From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Subject: mm/swapfile: fix data races in try_to_unuse() si->inuse_pages could be accessed concurrently as noticed by KCSAN, write to 0xffff98b00ebd04dc of 4 bytes by task 82262 on cpu 92: swap_range_free+0xbe/0x230 swap_range_free at mm/swapfile.c:719 swapcache_free_entries+0x1be/0x250 free_swap_slot+0x1c8/0x220 __swap_entry_free.constprop.19+0xa3/0xb0 free_swap_and_cache+0x53/0xa0 unmap_page_range+0x7e0/0x1ce0 unmap_single_vma+0xcd/0x170 unmap_vmas+0x18b/0x220 exit_mmap+0xee/0x220 mmput+0xe7/0x240 do_exit+0x598/0xfd0 do_group_exit+0x8b/0x180 get_signal+0x293/0x13d0 do_signal+0x37/0x5d0 prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x1b7/0x2c0 ret_from_intr+0x32/0x42 read to 0xffff98b00ebd04dc of 4 bytes by task 82499 on cpu 46: try_to_unuse+0x86b/0xc80 try_to_unuse at mm/swapfile.c:2185 __x64_sys_swapoff+0x372/0xd40 do_syscall_64+0x91/0xb05 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe The plain reads in try_to_unuse() are outside si->lock critical section which result in data races that could be dangerous to be used in a loop. Fix them by adding READ_ONCE(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1582578903-29294-1-git-send-email-cai@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/swapfile.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-swapfile-fix-data-races-in-try_to_unuse +++ a/mm/swapfile.c @@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ int try_to_unuse(unsigned int type, bool swp_entry_t entry; unsigned int i; - if (!si->inuse_pages) + if (!READ_ONCE(si->inuse_pages)) return 0; if (!frontswap) @@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ retry: spin_lock(&mmlist_lock); p = &init_mm.mmlist; - while (si->inuse_pages && + while (READ_ONCE(si->inuse_pages) && !signal_pending(current) && (p = p->next) != &init_mm.mmlist) { @@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ retry: mmput(prev_mm); i = 0; - while (si->inuse_pages && + while (READ_ONCE(si->inuse_pages) && !signal_pending(current) && (i = find_next_to_unuse(si, i, frontswap)) != 0) { @@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ retry: * been preempted after get_swap_page(), temporarily hiding that swap. * It's easy and robust (though cpu-intensive) just to keep retrying. */ - if (si->inuse_pages) { + if (READ_ONCE(si->inuse_pages)) { if (!signal_pending(current)) goto retry; retval = -EINTR; _
