 +392,30 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
>>   
>> +#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
>> +/*
>> + * For a given kmem_cache, kmem_cache_destroy() should only be called
>> + * once or there will be a use-after-free problem. The actual deletion
>> + * and release of the kobject does not need slab_mutex or cpu_hotplug_lock
>> + * protection. So they are now done without holding those locks.
>> + */
>> +static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
>> +{
>> +	if (!workfn)
>> +		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
>> +
>> +	if (workfn || !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
>> +		sysfs_slab_release(s);
>> +	else
>> +		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
>> +}
>> +#else
>> +static inline void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
>> +{
>> +	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>>   {
>>   	LIST_HEAD(to_destroy);
>> @@ -418,11 +442,7 @@ static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &to_destroy, list) {
>>   		debugfs_slab_release(s);
>>   		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
>> -#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
>> -		sysfs_slab_release(s);
>> -#else
>> -		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
>> -#endif
>> +		kmem_cache_release(s, true);
> Hi Waiman!
>
> As I understand, with SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS kmem_cache_release() can effectively call
> into itself: first it's called with workfn == false from shutdown_cache() and
> then optionally it's scheduled to call itself from a work context with
> workfn == true just to call sysfs_slab_release(). Is it right?
>
> If !SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS, shutdown_cache() optionally adds kmem_cache to the
> slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy list and calls kmem_cache_release(s, false) ==
> slab_kmem_cache_release(). How it's then removed from the list?
>
> Overall the patch is a bit hard to follow (not like this code was easy to read
> before, so can't blame the patch). But I wonder if it will make things simpler
> to decouple kmem_cache_release(workfn == true) and kmem_cache_release(workfn == false)
> into 2 different helpers? Or at least add a bold comment on how things are supposed
> to work.
>
> Thanks!

You are right. I agree that it can be hard to read. Simpler is always 
better. Will post a v2 with the change suggested.

Thanks,
Longman
Vlastimil Babka Aug. 10, 2022, 9:34 a.m. UTC | #3
On 8/9/22 22:59, Waiman Long wrote:
> A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
> circular locking dependency.
> 
>    +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
>    |                                                         |
>    +---------------------------------------------------------+

This sounded familiar and I've found a thread from January:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/388098b2c03fbf0a732834fc01b2d875c335bc49.1642170196.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com/

But that seemed to be specific to RHEL-8 RT kernel and not reproduced 
with mainline. Is it different this time? Can you share the splats?

> One way to break this circular locking chain is to avoid holding
> cpu_hotplug_lock and slab_mutex while deleting the kobject in
> sysfs_slab_unlink() which should be equivalent to doing a write_lock
> and write_unlock pair of the kn->active virtual lock.
> 
> Since the kobject structures are not protected by slab_mutex or the
> cpu_hotplug_lock, we can certainly release those locks before doing
> the delete operation.
> 
> Move sysfs_slab_unlink() and sysfs_slab_release() to the newly
> created kmem_cache_release() and call it outside the slab_mutex &
> cpu_hotplug_lock critical sections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> ---
>   mm/slab_common.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 17996649cfe3..9274fb03563e 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -392,6 +392,30 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
>   
> +#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> +/*
> + * For a given kmem_cache, kmem_cache_destroy() should only be called
> + * once or there will be a use-after-free problem. The actual deletion
> + * and release of the kobject does not need slab_mutex or cpu_hotplug_lock
> + * protection. So they are now done without holding those locks.
> + */
> +static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
> +{
> +	if (!workfn)
> +		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
> +
> +	if (workfn || !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
> +		sysfs_slab_release(s);
> +	else
> +		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
> +{
> +	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>   static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>   {
>   	LIST_HEAD(to_destroy);
> @@ -418,11 +442,7 @@ static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &to_destroy, list) {
>   		debugfs_slab_release(s);
>   		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
> -#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> -		sysfs_slab_release(s);
> -#else
> -		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
> -#endif
> +		kmem_cache_release(s, true);
>   	}
>   }
>   
> @@ -437,20 +457,10 @@ static int shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
>   	list_del(&s->list);
>   
>   	if (s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) {
> -#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> -		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
> -#endif
>   		list_add_tail(&s->list, &slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy);
> -		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
>   	} else {
>   		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
>   		debugfs_slab_release(s);
> -#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
> -		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
> -		sysfs_slab_release(s);
> -#else
> -		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
> -#endif
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
> @@ -465,14 +475,16 @@ void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
>   
>   void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
>   {
> +	int refcnt;
> +
>   	if (unlikely(!s) || !kasan_check_byte(s))
>   		return;
>   
>   	cpus_read_lock();
>   	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
>   
> -	s->refcount--;
> -	if (s->refcount)
> +	refcnt = --s->refcount;
> +	if (refcnt)
>   		goto out_unlock;
>   
>   	WARN(shutdown_cache(s),
> @@ -481,6 +493,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
>   out_unlock:
>   	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
>   	cpus_read_unlock();
> +	if (!refcnt)
> +		kmem_cache_release(s, false);
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
>
Waiman Long Aug. 10, 2022, 2:08 p.m. UTC | #4
On 8/10/22 05:34, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 8/9/22 22:59, Waiman Long wrote:
>> A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
>> circular locking dependency.
>>
>>    +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
>>    |                                                         |
>>    +---------------------------------------------------------+
>
> This sounded familiar and I've found a thread from January:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/388098b2c03fbf0a732834fc01b2d875c335bc49.1642170196.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com/ 
>
>
> But that seemed to be specific to RHEL-8 RT kernel and not reproduced 
> with mainline. Is it different this time? Can you share the splats?

I think this is easier to reproduce on a RT kernel, but it also happens 
in a non-RT kernel. One example splat that I got was

[ 1777.114757] ======================================================
[ 1777.121646] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 1777.128544] 4.18.0-403.el8.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
[ 1777.134280] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 1777.141176] slub_cpu_partia/4113 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 1777.147395] ffffffffaef95b20 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: 
cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
[ 1777.156837]
                but task is already holding lock:
[ 1777.163346] ffff88811bd17578 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}, at: 
kernfs_fop_write+0x1d0/0x410
[ 1777.172591]
                which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 1777.181718]
                the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 1777.190070]
                -> #2 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}:
[ 1777.196688]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
[ 1777.201360]        __kernfs_remove+0x617/0x800
[ 1777.206320]        kernfs_remove+0x1d/0x30
[ 1777.210891]        kobject_del+0x8e/0x150
[ 1777.215360]        kmem_cache_destroy+0x10d/0x130
[ 1777.220615]        bioset_exit+0x1e3/0x2c0
[ 1777.225189]        blk_release_queue+0x20d/0x310
[ 1777.230336]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
[ 1777.235296] scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0x5e3/0xd60
[ 1777.242198]        execute_in_process_context+0x27/0x130
[ 1777.248131]        device_release+0xa1/0x210
[ 1777.252899]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
[ 1777.257857]        scsi_alloc_sdev+0xa1e/0xc80
[ 1777.262820]        scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x809/0x2da0
[ 1777.268557]        __scsi_scan_target+0x1c1/0xb60
[ 1777.273801]        scsi_scan_channel+0xe2/0x150
[ 1777.278855]        scsi_scan_host_selected+0x1fb/0x2a0
[ 1777.284590]        do_scan_async+0x3e/0x440
[ 1777.289258]        async_run_entry_fn+0xd8/0x660
[ 1777.294413]        process_one_work+0x919/0x17c0
[ 1777.299568]        worker_thread+0x87/0xb40
[ 1777.304227]        kthread+0x30d/0x3c0
[ 1777.308411]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 1777.312984]
                -> #1 (slab_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[ 1777.319309]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
[ 1777.323978]        __mutex_lock+0x154/0x15d0
[ 1777.328745]        kmem_cache_destroy+0x3f/0x130
[ 1777.333898]        bioset_exit+0x1e3/0x2c0
[ 1777.338469]        blk_release_queue+0x20d/0x310
[ 1777.343623]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
[ 1777.348582] scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0x5e3/0xd60
[ 1777.355481]        execute_in_process_context+0x27/0x130
[ 1777.361409]        device_release+0xa1/0x210
[ 1777.366175]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
[ 1777.371135]        scsi_alloc_sdev+0xa1e/0xc80
[ 1777.376096]        scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x809/0x2da0
[ 1777.381824]        __scsi_scan_target+0x1c1/0xb60
[ 1777.387073]        scsi_scan_channel+0xe2/0x150
[ 1777.392128]        scsi_scan_host_selected+0x1fb/0x2a0
[ 1777.397864]        do_scan_async+0x3e/0x440
[ 1777.402533]        async_run_entry_fn+0xd8/0x660
[ 1777.407688]        process_one_work+0x919/0x17c0
[ 1777.412841]        worker_thread+0x87/0xb40
[ 1777.417509]        kthread+0x30d/0x3c0
[ 1777.421693]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 1777.426263]
                -> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
[ 1777.433168]        check_prevs_add+0x3fa/0x18b0
[ 1777.438226]        __lock_acquire+0x21b3/0x2b80
[ 1777.443273]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
[ 1777.447940]        cpus_read_lock+0x40/0xc0
[ 1777.452611]        cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
[ 1777.457571]        slab_attr_store+0x20/0x30
[ 1777.462338]        kernfs_fop_write+0x255/0x410
[ 1777.467394]        vfs_write+0x157/0x460
[ 1777.471777]        ksys_write+0xb8/0x170
[ 1777.476155]        do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x450
[ 1777.480828]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6a/0xdf
[ 1777.487041]
                other info that might help us debug this:

[ 1777.495975] Chain exists of:
                  cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->count#126

[ 1777.507443]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 1777.514049]        CPU0                    CPU1
[ 1777.519102]        ----                    ----
[ 1777.524155]   lock(kn->count#126);
[ 1777.527956]                                lock(slab_mutex);
[ 1777.534274] lock(kn->count#126);
[ 1777.540885]   lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);
[ 1777.544964]
                 *** DEADLOCK ***

[ 1777.551570] 3 locks held by slub_cpu_partia/4113:
[ 1777.556820]  #0: ffff8881319884d0 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: 
vfs_write+0x31c/0x460
[ 1777.565771]  #1: ffff888161d39490 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: 
kernfs_fop_write+0x1ad/0x410
[ 1777.575203]  #2: ffff88811bd17578 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}, at: 
kernfs_fop_write+0x1d0/0x410
[ 1777.584928]
                stack backtrace:
[ 1777.589792] CPU: 65 PID: 4113 Comm: slub_cpu_partia Kdump: loaded Not 
tainted 4.18.0-403.el8.x86_64+debug #1
[ 1777.600767] Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 
-[7Y98XXXXXX]-/System Board, BIOS CFE103A 07/04/2019
[ 1777.611342] Call Trace:
[ 1777.614072]  dump_stack+0x5c/0x80
[ 1777.617777]  check_noncircular+0x27f/0x320
[ 1777.622352]  ? print_circular_bug+0x440/0x440
[ 1777.627215]  ? kernel_text_address+0x125/0x140
[ 1777.632170]  ? mark_lock.part.31+0xf4/0xd40
[ 1777.636841]  ? is_dynamic_key+0x220/0x220
[ 1777.641326]  check_prevs_add+0x3fa/0x18b0
[ 1777.645798]  ? sched_clock+0x5/0x10
[ 1777.649695]  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x1e0
[ 1777.654175]  ? check_irq_usage+0xa20/0xa20
[ 1777.658750]  ? find_held_lock+0x1c0/0x1c0
[ 1777.663225]  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x1e0
[ 1777.667705]  __lock_acquire+0x21b3/0x2b80
[ 1777.672192]  lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
[ 1777.676279]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
[ 1777.680854]  ? rcu_read_unlock+0x50/0x50
[ 1777.685239]  ? sysfs_file_ops+0x160/0x160
[ 1777.689718]  cpus_read_lock+0x40/0xc0
[ 1777.693806]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
[ 1777.698380]  cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
[ 1777.702761]  slab_attr_store+0x20/0x30
[ 1777.706944]  kernfs_fop_write+0x255/0x410
[ 1777.711424]  vfs_write+0x157/0x460
[ 1777.715224]  ksys_write+0xb8/0x170
[ 1777.719023]  ? __ia32_sys_read+0xb0/0xb0
[ 1777.723406]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x294/0x3e0
[ 1777.729144]  ? do_syscall_64+0x22/0x450
[ 1777.733429]  do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x450
[ 1777.737518]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6a/0xdf
[ 1777.743159] RIP: 0033:0x7f4fe9b2ead8
[ 1777.747153] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 
00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 45 4c 2a 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 17 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 
05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 41 54 49 89 d4 55
[ 1777.768112] RSP: 002b:00007ffcc2173d48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 
0000000000000001
[ 1777.776565] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 
00007f4fe9b2ead8
[ 1777.784530] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 000055d41293eb70 RDI: 
0000000000000001
[ 1777.792495] RBP: 000055d41293eb70 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 
0000000000000003
[ 1777.800459] R10: 000000000000000a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 
00007f4fe9dcf6e0
[ 1777.808425] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00007f4fe9dca860 R15: 
0000000000000002

The cpu_partial_store() method call flush_all() which takes the 
cpu_hotplug_lock completing the cycle.

Cheers,
Longman
Hyeonggon Yoo Aug. 22, 2022, 1:46 p.m. UTC | #5
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 02:03:33PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 8/10/22 16:08, Waiman Long wrote:
> > On 8/10/22 05:34, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> >> On 8/9/22 22:59, Waiman Long wrote:
> >>> A circular locking problem is reported by lockdep due to the following
> >>> circular locking dependency.
> >>>
> >>>    +--> cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#126 --+
> >>>    |                                                         |
> >>>    +---------------------------------------------------------+
> >>
> >> This sounded familiar and I've found a thread from January:
> >>
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/388098b2c03fbf0a732834fc01b2d875c335bc49.1642170196.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com/
> >>
> >> But that seemed to be specific to RHEL-8 RT kernel and not reproduced with
> >> mainline. Is it different this time? Can you share the splats?
> > 
> > I think this is easier to reproduce on a RT kernel, but it also happens in a
> > non-RT kernel. One example splat that I got was
> > 
> > [ 1777.114757] ======================================================
> > [ 1777.121646] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> > [ 1777.128544] 4.18.0-403.el8.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
> > [ 1777.134280] ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Yeah that's non-RT, but still 4.18 kernel, as in Xin Long's thread
> referenced above. That wasn't reproducible in current mainline and I would
> expect yours also isn't, because it would be reported by others too.

I can confirm this splat is reproducible on 6.0-rc1 when conditions below are met:
	1) Lockdep is enabled
	2) kmem_cache_destroy() is executed at least once (e.g. loading slub_kunit module)
	3) flush_all() is executed at least once (e.g. writing to /sys/kernel/<slab>/cpu_partial)

[   51.408901] ======================================================
[   51.409925] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[   51.410940] 6.0.0-rc1+ #1554 Tainted: G    B            N
[   51.411845] ------------------------------------------------------
[   51.412855] sh/578 is trying to acquire lock:
[   51.413578] ffffffff8307d890 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cpu_partial_store+0x56/0xa0
[   51.414948] 
[   51.414948] but task is already holding lock:
[   51.415908] ffff888103166740 (kn->active#43){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x210
[   51.417270] 
[   51.417270] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[   51.417270] 
[   51.417825] 
[   51.417825] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[   51.418336] 
[   51.418336] -> #2 (kn->active#43){++++}-{0:0}:
[   51.418744]        __kernfs_remove+0x2fe/0x3b0
[   51.419054]        kernfs_remove+0x36/0x50
[   51.419337]        __kobject_del+0x2e/0xd0
[   51.419622]        kobject_del+0xf/0x20
[   51.419912]        kmem_cache_destroy+0xd8/0x110
[   51.420273]        test_exit+0x1a/0x30
[   51.420570]        kunit_try_run_case+0x65/0x80
[   51.420926]        kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
[   51.421391]        kthread+0xf2/0x120
[   51.421699]        ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[   51.422042] 
[   51.422042] -> #1 (slab_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[   51.422513]        __mutex_lock+0xa5/0x9a0
[   51.422858]        kmem_cache_destroy+0x26/0x110
[   51.423241]        test_exit+0x1a/0x30
[   51.423557]        kunit_try_run_case+0x65/0x80
[   51.423938]        kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x16/0x30
[   51.424432]        kthread+0xf2/0x120
[   51.424739]        ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[   51.425080] 
[   51.425080] -> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
[   51.425593]        __lock_acquire+0x1122/0x1dd0
[   51.425971]        lock_acquire+0xd5/0x300
[   51.426312]        cpus_read_lock+0x3c/0xd0
[   51.426660]        cpu_partial_store+0x56/0xa0
[   51.427030]        slab_attr_store+0x20/0x40
[   51.427388]        kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15b/0x210
[   51.427798]        vfs_write+0x346/0x4c0
[   51.428128]        ksys_write+0x65/0xf0
[   51.428457]        do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[   51.428801]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[   51.429262] 
[   51.429262] other info that might help us debug this:
[   51.429262] 
[   51.429918] Chain exists of:
[   51.429918]   cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->active#43
[   51.429918] 
[   51.430763]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[   51.430763] 
[   51.431251]        CPU0                    CPU1
[   51.431629]        ----                    ----
[   51.432008]   lock(kn->active#43);
[   51.432293]                                lock(slab_mutex);
[   51.432754]                                lock(kn->active#43);
[   51.433219]   lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);
[   51.433508] 
[   51.433508]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[   51.433508] 
[   51.433963] 3 locks held by sh/578:
[   51.434224]  #0: ffff88811a982460 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x65/0xf0
[   51.434800]  #1: ffff88811a8ea888 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x110/0x210
[   51.435478]  #2: ffff888103166740 (kn->active#43){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x0
[   51.436174] 
[   51.436174] stack backtrace:
[   51.436539] CPU: 4 PID: 578 Comm: sh Tainted: G    B            N 6.0.0-rc1+ #1554
[   51.437130] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
[   51.437803] Call Trace:
[   51.438008]  <TASK>
[   51.438187]  dump_stack_lvl+0x56/0x73
[   51.438493]  check_noncircular+0x102/0x120
[   51.438831]  __lock_acquire+0x1122/0x1dd0
[   51.439162]  lock_acquire+0xd5/0x300
[   51.439444]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x56/0xa0
[   51.439773]  cpus_read_lock+0x3c/0xd0
[   51.440063]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x56/0xa0
[   51.440402]  cpu_partial_store+0x56/0xa0
[   51.440730]  slab_attr_store+0x20/0x40
[   51.441039]  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15b/0x210
[   51.441387]  vfs_write+0x346/0x4c0
[   51.441666]  ksys_write+0x65/0xf0
[   51.441942]  do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[   51.442237]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[   51.442578]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100
[   51.442931]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[   51.443359] RIP: 0033:0x7f6428c9415c
[   51.443645] Code: 8b 7c 24 08 89 c5 e8 c5 ff ff ff 89 ef 89 44 24 08 e8 e8 13 03 00 8b 44 24 08 43
[   51.445133] RSP: 002b:00007fff556ee9d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
[   51.445742] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007f6428c9415c
[   51.446316] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 000055e65f1c17f0 RDI: 0000000000000001
[   51.446862] RBP: 000055e65f1c17f0 R08: fefefefefefefeff R09: fffffeffffff0000
[   51.447415] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000002
[   51.447994] R13: 00007f6428c79690 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007fff556eea48
[   51.448552]  </TASK>

> Also in both cases the lockdep (in 4.18) seems to have issue with
> cpus_read_lock() which is a rwsem taken for read, so not really exclusive in
> order to cause the reported deadlock.

Agreed.

> So I suspected lockdep was improved since 4.18 to not report a false
> positive, but we never confirmed.

Seems not improved as it reports on 6.0-rc1.
May fix lockdep instead of fixing SLUB?

> So I'm still not convinced mainline needs any fix right now, but I'll check
> the v3 anyway in case it simplifies things wrt the kernfs locking, which
> does complicate stuff in any case.
> 
> > [ 1777.141176] slub_cpu_partia/4113 is trying to acquire lock:
> > [ 1777.147395] ffffffffaef95b20 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at:
> > cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
> > [ 1777.156837]
> >                but task is already holding lock:
> > [ 1777.163346] ffff88811bd17578 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}, at:
> > kernfs_fop_write+0x1d0/0x410
> > [ 1777.172591]
> >                which lock already depends on the new lock.
> > 
> > [ 1777.181718]
> >                the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> > [ 1777.190070]
> >                -> #2 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}:
> > [ 1777.196688]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
> > [ 1777.201360]        __kernfs_remove+0x617/0x800
> > [ 1777.206320]        kernfs_remove+0x1d/0x30
> > [ 1777.210891]        kobject_del+0x8e/0x150
> > [ 1777.215360]        kmem_cache_destroy+0x10d/0x130
> > [ 1777.220615]        bioset_exit+0x1e3/0x2c0
> > [ 1777.225189]        blk_release_queue+0x20d/0x310
> > [ 1777.230336]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
> > [ 1777.235296] scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0x5e3/0xd60
> > [ 1777.242198]        execute_in_process_context+0x27/0x130
> > [ 1777.248131]        device_release+0xa1/0x210
> > [ 1777.252899]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
> > [ 1777.257857]        scsi_alloc_sdev+0xa1e/0xc80
> > [ 1777.262820]        scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x809/0x2da0
> > [ 1777.268557]        __scsi_scan_target+0x1c1/0xb60
> > [ 1777.273801]        scsi_scan_channel+0xe2/0x150
> > [ 1777.278855]        scsi_scan_host_selected+0x1fb/0x2a0
> > [ 1777.284590]        do_scan_async+0x3e/0x440
> > [ 1777.289258]        async_run_entry_fn+0xd8/0x660
> > [ 1777.294413]        process_one_work+0x919/0x17c0
> > [ 1777.299568]        worker_thread+0x87/0xb40
> > [ 1777.304227]        kthread+0x30d/0x3c0
> > [ 1777.308411]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
> > [ 1777.312984]
> >                -> #1 (slab_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> > [ 1777.319309]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
> > [ 1777.323978]        __mutex_lock+0x154/0x15d0
> > [ 1777.328745]        kmem_cache_destroy+0x3f/0x130
> > [ 1777.333898]        bioset_exit+0x1e3/0x2c0
> > [ 1777.338469]        blk_release_queue+0x20d/0x310
> > [ 1777.343623]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
> > [ 1777.348582] scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0x5e3/0xd60
> > [ 1777.355481]        execute_in_process_context+0x27/0x130
> > [ 1777.361409]        device_release+0xa1/0x210
> > [ 1777.366175]        kobject_release+0x105/0x390
> > [ 1777.371135]        scsi_alloc_sdev+0xa1e/0xc80
> > [ 1777.376096]        scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x809/0x2da0
> > [ 1777.381824]        __scsi_scan_target+0x1c1/0xb60
> > [ 1777.387073]        scsi_scan_channel+0xe2/0x150
> > [ 1777.392128]        scsi_scan_host_selected+0x1fb/0x2a0
> > [ 1777.397864]        do_scan_async+0x3e/0x440
> > [ 1777.402533]        async_run_entry_fn+0xd8/0x660
> > [ 1777.407688]        process_one_work+0x919/0x17c0
> > [ 1777.412841]        worker_thread+0x87/0xb40
> > [ 1777.417509]        kthread+0x30d/0x3c0
> > [ 1777.421693]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
> > [ 1777.426263]
> >                -> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
> > [ 1777.433168]        check_prevs_add+0x3fa/0x18b0
> > [ 1777.438226]        __lock_acquire+0x21b3/0x2b80
> > [ 1777.443273]        lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
> > [ 1777.447940]        cpus_read_lock+0x40/0xc0
> > [ 1777.452611]        cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
> > [ 1777.457571]        slab_attr_store+0x20/0x30
> > [ 1777.462338]        kernfs_fop_write+0x255/0x410
> > [ 1777.467394]        vfs_write+0x157/0x460
> > [ 1777.471777]        ksys_write+0xb8/0x170
> > [ 1777.476155]        do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x450
> > [ 1777.480828]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6a/0xdf
> > [ 1777.487041]
> >                other info that might help us debug this:
> > 
> > [ 1777.495975] Chain exists of:
> >                  cpu_hotplug_lock --> slab_mutex --> kn->count#126
> > 
> > [ 1777.507443]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> > 
> > [ 1777.514049]        CPU0                    CPU1
> > [ 1777.519102]        ----                    ----
> > [ 1777.524155]   lock(kn->count#126);
> > [ 1777.527956]                                lock(slab_mutex);
> > [ 1777.534274] lock(kn->count#126);
> > [ 1777.540885]   lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);
> > [ 1777.544964]
> >                 *** DEADLOCK ***
> > 
> > [ 1777.551570] 3 locks held by slub_cpu_partia/4113:
> > [ 1777.556820]  #0: ffff8881319884d0 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at:
> > vfs_write+0x31c/0x460
> > [ 1777.565771]  #1: ffff888161d39490 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at:
> > kernfs_fop_write+0x1ad/0x410
> > [ 1777.575203]  #2: ffff88811bd17578 (kn->count#126){++++}-{0:0}, at:
> > kernfs_fop_write+0x1d0/0x410
> > [ 1777.584928]
> >                stack backtrace:
> > [ 1777.589792] CPU: 65 PID: 4113 Comm: slub_cpu_partia Kdump: loaded Not
> > tainted 4.18.0-403.el8.x86_64+debug #1
> > [ 1777.600767] Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 -[7Y98XXXXXX]-/System
> > Board, BIOS CFE103A 07/04/2019
> > [ 1777.611342] Call Trace:
> > [ 1777.614072]  dump_stack+0x5c/0x80
> > [ 1777.617777]  check_noncircular+0x27f/0x320
> > [ 1777.622352]  ? print_circular_bug+0x440/0x440
> > [ 1777.627215]  ? kernel_text_address+0x125/0x140
> > [ 1777.632170]  ? mark_lock.part.31+0xf4/0xd40
> > [ 1777.636841]  ? is_dynamic_key+0x220/0x220
> > [ 1777.641326]  check_prevs_add+0x3fa/0x18b0
> > [ 1777.645798]  ? sched_clock+0x5/0x10
> > [ 1777.649695]  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x1e0
> > [ 1777.654175]  ? check_irq_usage+0xa20/0xa20
> > [ 1777.658750]  ? find_held_lock+0x1c0/0x1c0
> > [ 1777.663225]  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x1e0
> > [ 1777.667705]  __lock_acquire+0x21b3/0x2b80
> > [ 1777.672192]  lock_acquire+0x1db/0x8e0
> > [ 1777.676279]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
> > [ 1777.680854]  ? rcu_read_unlock+0x50/0x50
> > [ 1777.685239]  ? sysfs_file_ops+0x160/0x160
> > [ 1777.689718]  cpus_read_lock+0x40/0xc0
> > [ 1777.693806]  ? cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
> > [ 1777.698380]  cpu_partial_store+0x47/0xa0
> > [ 1777.702761]  slab_attr_store+0x20/0x30
> > [ 1777.706944]  kernfs_fop_write+0x255/0x410
> > [ 1777.711424]  vfs_write+0x157/0x460
> > [ 1777.715224]  ksys_write+0xb8/0x170
> > [ 1777.719023]  ? __ia32_sys_read+0xb0/0xb0
> > [ 1777.723406]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x294/0x3e0
> > [ 1777.729144]  ? do_syscall_64+0x22/0x450
> > [ 1777.733429]  do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x450
> > [ 1777.737518]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6a/0xdf
> > [ 1777.743159] RIP: 0033:0x7f4fe9b2ead8
> > [ 1777.747153] Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00
> > f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 45 4c 2a 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 17 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48>
> > 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 41 54 49 89 d4 55
> > [ 1777.768112] RSP: 002b:00007ffcc2173d48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX:
> > 0000000000000001
> > [ 1777.776565] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX:
> > 00007f4fe9b2ead8
> > [ 1777.784530] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 000055d41293eb70 RDI:
> > 0000000000000001
> > [ 1777.792495] RBP: 000055d41293eb70 R08: 000000000000000a R09:
> > 0000000000000003
> > [ 1777.800459] R10: 000000000000000a R11: 0000000000000246 R12:
> > 00007f4fe9dcf6e0
> > [ 1777.808425] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00007f4fe9dca860 R15:
> > 0000000000000002
> > 
> > The cpu_partial_store() method call flush_all() which takes the
> > cpu_hotplug_lock completing the cycle.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Longman
> > 
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 17996649cfe3..9274fb03563e 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -392,6 +392,30 @@  kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
 
+#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
+/*
+ * For a given kmem_cache, kmem_cache_destroy() should only be called
+ * once or there will be a use-after-free problem. The actual deletion
+ * and release of the kobject does not need slab_mutex or cpu_hotplug_lock
+ * protection. So they are now done without holding those locks.
+ */
+static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
+{
+	if (!workfn)
+		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
+
+	if (workfn || !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
+		sysfs_slab_release(s);
+	else
+		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
+}
+#else
+static inline void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s, bool workfn)
+{
+	slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(to_destroy);
@@ -418,11 +442,7 @@  static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &to_destroy, list) {
 		debugfs_slab_release(s);
 		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
-		sysfs_slab_release(s);
-#else
-		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
-#endif
+		kmem_cache_release(s, true);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -437,20 +457,10 @@  static int shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	list_del(&s->list);
 
 	if (s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) {
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
-		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
-#endif
 		list_add_tail(&s->list, &slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy);
-		schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
 	} else {
 		kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
 		debugfs_slab_release(s);
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
-		sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
-		sysfs_slab_release(s);
-#else
-		slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
-#endif
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -465,14 +475,16 @@  void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
+	int refcnt;
+
 	if (unlikely(!s) || !kasan_check_byte(s))
 		return;
 
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
 
-	s->refcount--;
-	if (s->refcount)
+	refcnt = --s->refcount;
+	if (refcnt)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	WARN(shutdown_cache(s),
@@ -481,6 +493,8 @@  void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 	cpus_read_unlock();
+	if (!refcnt)
+		kmem_cache_release(s, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);