linux-kernel - [PATCH] pid: fix lockdep deadlock warning due to ucount

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Message-Id: <1483586894-3521-1-git-send-email-avagin@openvz.org>
Date:   Wed,  4 Jan 2017 19:28:14 -0800
From:   Andrei Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
To:     "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrei Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Subject: [PATCH] pid: fix lockdep deadlock warning due to ucount_lock

=========================================================
[ INFO: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected ]
4.10.0-rc2-00024-g4aecec9-dirty #118 Tainted: G        W
---------------------------------------------------------
swapper/1/0 just changed the state of lock:
 (&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock){-.....}, at: [<ffffffffbd0a1bc6>] __lock_task_sighand+0xb6/0x2c0
but this lock took another, HARDIRQ-unsafe lock in the past:
 (ucounts_lock){+.+...}
and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them.
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:                 &(&sighand->siglock)->rlock --> &(&tty->ctrl_lock)->rlock --> ucounts_lock
 Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario:
       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(ucounts_lock);
                               local_irq_disable();
                               lock(&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock);
                               lock(&(&tty->ctrl_lock)->rlock);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(&(&sighand->siglock)->rlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

This patch removes a dependency between rlock and ucount_lock.

Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
---
 kernel/pid_namespace.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index df9e8e9..eef2ce9 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -151,8 +151,12 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
 
 static void delayed_free_pidns(struct rcu_head *p)
 {
-	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep,
-			container_of(p, struct pid_namespace, rcu));
+	struct pid_namespace *ns = container_of(p, struct pid_namespace, rcu);
+
+	dec_pid_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
+	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
 }
 
 static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
@@ -162,8 +166,6 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
 	for (i = 0; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
 		kfree(ns->pidmap[i].page);
-	dec_pid_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
-	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
 	call_rcu(&ns->rcu, delayed_free_pidns);
 }
 
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2.7.4