linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] avoid race condition in pick_next_task_fair in kernel/sched

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Message-ID: <1293106330.2170.618.camel@laptop>
Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:12:10 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Cc:	Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@...galware.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	shenghui <crosslonelyover@...il.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid race condition in pick_next_task_fair in
 kernel/sched_fair.c

On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 10:08 +0800, Yong Zhang wrote:
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015398us : enqueue_task_fair <-enqueue_task
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015398us : print_runqueue <-enqueue_task_fair
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015399us : __print_runqueue:  cfs_rq: c2407c34, nr: 3, load: 3072
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015400us : __print_runqueue:  curr: f6a8de5c, comm: systemd-cgroups/1251, load: 1024
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015401us : __print_runqueue:  se: f69e6300, load: 1024,
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015401us : __print_runqueue:    cfs_rq: f69e6540, nr: 2, load: 2048
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015402us : __print_runqueue:    curr: (null)
> > systemd--1251    0d..5. 2015402us : __print_runqueue:    se: f69e65a0, load: 4137574976,
> 
> the load == f69e65a0 == address of se, odd

This appears to be consistently true, I've also found that in between
these two prints, there is a free_sched_group() freeing that exact
entry. So post-print is a use-after-free artifact.

What's interesting is that its freeing a cfs_rq struct with
nr_running=1, that should not be possible...

/me goes stare at the whole cgroup task attach vs cgroup destruction
muck.
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