On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The following bug report was found when running a PREEMPT_RT debug kernel.
>
> BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48
> in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 140605, name: kunit_try_catch
> preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
>
> Call trace:
> rt_spin_lock+0x70/0x140
> find_vmap_area+0x84/0x168
> find_vm_area+0x1c/0x50
> print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2a0/0x320
> print_report+0x108/0x1f8
> kasan_report+0x90/0xc8
>
> Since commit e30a0361b851 ("kasan: make report_lock a raw spinlock"),
> report_lock was changed to raw_spinlock_t to fix another similar
> PREEMPT_RT problem. That alone isn't enough to cover other corner cases.
>
> print_address_description() is always invoked under the
> report_lock. The context under this lock is always atomic even on
> PREEMPT_RT. find_vm_area() acquires vmap_node::busy.lock which is a
> spinlock_t, becoming a sleeping lock on PREEMPT_RT and must not be
> acquired in atomic context.
>
> Don't invoke find_vm_area() on PREEMPT_RT and just print the address.
> Non-PREEMPT_RT builds remain unchanged. Add a DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP()
> macro to tell lockdep that this lock nesting is allowed because the
> PREEMPT_RT part (which is invalid) has been taken care of. This macro
> was first introduced in commit 0cce06ba859a ("debugobjects,locking:
> Annotate debug_object_fill_pool() wait type violation").
>
> Fixes: e30a0361b851 ("kasan: make report_lock a raw spinlock")
> Suggested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/kasan/report.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> [v4] Use Andrey's suggestion of a kasan_find_vm_area() helper and
> update comment and commit log as suggested by Andrey and Sebastian.
>
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
> index 3fe77a360f1c..8357e1a33699 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/report.c
> +++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
> @@ -370,6 +370,36 @@ static inline bool init_task_stack_addr(const void *addr)
> sizeof(init_thread_union.stack));
> }
>
> +/*
> + * This function is invoked with report_lock (a raw_spinlock) held. A
> + * PREEMPT_RT kernel cannot call find_vm_area() as it will acquire a sleeping
> + * rt_spinlock.
> + *
> + * For !RT kernel, the PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING config option will print a
> + * lockdep warning for this raw_spinlock -> spinlock dependency. This config
> + * option is enabled by default to ensure better test coverage to expose this
> + * kind of RT kernel problem. This lockdep splat, however, can be suppressed
> + * by using DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP() if it serves a useful purpose and the
> + * invalid PREEMPT_RT case has been taken care of.
> + */
> +static inline struct vm_struct *kasan_find_vm_area(void *addr)
> +{
> + static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(vmalloc_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
> + struct vm_struct *va;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + /*
> + * Suppress lockdep warning and fetch vmalloc area of the
> + * offending address.
> + */
> + lock_map_acquire_try(&vmalloc_map);
> + va = find_vm_area(addr);
> + lock_map_release(&vmalloc_map);
> + return va;
> +}
> +
> static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
> struct kasan_report_info *info)
> {
> @@ -399,7 +429,7 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
> }
>
> if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
> - struct vm_struct *va = find_vm_area(addr);
> + struct vm_struct *va = kasan_find_vm_area(addr);
>
> if (va) {
> pr_err("The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at\n"
> @@ -409,6 +439,8 @@ static void print_address_description(void *addr, u8 tag,
> pr_err("\n");
>
> page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
> + } else {
> + pr_err("The buggy address %px belongs to a vmalloc virtual mapping\n", addr);
> }
> }
>
> --
> 2.48.1
>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Thank you!
