linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/7] x86 mmiotrace: fix race with release_kmmio_fault

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Date:	Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:14:32 +0200
From:	Pekka Paalanen <pq@....fi>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Pekka Paalanen <pq@....fi>,
	Stuart Bennett <stuart@...edesktop.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] x86 mmiotrace: fix race with release_kmmio_fault_page()

>From c7bc3125d414938b3340a87516ecf47cd27efea4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pekka Paalanen <pq@....fi>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:44:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] x86 mmiotrace: fix race with release_kmmio_fault_page()

There was a theoretical possibility to a race between arming a page in
post_kmmio_handler() and disarming the page in
release_kmmio_fault_page():

cpu0                             cpu1
------------------------------------------------------------------
mmiotrace shutdown
enter release_kmmio_fault_page
                                 fault on the page
                                 disarm the page
disarm the page
                                 handle the MMIO access
                                 re-arm the page
put the page on release list
remove_kmmio_fault_pages()
                                 fault on the page
                                 page not known to mmiotrace
                                 fall back to do_page_fault()
                                 *KABOOM*

(This scenario also shows the double disarm case which is allowed.)

Fixed by acquiring kmmio_lock in post_kmmio_handler() and checking
if the page is being released from mmiotrace.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq@....fi>
---
 arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c b/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
index 4c66bd3..9f20503 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ struct kmmio_fault_page {
 	/*
 	 * Number of times this page has been registered as a part
 	 * of a probe. If zero, page is disarmed and this may be freed.
-	 * Used only by writers (RCU).
+	 * Used only by writers (RCU) and post_kmmio_handler().
+	 * Protected by kmmio_lock, when linked into kmmio_page_table.
 	 */
 	int count;
 };
@@ -317,7 +318,11 @@ static int post_kmmio_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (ctx->probe && ctx->probe->post_handler)
 		ctx->probe->post_handler(ctx->probe, condition, regs);
 
-	arm_kmmio_fault_page(ctx->fpage);
+	/* Prevent racing against release_kmmio_fault_page(). */
+	spin_lock(&kmmio_lock);
+	if (ctx->fpage->count)
+		arm_kmmio_fault_page(ctx->fpage);
+	spin_unlock(&kmmio_lock);
 
 	regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
 	regs->flags |= ctx->saved_flags;
-- 
1.6.0.6

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