This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
mm/page_alloc: fix potential deadlock on zonelist_update_seq seqlock
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
mm-page_alloc-fix-potential-deadlock-on-zonelist_update_seq-seqlock.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 1007843a91909a4995ee78a538f62d8665705b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 23:31:58 +0900
Subject: mm/page_alloc: fix potential deadlock on zonelist_update_seq seqlock
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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 1007843a91909a4995ee78a538f62d8665705b66 upstream.
syzbot is reporting circular locking dependency which involves
zonelist_update_seq seqlock [1], for this lock is checked by memory
allocation requests which do not need to be retried.
One deadlock scenario is kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) from an interrupt handler.
CPU0
----
__build_all_zonelists() {
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq); // makes zonelist_update_seq.seqcount odd
// e.g. timer interrupt handler runs at this moment
some_timer_func() {
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) {
__alloc_pages_slowpath() {
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) {
// spins forever because zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd
}
}
}
}
// e.g. timer interrupt handler finishes
write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq); // makes zonelist_update_seq.seqcount even
}
This deadlock scenario can be easily eliminated by not calling
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) from !__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation
requests, for retry is applicable to only __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation
requests. But Michal Hocko does not know whether we should go with this
approach.
Another deadlock scenario which syzbot is reporting is a race between
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) from tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer() with
port->lock held and printk() from __build_all_zonelists() with
zonelist_update_seq held.
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
pty_write() {
tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer() {
__build_all_zonelists() {
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
build_zonelists() {
printk() {
vprintk() {
vprintk_default() {
vprintk_emit() {
console_unlock() {
console_flush_all() {
console_emit_next_record() {
con->write() = serial8250_console_write() {
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
tty_insert_flip_string() {
tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag() {
__tty_buffer_request_room() {
tty_buffer_alloc() {
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN) {
__alloc_pages_slowpath() {
zonelist_iter_begin() {
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq); // spins forever because zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); // spins forever because port->lock is held
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
// message is printed to console
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
}
}
}
This deadlock scenario can be eliminated by
preventing interrupt context from calling kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
and
preventing printk() from calling console_flush_all()
while zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd.
Since Petr Mladek thinks that __build_all_zonelists() can become a
candidate for deferring printk() [2], let's address this problem by
disabling local interrupts in order to avoid kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
and
disabling synchronous printk() in order to avoid console_flush_all()
.
As a side effect of minimizing duration of zonelist_update_seq.seqcount
being odd by disabling synchronous printk(), latency at
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) for both !__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM and
__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation requests will be reduced. Although, from
lockdep perspective, not calling read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) (i.e.
do not record unnecessary locking dependency) from interrupt context is
still preferable, even if we don't allow calling kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
inside
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq)/write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq)
section...
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8796b95c-3da3-5885-fddd-6ef55f30e4d3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 3d36424b3b58 ("mm/page_alloc: fix race condition between build_all_zonelists and page allocation")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZCrs+1cDqPWTDFNM@alley [2]
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+223c7461c58c58a4cb10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=223c7461c58c58a4cb10 [1]
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Patrick Daly <quic_pdaly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5213,7 +5213,21 @@ static void __build_all_zonelists(void *
int nid;
int __maybe_unused cpu;
pg_data_t *self = data;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ /*
+ * Explicitly disable this CPU's interrupts before taking seqlock
+ * to prevent any IRQ handler from calling into the page allocator
+ * (e.g. GFP_ATOMIC) that could hit zonelist_iter_begin and livelock.
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ /*
+ * Explicitly disable this CPU's synchronous printk() before taking
+ * seqlock to prevent any printk() from trying to hold port->lock, for
+ * tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer() on other CPU might be
+ * calling kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN) with port->lock held.
+ */
+ printk_deferred_enter();
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -5248,6 +5262,8 @@ static void __build_all_zonelists(void *
}
write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
+ printk_deferred_exit();
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
}
static noinline void __init
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/mm-page_alloc-fix-potential-deadlock-on-zonelist_update_seq-seqlock.patch
queue-4.14/printk-declare-printk_deferred_-enter-safe-in-include-linux-printk.h.patch
