linux-kernel - Re: + kmod-avoid-deadlock-by-recursive-kmod-call.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <20120127143234.GA13056@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:32:34 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + kmod-avoid-deadlock-by-recursive-kmod-call.patch added to
	-mm tree

On 01/27, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:56:12 +0100, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > @@ -449,6 +460,16 @@ int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subp
> > >  		retval = -EBUSY;
> > >  		goto out;
> > >  	}
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Worker thread must not wait for khelper thread at below
> > > +	 * wait_for_completion() if the thread was created with CLONE_VFORK
> > > +	 * flag, for khelper thread is already waiting for the thread at
> > > +	 * wait_for_completion() in do_fork().
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (wait != UMH_NO_WAIT && current == kmod_thread_locker) {
> > > +		retval = -EBUSY;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> >
> > So, this is because khelper_wq's max_active == 1.
> >
> > Can't we simply kill khelper_wq and use system_unbound_wq instead?
>
> I'd prefer that, because then we'd hit the existing "too many modprobes"
> check.

Hmm. Why? I mean, why do you think that s/khelper_wq/system_unbound_wq/
leads to recursive __request_module's ?

Note that that this patch (which adds kmod_thread_locker) can not limit
the recursive modprobe loop.


OK, yes, with system_unbound_wq we can hit this warning if we have
max_modprobes UMH_WAIT_EXEC's resulting in __request_module at the
same time, but probably this is good?

I guess I missed something, could you explain? Just curious.

Oleg.

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