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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 15:26:48 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Gratian Crisan <gratian.crisan@...com>
Cc:     Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: PI futexes + lock stealing woes

On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 11:45:16AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
> index 76ed5921117a..8ad5221fbd84 100644
> --- a/kernel/futex.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> @@ -2303,14 +2303,35 @@ static void unqueue_me_pi(struct futex_q *q)
>  static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q,
>  				struct task_struct *newowner)
>  {
> -	u32 newtid = task_pid_vnr(newowner) | FUTEX_WAITERS;
>  	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = q->pi_state;
>  	u32 uval, uninitialized_var(curval), newval;
>  	struct task_struct *oldowner;
> +	u32 newtid;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
>  
> +	if (!newowner) {
> +		if (__rt_mutex_futex_trylock(&pi_state->pi_mutex)) {
> +			ret = 0;
> +			goto out_unlock;
> +		}
> +
> +		newowner = rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
> +		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!newowner)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * We just attempted a trylock; since that failed there
> +			 * must be an owner, right?
> +			 */
> +			ret = -EFUCKED; /* XXX: check return paths */
> +			goto out_unlock;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* OK we have a newowner, fixup uval */
> +	}
> +
> +	newtid = task_pid_vnr(newowner) | FUTEX_WAITERS;
> +
>  	oldowner = pi_state->owner;
>  	/* Owner died? */
>  	if (!pi_state->owner)

OK, this is broken because it needs to be inside the retry label,
because we drop the locks when we take a fault. And if we drop the lock,
the rt_mutex owner can change etc..

> @@ -2443,6 +2464,16 @@ static int fixup_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q, int locked)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * If we didn't get the lock; check if nobody stole it from us.
> +	 * In that case, we need to fix up the uval to point to them
> +	 * instead of us, otherwise bad things happen.
> +	 */
> +	if (q->pi_state->owner == current) {
> +		ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr, q, NULL);
> +		goto out;
> +	}

And this had me read the comment just above here that stated the
unlocked access of ->owner is fine, because only the rt_mutex owner
changes pi_state, except of course, this just changed that.

So now we need double check the state after we've taken the lock in
fixup_pi_state_owner().


The below compiles and boots, but is otherwise untested. Could you give
it a spin?

---
 kernel/futex.c                  | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c        | 26 +++++++++----
 kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 76ed5921117a..29ac5b64e7c7 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2294,21 +2294,17 @@ static void unqueue_me_pi(struct futex_q *q)
 	spin_unlock(q->lock_ptr);
 }
 
-/*
- * Fixup the pi_state owner with the new owner.
- *
- * Must be called with hash bucket lock held and mm->sem held for non
- * private futexes.
- */
 static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q,
-				struct task_struct *newowner)
+				struct task_struct *argowner)
 {
-	u32 newtid = task_pid_vnr(newowner) | FUTEX_WAITERS;
 	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = q->pi_state;
 	u32 uval, uninitialized_var(curval), newval;
-	struct task_struct *oldowner;
+	struct task_struct *oldowner, *newowner;
+	u32 newtid;
 	int ret;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(q->lock_ptr);
+
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 
 	oldowner = pi_state->owner;
@@ -2317,11 +2313,17 @@ static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q,
 		newtid |= FUTEX_OWNER_DIED;
 
 	/*
-	 * We are here either because we stole the rtmutex from the
-	 * previous highest priority waiter or we are the highest priority
-	 * waiter but have failed to get the rtmutex the first time.
+	 * We are here because either:
+	 *
+	 *  - we stole the lock and pi_state->owner needs updating to reflect
+	 *    that (@argowner == current),
 	 *
-	 * We have to replace the newowner TID in the user space variable.
+	 * or:
+	 *
+	 *  - someone stole our lock and we need to fix things to point to the
+	 *    new owner (@argowner == NULL).
+	 *
+	 * Either way, we have to replace the TID in the user space variable.
 	 * This must be atomic as we have to preserve the owner died bit here.
 	 *
 	 * Note: We write the user space value _before_ changing the pi_state
@@ -2334,6 +2336,42 @@ static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q,
 	 * in the PID check in lookup_pi_state.
 	 */
 retry:
+	if (!argowner) {
+		if (oldowner != current) {
+			/*
+			 * We raced against a concurrent self; things are
+			 * already fixed up. Nothing to do.
+			 */
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
+		if (__rt_mutex_futex_trylock(&pi_state->pi_mutex)) {
+			/* We got the lock after all, nothing to fix. */
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Since we just failed the trylock; there must be an owner.
+		 */
+		newowner = rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
+		BUG_ON(!newowner);
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(argowner != current);
+		if (oldowner == current) {
+			/*
+			 * We raced against a concurrent self; things are
+			 * already fixed up. Nothing to do.
+			 */
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		newowner = argowner;
+	}
+
+	newtid = task_pid_vnr(newowner) | FUTEX_WAITERS;
+
 	if (get_futex_value_locked(&uval, uaddr))
 		goto handle_fault;
 
@@ -2434,15 +2472,28 @@ static int fixup_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q, int locked)
 		 * Got the lock. We might not be the anticipated owner if we
 		 * did a lock-steal - fix up the PI-state in that case:
 		 *
-		 * We can safely read pi_state->owner without holding wait_lock
-		 * because we now own the rt_mutex, only the owner will attempt
-		 * to change it.
+		 * Speculative pi_state->owner read (we don't hold wait_lock);
+		 * since we own the lock pi_state->owner == current is the
+		 * stable state, anything else needs more attention.
 		 */
 		if (q->pi_state->owner != current)
 			ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr, q, current);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we didn't get the lock; check if anybody stole it from us. In
+	 * that case, we need to fix up the uval to point to them instead of
+	 * us, otherwise bad things happen. [10]
+	 *
+	 * Another speculative read; pi_state->owner == current is unstable
+	 * but needs our attention.
+	 */
+	if (q->pi_state->owner == current) {
+		ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr, q, NULL);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Paranoia check. If we did not take the lock, then we should not be
 	 * the owner of the rt_mutex.
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 6f3dba6e4e9e..65cc0cb984e6 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,19 @@ rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int __rt_mutex_slowtrylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+{
+	int ret = try_to_take_rt_mutex(lock, current, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * try_to_take_rt_mutex() sets the lock waiters bit
+	 * unconditionally. Clean this up.
+	 */
+	fixup_rt_mutex_waiters(lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Slow path try-lock function:
  */
@@ -1312,13 +1325,7 @@ static inline int rt_mutex_slowtrylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
 	 */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	ret = try_to_take_rt_mutex(lock, current, NULL);
-
-	/*
-	 * try_to_take_rt_mutex() sets the lock waiters bit
-	 * unconditionally. Clean this up.
-	 */
-	fixup_rt_mutex_waiters(lock);
+	ret = __rt_mutex_slowtrylock(lock);
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 
@@ -1505,6 +1512,11 @@ int __sched rt_mutex_futex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
 	return rt_mutex_slowtrylock(lock);
 }
 
+int __sched __rt_mutex_futex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+{
+	return __rt_mutex_slowtrylock(lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * rt_mutex_timed_lock - lock a rt_mutex interruptible
  *			the timeout structure is provided
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
index 124e98ca0b17..68686b3ec3c1 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ extern bool rt_mutex_cleanup_proxy_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 				 struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter);
 
 extern int rt_mutex_futex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *l);
+extern int __rt_mutex_futex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *l);
 
 extern void rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock);
 extern bool __rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,

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