lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:	Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:01:08 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
CC:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next] n_tty: change lock ordering in n_tty_read() (v2)

On 08/01/2013 03:46 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Acquire atomic_read_lock before termios_rwsem rw-lock in n_tty_read().
> termios_rwsem is getting released and re-acquired, while remaining
> readers are blocked on atomic_read_lock mutex, in case when process
> must wait for input_available_p(), making lockdep unhappy:

Thanks for the report. This is a regression in lockdep.

> [  463.542463] ======================================================
> [  463.542464] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> [  463.542466] 3.11.0-rc3-next-20130801-dbg-dirty #5 Not tainted
> [  463.542467] -------------------------------------------------------
> [  463.542469] agetty/2075 is trying to acquire lock:
> [  463.542484]  (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81398660>] n_tty_read+0x460/0xab0
> [  463.542484]
> but task is already holding lock:
> [  463.542496]  (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81398959>] n_tty_read+0x759/0xab0
> [  463.542497]
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
> [  463.542497]
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> [  463.542502]
> -> #1 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+...}:
> [  463.542508]        [<ffffffff810b9394>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
> [  463.542514]        [<ffffffff8160a787>] mutex_lock_interruptible_nested+0x77/0x4e0
> [  463.542518]        [<ffffffff81398959>] n_tty_read+0x759/0xab0
> [  463.542524]        [<ffffffff81393e8d>] tty_read+0x8d/0x100
> [  463.542528]        [<ffffffff8117987a>] vfs_read+0x9a/0x170
> [  463.542531]        [<ffffffff8117a05c>] SyS_read+0x4c/0xa0
> [  463.542536]        [<ffffffff81610c7e>] tracesys+0xd0/0xd5
> [  463.542540]
> -> #0 (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++..}:
> [  463.542543]        [<ffffffff810b84e6>] __lock_acquire+0x1756/0x1d20
> [  463.542547]        [<ffffffff810b9394>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
> [  463.542550]        [<ffffffff8160c1b7>] down_read+0x47/0x60
> [  463.542554]        [<ffffffff81398660>] n_tty_read+0x460/0xab0
> [  463.542557]        [<ffffffff81393e8d>] tty_read+0x8d/0x100
> [  463.542560]        [<ffffffff8117987a>] vfs_read+0x9a/0x170
> [  463.542563]        [<ffffffff8117a05c>] SyS_read+0x4c/0xa0
> [  463.542566]        [<ffffffff81610c7e>] tracesys+0xd0/0xd5
> [  463.542567]
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> [  463.542569]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> [  463.542570]        CPU0                    CPU1
> [  463.542570]        ----                    ----
> [  463.542573]   lock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock);
> [  463.542575]                                lock(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> [  463.542577]                                lock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock);
> [  463.542579]   lock(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> [  463.542580]
>   *** DEADLOCK ***

False positive.

This deadlock is not possible because CPU1 only holds a read lock
which cannot prevent CPU0 from obtaining a read lock on the same
read/write semaphore.

I'll be only too happy to track down where the regression was
introduced as soon as I fix an actual lock order problem in
the nouveau driver which disables lockdep :)

Regards,
Peter Hurley

> [  463.542582] 2 locks held by agetty/2075:
> [  463.542590]  #0:  (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff8139c130>] tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x20/0x50
> [  463.542597]  #1:  (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81398959>] n_tty_read+0x759/0xab0
> [  463.542598]
> stack backtrace:
> [  463.542602] CPU: 0 PID: 2075 Comm: agetty Not tainted 3.11.0-rc3-next-20130801-dbg-dirty #5
> [  463.542603] Hardware name: Acer             Aspire 5741G    /Aspire 5741G    , BIOS V1.20 02/08/2011
> [  463.542609]  ffffffff82236010 ffff88009af67c28 ffffffff8160630a ffffffff82236010
> [  463.542613]  ffff88009af67c68 ffffffff816031b7 ffff880151ac0000 ffff880151ac0790
> [  463.542617]  000000073469e1bd ffff880151ac0768 ffff880151ac0790 ffff880151ac0000
> [  463.542618] Call Trace:
> [  463.542625]  [<ffffffff8160630a>] dump_stack+0x4e/0x82
> [  463.542630]  [<ffffffff816031b7>] print_circular_bug+0x2b6/0x2c5
> [  463.542634]  [<ffffffff810b84e6>] __lock_acquire+0x1756/0x1d20
> [  463.542638]  [<ffffffff810b9394>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
> [  463.542642]  [<ffffffff81398660>] ? n_tty_read+0x460/0xab0
> [  463.542645]  [<ffffffff8160c1b7>] down_read+0x47/0x60
> [  463.542649]  [<ffffffff81398660>] ? n_tty_read+0x460/0xab0
> [  463.542653]  [<ffffffff81398660>] n_tty_read+0x460/0xab0
> [  463.542661]  [<ffffffff81085020>] ? wake_up_process+0x40/0x40
> [  463.542665]  [<ffffffff81393e8d>] tty_read+0x8d/0x100
> [  463.542668]  [<ffffffff8117987a>] vfs_read+0x9a/0x170
> [  463.542671]  [<ffffffff8117a05c>] SyS_read+0x4c/0xa0
> [  463.542674]  [<ffffffff81610c7e>] tracesys+0xd0/0xd5
>
> v2: correct subject typo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
>
> ---
>
>   drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 15 ++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> index dd8ae0c..03bd6e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
> @@ -2122,8 +2122,6 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
>   	if (c < 0)
>   		return c;
>
> -	down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> -
>   	minimum = time = 0;
>   	timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
>   	if (!ldata->icanon) {
> @@ -2145,16 +2143,15 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
>   	 *	Internal serialization of reads.
>   	 */
>   	if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
> -		if (!mutex_trylock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock)) {
> -			up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> +		if (!mutex_trylock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock))
>   			return -EAGAIN;
> -		}
>   	} else {
> -		if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&ldata->atomic_read_lock)) {
> -			up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> +		if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&ldata->atomic_read_lock))
>   			return -ERESTARTSYS;
> -		}
>   	}
> +
> +	down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> +
>   	packet = tty->packet;
>
>   	add_wait_queue(&tty->read_wait, &wait);
> @@ -2248,7 +2245,6 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
>   		if (time)
>   			timeout = time;
>   	}
> -	mutex_unlock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock);
>   	remove_wait_queue(&tty->read_wait, &wait);
>
>   	if (!waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
> @@ -2260,6 +2256,7 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
>
>   	n_tty_set_room(tty);
>   	up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
> +	mutex_unlock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock);
>   	return retval;
>   }
>
>

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ