On 03/30/2017 12:27 PM, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> Commit 5803ed292e63 ("mm: mark all calls into the vmalloc subsystem
> as potentially sleeping") added might_sleep() to remove_vm_area() from
> vfree(), and commit 763b218ddfaf ("mm: add preempt points into
> __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") actually made vfree() potentially sleeping.
>
> This broke vmwgfx driver which calls vfree() under spin_lock().
>
> BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/vmalloc.c:1480
> in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 341, name: plymouthd
> 2 locks held by plymouthd/341:
> #0: (drm_global_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffc01c274b>] drm_release+0x3b/0x3b0 [drm]
> #1: (&(&tfile->lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffc0173038>] ttm_object_file_release+0x28/0x90 [ttm]
>
> Call Trace:
> dump_stack+0x86/0xc3
> ___might_sleep+0x17d/0x250
> __might_sleep+0x4a/0x80
> remove_vm_area+0x22/0x90
> __vunmap+0x2e/0x110
> vfree+0x42/0x90
> kvfree+0x2c/0x40
> drm_ht_remove+0x1a/0x30 [drm]
> ttm_object_file_release+0x50/0x90 [ttm]
> vmw_postclose+0x47/0x60 [vmwgfx]
> drm_release+0x290/0x3b0 [drm]
> __fput+0xf8/0x210
> ____fput+0xe/0x10
> task_work_run+0x85/0xc0
> exit_to_usermode_loop+0xb4/0xc0
> do_syscall_64+0x185/0x1f0
> entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25
>
> This can be fixed in vmgfx, but it would be better to make vfree()
> non-sleeping again because we may have other bugs like this one.
>
> __purge_vmap_area_lazy() is the only function in the vfree() path that
> wants to be able to sleep. So it make sense to schedule
> __purge_vmap_area_lazy() via schedule_work() so it runs only in sleepable
> context. This will have a minimal effect on the regular vfree() path.
> since __purge_vmap_area_lazy() is rarely called.
>
> Fixes: 5803ed292e63 ("mm: mark all calls into the vmalloc subsystem as
> potentially sleeping")
> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 68eb002..ea1b4ab 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static bool __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> * Kick off a purge of the outstanding lazy areas. Don't bother if somebody
> * is already purging.
> */
> -static void try_purge_vmap_area_lazy(void)
> +static void try_purge_vmap_area_lazy(struct work_struct *work)
> {
> if (mutex_trylock(&vmap_purge_lock)) {
> __purge_vmap_area_lazy(ULONG_MAX, 0);
> @@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ static void purge_vmap_area_lazy(void)
> mutex_unlock(&vmap_purge_lock);
> }
>
> +static DECLARE_WORK(purge_vmap_work, try_purge_vmap_area_lazy);
> +
> /*
> * Free a vmap area, caller ensuring that the area has been unmapped
> * and flush_cache_vunmap had been called for the correct range
> @@ -736,7 +738,7 @@ static void free_vmap_area_noflush(struct vmap_area *va)
> llist_add(&va->purge_list, &vmap_purge_list);
>
> if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages()))
> - try_purge_vmap_area_lazy();
Perhaps a slight optimization would be to schedule work iff
!mutex_locked(&vmap_purge_lock) below?
/Thomas
> + schedule_work(&purge_vmap_work);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -1125,7 +1127,6 @@ void vm_unmap_ram(const void *mem, unsigned int count)
> unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)mem;
> struct vmap_area *va;
>
> - might_sleep();
> BUG_ON(!addr);
> BUG_ON(addr < VMALLOC_START);
> BUG_ON(addr > VMALLOC_END);
> @@ -1477,8 +1478,6 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
> {
> struct vmap_area *va;
>
> - might_sleep();
> -
> va = find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
> if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA) {
> struct vm_struct *vm = va->vm;
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