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

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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:43:26 -0400
From:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...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!

That worked for me.
Thanks!
       Miles

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On Sep 22, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> 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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