linux-kernel - [ 32/49] epoll: prevent missed events on EPOLL_CTL

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Message-Id: <20130113174302.452380110@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:43:27 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Andreas Voellmy <andreas.voellmy@...e.edu>,
	"Junchang(Jason) Wang" <junchang.wang@...e.edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [ 32/49] epoll: prevent missed events on EPOLL_CTL_MOD

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>

commit 128dd1759d96ad36c379240f8b9463e8acfd37a1 upstream.

EPOLL_CTL_MOD sets the interest mask before calling f_op->poll() to
ensure events are not missed.  Since the modifications to the interest
mask are not protected by the same lock as ep_poll_callback, we need to
ensure the change is visible to other CPUs calling ep_poll_callback.

We also need to ensure f_op->poll() has an up-to-date view of past
events which occured before we modified the interest mask.  So this
barrier also pairs with the barrier in wq_has_sleeper().

This should guarantee either ep_poll_callback or f_op->poll() (or both)
will notice the readiness of a recently-ready/modified item.

This issue was encountered by Andreas Voellmy and Junchang(Jason) Wang in:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1408782/

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andreas Voellmy <andreas.voellmy@...e.edu>
Tested-by: "Junchang(Jason) Wang" <junchang.wang@...e.edu>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/eventpoll.c |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1197,10 +1197,30 @@ static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *e
 	 * otherwise we might miss an event that happens between the
 	 * f_op->poll() call and the new event set registering.
 	 */
-	epi->event.events = event->events;
+	epi->event.events = event->events; /* need barrier below */
 	epi->event.data = event->data; /* protected by mtx */
 
 	/*
+	 * The following barrier has two effects:
+	 *
+	 * 1) Flush epi changes above to other CPUs.  This ensures
+	 *    we do not miss events from ep_poll_callback if an
+	 *    event occurs immediately after we call f_op->poll().
+	 *    We need this because we did not take ep->lock while
+	 *    changing epi above (but ep_poll_callback does take
+	 *    ep->lock).
+	 *
+	 * 2) We also need to ensure we do not miss _past_ events
+	 *    when calling f_op->poll().  This barrier also
+	 *    pairs with the barrier in wq_has_sleeper (see
+	 *    comments for wq_has_sleeper).
+	 *
+	 * This barrier will now guarantee ep_poll_callback or f_op->poll
+	 * (or both) will notice the readiness of an item.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+
+	/*
 	 * Get current event bits. We can safely use the file* here because
 	 * its usage count has been increased by the caller of this function.
 	 */


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