linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.35 - INFO: kernel/exit.c:1387 invoked rcu_dereference

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Message-ID: <20100809172719.GG3026@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:27:19 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.35 - INFO: kernel/exit.c:1387 invoked
 rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:20:58PM -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
> [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> ---------------------------------------------------
> kernel/exit.c:1387 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> 
> other info that might help us debug this:
> 
> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> 2 locks held by init/1:
>  #0:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff81045ca8>] do_wait+0xa9/0x1fa
>  #1:  (&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock){......}, at: [<ffffffff810457e8>]
> wait_consider_task+0x5e1/0x9f8
> 
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.35 #15
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8106759c>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa6
>  [<ffffffff81045877>] wait_consider_task+0x670/0x9f8
>  [<ffffffff81045d14>] do_wait+0x115/0x1fa
>  [<ffffffff81045f41>] sys_waitid+0x7f/0x178
>  [<ffffffff81009cba>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
>  [<ffffffff8104454e>] ? child_wait_callback+0x0/0x53
>  [<ffffffff81009c82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This one is interesting.  The ->sighand->siglock is held, but the
rcu_dereference_check() check condition requires that either the
task is dead or that we are in an RCU read-side critical section.
The comment preceding the call to __task_cred() claims that we
"don't need the RCU readlock here as we're holding a spinlock."
This comment dates back to 2008, so might be obsolete.

David, should we enclose the __task_cred() in wait_task_stopped()
with rcu_read_lock()?  Or would it be better to add a check to
__task_cred() checking for ->sighand->siglock?  Or do we need to
do something else entirely?  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul
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