RE: [PATCH] fbdev: defio: fix the pagelist corruption

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Hi Paul,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:47 AM
> To: Liu, Chuansheng <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: tzimmermann@xxxxxxx; linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; deller@xxxxxx; dri-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: defio: fix the pagelist corruption
> 
> [Cc: -jayalk@xxxxxxxxxxxx as it bounces]
> 
> Dear Chuansheng,
> 
> 
> Am 29.03.22 um 01:58 schrieb Liu, Chuansheng:
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Paul Menzel
> >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2022 2:15 PM
> 
> >> Am 28.03.22 um 02:58 schrieb Liu, Chuansheng:
> >>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2022 4:11 PM
> >>
> >>>> Am 17.03.22 um 06:46 schrieb Chuansheng Liu:
> >>>>> Easily hit the below list corruption:
> >>>>> ==
> >>>>> list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffffffffc0ceb090), but
> >>>>> was ffffec604507edc8. (prev=ffffec604507edc8).
> >>>>> WARNING: CPU: 65 PID: 3959 at lib/list_debug.c:26
> >>>>> __list_add_valid+0x53/0x80
> >>>>> CPU: 65 PID: 3959 Comm: fbdev Tainted: G     U
> >>>>> RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid+0x53/0x80
> >>>>> Call Trace:
> >>>>>     <TASK>
> >>>>>     fb_deferred_io_mkwrite+0xea/0x150
> >>>>>     do_page_mkwrite+0x57/0xc0
> >>>>>     do_wp_page+0x278/0x2f0
> >>>>>     __handle_mm_fault+0xdc2/0x1590
> >>>>>     handle_mm_fault+0xdd/0x2c0
> >>>>>     do_user_addr_fault+0x1d3/0x650
> >>>>>     exc_page_fault+0x77/0x180
> >>>>>     ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30
> >>>>>     asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30
> >>>>> RIP: 0033:0x7fd98fc8fad1
> >>>>> ==
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Figure out the race happens when one process is adding &page->lru into
> >>>>> the pagelist tail in fb_deferred_io_mkwrite(), another process is
> >>>>> re-initializing the same &page->lru in fb_deferred_io_fault(), which is
> >>>>> not protected by the lock.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This fix is to init all the page lists one time during initialization,
> >>>>> it not only fixes the list corruption, but also avoids INIT_LIST_HEAD()
> >>>>> redundantly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fixes: 105a940416fc ("fbdev/defio: Early-out if page is already enlisted")
> >>>>> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>     drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c | 9 ++++++++-
> >>>>>     1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
> >> b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
> >>>>> index 98b0f23bf5e2..eafb66ca4f28 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
> >>>>> @@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_fault(struct
> vm_fault *vmf)
> >>>>>     		printk(KERN_ERR "no mapping available\n");
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     	BUG_ON(!page->mapping);
> >>>>> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
> >>>>>     	page->index = vmf->pgoff;
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     	vmf->page = page;
> >>>>> @@ -220,6 +219,8 @@ static void fb_deferred_io_work(struct
> work_struct *work)
> >>>>>     void fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
> >>>>>     {
> >>>>>     	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
> >>>>> +	struct page *page;
> >>>>> +	int i;
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     	BUG_ON(!fbdefio);
> >>>>>     	mutex_init(&fbdefio->lock);
> >>>>> @@ -227,6 +228,12 @@ void fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
> >>>>>     	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbdefio->pagelist);
> >>>>>     	if (fbdefio->delay == 0) /* set a default of 1 s */
> >>>>>     		fbdefio->delay = HZ;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +	/* initialize all the page lists one time */
> >>>>> +	for (i = 0; i < info->fix.smem_len; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
> >>>>> +		page = fb_deferred_io_page(info, i);
> >>>>> +		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
> >>>>> +	}
> >>>>>     }
> >>>>>     EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_init);
> >>>>>
> >>>> Applying your patch on top of current Linus’ master branch, tty0 is
> >>>> unusable and looks frozen. Sometimes network card still works, sometimes
> >>>> not.
> >>>
> >>> I don't see how the patch would cause below BUG call stack, need some
> time to
> >>> debug. Just few comments:
> >>> 1. Will the system work well without this patch?
> >>
> >> Yes, the framebuffer works well without the patch.
> >>
> >>> 2. When you are sure the patch causes the regression you saw, please get
> free
> >> to submit one reverted patch, thanks : )
> >>
> >> I think you for patch wasn’t submitted yet – at least not pulled by Linus.
> > The patch has been in drm-tip, could you have a try with the latest drm-tip to
> see if the
> > Framebuffer works well, in that case, we could revert it in drm-tip then.
> 
> With drm-tip (drm-tip: 2022y-03m-29d-13h-14m-35s UTC integration
> manifest) everything works fine. (I had to disable amdgpu driver, as it
> failed to build.) Is anyone able to explain that?

My patch is for fixing another patch which is in the drm-tip at least, so I assume
applying my patch into Linus tree directly is not completely proper.
That's my intention of asking your help for retesting drm-tip.

You mean everything working fine means another issue you hit is also gone?

Best Regards
Chuansheng





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