When experimenting with bpf_send_signal() helper in our production
environment (5.2 based), we experienced a deadlock in NMI mode:
#5 [ffffc9002219f770] queued_spin_lock_slowpath at ffffffff8110be24
#6 [ffffc9002219f770] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave at ffffffff81a43012
#7 [ffffc9002219f780] try_to_wake_up at ffffffff810e7ecd
#8 [ffffc9002219f7e0] signal_wake_up_state at ffffffff810c7b55
#9 [ffffc9002219f7f0] __send_signal at ffffffff810c8602
#10 [ffffc9002219f830] do_send_sig_info at ffffffff810ca31a
#11 [ffffc9002219f868] bpf_send_signal at ffffffff8119d227
#12 [ffffc9002219f988] bpf_overflow_handler at ffffffff811d4140
#13 [ffffc9002219f9e0] __perf_event_overflow at ffffffff811d68cf
#14 [ffffc9002219fa10] perf_swevent_overflow at ffffffff811d6a09
#15 [ffffc9002219fa38] ___perf_sw_event at ffffffff811e0f47
#16 [ffffc9002219fc30] __schedule at ffffffff81a3e04d
#17 [ffffc9002219fc90] schedule at ffffffff81a3e219
#18 [ffffc9002219fca0] futex_wait_queue_me at ffffffff8113d1b9
#19 [ffffc9002219fcd8] futex_wait at ffffffff8113e529
#20 [ffffc9002219fdf0] do_futex at ffffffff8113ffbc
#21 [ffffc9002219fec0] __x64_sys_futex at ffffffff81140d1c
#22 [ffffc9002219ff38] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff81002602
#23 [ffffc9002219ff50] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe at ffffffff81c00068
The above call stack is actually very similar to an issue
reported by Commit eac9153f2b58 ("bpf/stackmap: Fix deadlock with
rq_lock in bpf_get_stack()") by Song Liu. The only difference is
bpf_send_signal() helper instead of bpf_get_stack() helper.
The above deadlock is triggered with a perf_sw_event.
Similar to Commit eac9153f2b58, the above reproducer used tracepoint
point sched/sched_switch so the issue can be easily catched.
/* stress_test.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#define THREAD_COUNT 1000
char *filename;
void *worker(void *p)
{
void *ptr;
int fd;
char *pptr;
fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
return NULL;
while (1) {
struct timespec ts = {0, 1000 + rand() % 2000};
ptr = mmap(NULL, 4096 * 64, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
usleep(1);
if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
printf("failed to mmap\n");
break;
}
munmap(ptr, 4096 * 64);
usleep(1);
pptr = malloc(1);
usleep(1);
pptr[0] = 1;
usleep(1);
free(pptr);
usleep(1);
nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
}
close(fd);
return NULL;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
void *ptr;
int i;
pthread_t threads[THREAD_COUNT];
if (argc < 2)
return 0;
filename = argv[1];
for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) {
if (pthread_create(threads + i, NULL, worker, NULL)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error creating thread\n");
return 0;
}
}
for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);
return 0;
}
and the following command:
1. run `stress_test /bin/ls` in one windown
2. hack bcc trace.py with the following change:
--- a/tools/trace.py
+++ b/tools/trace.py
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ BPF_PERF_OUTPUT(%s);
__data.tgid = __tgid;
__data.pid = __pid;
bpf_get_current_comm(&__data.comm, sizeof(__data.comm));
+ bpf_send_signal(10);
%s
%s
%s.perf_submit(%s, &__data, sizeof(__data));
3. in a different window run
./trace.py -p $(pidof stress_test) t:sched:sched_switch
The deadlock can be reproduced.
Similar to Song's fix, the fix is to delay sending signal if
irqs is disabled to avoid deadlocks involving with rq_lock.
With this change, my above stress-test in our production system
won't cause deadlock any more.
I also implemented a scale-down version of reproducer in the
selftest (a subsequent commit). With latest bpf-next,
it complains for the following deadlock.
[ 32.832450] -> #1 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}:
[ 32.833100] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x80
[ 32.833696] task_rq_lock+0x2c/0xa0
[ 32.834182] task_sched_runtime+0x59/0xd0
[ 32.834721] thread_group_cputime+0x250/0x270
[ 32.835304] thread_group_cputime_adjusted+0x2e/0x70
[ 32.835959] do_task_stat+0x8a7/0xb80
[ 32.836461] proc_single_show+0x51/0xb0
...
[ 32.839512] -> #0 (&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock){....}:
[ 32.840275] __lock_acquire+0x1358/0x1a20
[ 32.840826] lock_acquire+0xc7/0x1d0
[ 32.841309] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x80
[ 32.841916] __lock_task_sighand+0x79/0x160
[ 32.842465] do_send_sig_info+0x35/0x90
[ 32.842977] bpf_send_signal+0xa/0x10
[ 32.843464] bpf_prog_bc13ed9e4d3163e3_send_signal_tp_sched+0x465/0x1000
[ 32.844301] trace_call_bpf+0x115/0x270
[ 32.844809] perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x4a/0xc0
[ 32.845411] perf_trace_sched_switch+0x10f/0x180
[ 32.846014] __schedule+0x45d/0x880
[ 32.846483] schedule+0x5f/0xd0
...
[ 32.853148] Chain exists of:
[ 32.853148] &(&sighand->siglock)->rlock --> &p->pi_lock --> &rq->lock
[ 32.853148]
[ 32.854451] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 32.854451]
[ 32.855173] CPU0 CPU1
[ 32.855745] ---- ----
[ 32.856278] lock(&rq->lock);
[ 32.856671] lock(&p->pi_lock);
[ 32.857332] lock(&rq->lock);
[ 32.857999] lock(&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock);
Deadlock happens on CPU0 when it tries to acquire &sighand->siglock
but it has been held by CPU1 and CPU1 tries to grab &rq->lock
and cannot get it.
This is not exactly the callstack in our production environment,
but sympotom is similar and both locks are using spin_lock_irqsave()
to acquire the lock, and both involves rq_lock. The fix to delay
sending signal when irq is disabled also fixed this issue.
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 07764c761073..43ccfdbacb03 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ static int bpf_send_signal_common(u32 sig, enum pid_type type)
if (unlikely(!nmi_uaccess_okay()))
return -EPERM;
- if (in_nmi()) {
+ /* Delay sending signal if irq is disabled. Otherwise,
+ * we risk deadlock with rq_lock.
+ */
+ if (irqs_disabled()) {
/* Do an early check on signal validity. Otherwise,
* the error is lost in deferred irq_work.
*/
--
2.17.1
