From: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx> PPP channel holds one spinlock before send frame. But the skb may select the same PPP channel with wrong route policy. As a result, the skb reaches the same channel path. It tries to get the same spinlock which is held before. Bang, the deadlock comes out. Now add one lock owner to avoid it like xmit_lock_owner of netdev_queue. Check the lock owner before try to get the spinlock. If the current cpu is already the owner, needn't lock again. When PPP channel holds the spinlock at the first time, it sets owner with current CPU ID. The following is the panic stack of 3.3.8. But the same issue should be in the upstream too. [<ffffffff81568131>] ? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x11/0x40 [<ffffffffa006a2b7>] ppp_unregister_channel+0x1347/0x2170 [ppp_generic] [<ffffffff810a2827>] ? kmem_cache_free+0xa7/0xc0 [<ffffffffa006ad27>] ppp_unregister_channel+0x1db7/0x2170 [ppp_generic] [<ffffffffa006afd5>] ppp_unregister_channel+0x2065/0x2170 [ppp_generic] [<ffffffff8148f1dd>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x4cd/0x620 [<ffffffff814a6254>] sch_direct_xmit+0x74/0x1d0 [<ffffffff8148f88d>] dev_queue_xmit+0x1d/0x30 [<ffffffff81496a4c>] neigh_direct_output+0xc/0x10 [<ffffffff814d9dae>] ip_finish_output+0x25e/0x2b0 [<ffffffff814da688>] ip_output+0x88/0x90 [<ffffffff814d9e9f>] ? __ip_local_out+0x9f/0xb0 [<ffffffff814d9ed4>] ip_local_out+0x24/0x30 [<ffffffffa00b9745>] 0xffffffffa00b9744 [<ffffffffa006b068>] ppp_unregister_channel+0x20f8/0x2170 [ppp_generic] [<ffffffffa006b202>] ppp_output_wakeup+0x122/0x11d0 [ppp_generic] [<ffffffff810a7978>] vfs_write+0xb8/0x160 [<ffffffff810a7c55>] sys_write+0x45/0x90 [<ffffffff815689e2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b The call flow is like this. ppp_write->ppp_channel_push->start_xmit->select inappropriate route .... -> dev_hard_start_xmit->ppp_start_xmit->ppp_xmit_process-> ppp_push. Now ppp_push tries to get the same spinlock which is held in ppp_channel_push. Although the PPP deadlock is caused by inappropriate route policy with L2TP, I think it is not accepted the PPP module would cause kernel deadlock with wrong route policy. Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Add lock_cnt to avoid unlock multiple times when recurisve lock v1: Initial patch drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c index 70cfa06..6909ab1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c @@ -162,6 +162,37 @@ struct ppp { |SC_MULTILINK|SC_MP_SHORTSEQ|SC_MP_XSHORTSEQ \ |SC_COMP_TCP|SC_REJ_COMP_TCP|SC_MUST_COMP) +struct chennel_lock { + spinlock_t lock; + u32 owner; + u32 lock_cnt; +}; + +#define PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_INIT(cl) \ + cl.owner = -1; \ + cl.lock_cnt = 0; \ + spin_lock_init(&cl.lock) + +#define PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_BH(cl) \ + do { \ + local_bh_disable(); \ + if (cl.owner != smp_processor_id()) { \ + spin_lock(&cl.lock); \ + cl.owner = smp_processor_id(); \ + } \ + cl.lock_cnt++; \ + } while (0) + +#define PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(cl) \ + do { \ + cl.lock_cnt--; \ + if (cl.lock_cnt == 0) { \ + cl.owner = -1; \ + spin_unlock(&cl.lock); \ + } \ + local_bh_enable(); \ + } while (0) + /* * Private data structure for each channel. * This includes the data structure used for multilink. @@ -171,7 +202,7 @@ struct channel { struct list_head list; /* link in all/new_channels list */ struct ppp_channel *chan; /* public channel data structure */ struct rw_semaphore chan_sem; /* protects `chan' during chan ioctl */ - spinlock_t downl; /* protects `chan', file.xq dequeue */ + struct chennel_lock downl; /* protects `chan', file.xq dequeue */ struct ppp *ppp; /* ppp unit we're connected to */ struct net *chan_net; /* the net channel belongs to */ struct list_head clist; /* link in list of channels per unit */ @@ -1597,7 +1628,7 @@ ppp_push(struct ppp *ppp) list = list->next; pch = list_entry(list, struct channel, clist); - spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_BH(pch->downl); if (pch->chan) { if (pch->chan->ops->start_xmit(pch->chan, skb)) ppp->xmit_pending = NULL; @@ -1606,7 +1637,7 @@ ppp_push(struct ppp *ppp) kfree_skb(skb); ppp->xmit_pending = NULL; } - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); return; } @@ -1736,7 +1767,7 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb) } /* check the channel's mtu and whether it is still attached. */ - spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_BH(pch->downl); if (pch->chan == NULL) { /* can't use this channel, it's being deregistered */ if (pch->speed == 0) @@ -1744,7 +1775,7 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb) else totspeed -= pch->speed; - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); pch->avail = 0; totlen = len; totfree--; @@ -1795,7 +1826,7 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb) */ if (flen <= 0) { pch->avail = 2; - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); continue; } @@ -1840,14 +1871,14 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb) len -= flen; ++ppp->nxseq; bits = 0; - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); } ppp->nxchan = i; return 1; noskb: - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); if (ppp->debug & 1) netdev_err(ppp->dev, "PPP: no memory (fragment)\n"); ++ppp->dev->stats.tx_errors; @@ -1865,7 +1896,7 @@ ppp_channel_push(struct channel *pch) struct sk_buff *skb; struct ppp *ppp; - spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_BH(pch->downl); if (pch->chan) { while (!skb_queue_empty(&pch->file.xq)) { skb = skb_dequeue(&pch->file.xq); @@ -1879,7 +1910,7 @@ ppp_channel_push(struct channel *pch) /* channel got deregistered */ skb_queue_purge(&pch->file.xq); } - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); /* see if there is anything from the attached unit to be sent */ if (skb_queue_empty(&pch->file.xq)) { read_lock_bh(&pch->upl); @@ -2520,7 +2551,7 @@ int ppp_register_net_channel(struct net *net, struct ppp_channel *chan) pch->lastseq = -1; #endif /* CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK */ init_rwsem(&pch->chan_sem); - spin_lock_init(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_INIT(pch->downl); rwlock_init(&pch->upl); spin_lock_bh(&pn->all_channels_lock); @@ -2599,9 +2630,9 @@ ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *chan) * the channel's start_xmit or ioctl routine before we proceed. */ down_write(&pch->chan_sem); - spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_LOCK_BH(pch->downl); pch->chan = NULL; - spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl); + PPP_CHANNEL_UNLOCK_BH(pch->downl); up_write(&pch->chan_sem); ppp_disconnect_channel(pch); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html