linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.36-rc5-git1 -- include/linux/netpoll.h:67 invoked rcu_dereference

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Message-ID: <1285165636.2639.421.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:27:16 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	"Pekka Savola (ipv6)" <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.36-rc5-git1 -- include/linux/netpoll.h:67 invoked
 rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 à 08:38 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 à 00:22 -0400, Miles Lane a écrit :
> > [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > include/linux/netpoll.h:67 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> > 
> > other info that might help us debug this:
> > 
> > 
> > rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> > 1 lock held by avahi-daemon/1597:
> >  #0:  (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa03673b7>]
> > udpv6_sendmsg+0x6c2/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> > 
> > stack backtrace:
> > Pid: 1597, comm: avahi-daemon Not tainted 2.6.36-rc5 #13
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<ffffffff810618d7>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa6
> >  [<ffffffff8129d543>] netif_rx+0x4e/0x1a7
> >  [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> >  [<ffffffff8129d7e3>] netif_rx_ni+0x1e/0x58
> >  [<ffffffffa0352d50>] ip6_dev_loopback_xmit+0xc0/0xc7 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa0352ef0>] ip6_finish_output2+0x199/0x3b6 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa035401c>] ip6_finish_output+0xf0f/0xf27 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffff8131e08a>] ? csum_partial_copy_from_user+0xb4/0xea
> >  [<ffffffff812968a8>] ? csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend+0x178/0x1bd
> >  [<ffffffffa035418c>] ip6_output+0x158/0x161 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> >  [<ffffffffa035262d>] ip6_local_out+0x5d/0x62 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa0352a98>] ip6_push_pending_frames+0x466/0x524 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa0366a93>] udp_v6_push_pending_frames+0x27f/0x2fb [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa03673b7>] ? udpv6_sendmsg+0x6c2/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffffa03674ba>] udpv6_sendmsg+0x7c5/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> >  [<ffffffff812fb634>] ? inet_sendmsg+0x0/0x11f
> >  [<ffffffff812fb746>] inet_sendmsg+0x112/0x11f
> >  [<ffffffff812fb634>] ? inet_sendmsg+0x0/0x11f
> >  [<ffffffff8128ca91>] sock_sendmsg+0xe7/0x108
> >  [<ffffffff810a4c3b>] ? might_fault+0x63/0xb3
> >  [<ffffffff810a4c84>] ? might_fault+0xac/0xb3
> >  [<ffffffff810a4c3b>] ? might_fault+0x63/0xb3
> >  [<ffffffff8128d346>] sys_sendmsg+0x24f/0x2d6
> >  [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> >  [<ffffffff81031ef7>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x92/0xa6
> >  [<ffffffff810570ce>] ? __srcu_read_unlock+0x3b/0x57
> >  [<ffffffff81001f9c>] ? sysret_check+0x27/0x62
> >  [<ffffffff81001f6b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b#
> 
> Oh well.
> 
> Thanks for the report. Could you please test following patch ?
> 
> 
> [PATCH] rcu: rcu_dereference_bh() is hard irq safe
> 
> rcu_dereference_bh() doesnt know yet about hard irq being disabled, so
> lockdep can trigger in netpoll_rx() after commit f0f9deae9e7c4 (netpoll:
> Disable IRQ around RCU dereference in netpoll_rx)
> 
> Reported-by: Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 9fbc54a..435c502 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
>   * Makes rcu_dereference_check() do the dirty work.
>   */
>  #define rcu_dereference_bh(p) \
> -		rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held())
> +		rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held() || in_irq())

oops, I meant irqs_disabled() here, not in_irq()

>  
>  /**
>   * rcu_dereference_sched - fetch RCU-protected pointer, checking for RCU-sched
> 


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