Message-Id: <20170525005410.f7142f05cd5d248600c61f96@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 00:54:10 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 25/32] kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues

On Wed, 24 May 2017 10:15:36 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> Converting the cpu hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem unearthed hidden lock
> ordering problems.
> 
> There is a wide range of locks involved in this: kprobe_mutex,
> jump_label_mutex, ftrace_lock, text_mutex, event_mutex,
> func_hash->regex_lock and a gazillion of lock order permutations with
> nested get_online_cpus() calls.

And module_mutex too ;-)

> 
> Some of those permutations are potential deadlocks even with the current
> nesting hotplug locking scheme, but they can't be discovered by lockdep.
> 
> The conversion of the hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem requires to prevent
> nested locking, so it's required to take the hotplug rwsem early in the
> call chain and establish a proper lock order.
> 
> After quite some analysis and going down the wrong road severa times the
> following lock order has been chosen:
> 
> kprobe_mutex -> cpus_rwsem -> jump_label_mutex -> text_mutex

This seems only change the locking order of module_mutex and
cpus_rwsem. Previously module_mutex -> cpus_rwsem, now
cpus_rwsem -> module_mutex. and it seems OK to me.
(checked in module.c and other use cases of module_mutex)

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thank you,

> 
> For kprobes which hook on an ftrace function trace point, it's required to
> drop cpus_rwsem before calling into the ftrace code to avoid a deadlock on
> the func_hash->regex_lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> [ Steven: Ftrace interaction fixes ]
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> ---
> 
> Note: The above SOB chain is actually correct as Steven and me bounced the
> patch series back and forth, but the result has to be a single patch.
> 
>  kernel/kprobes.c |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: b/kernel/kprobes.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -483,11 +483,6 @@ static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(optimizing_w
>   */
>  static void do_optimize_kprobes(void)
>  {
> -	/* Optimization never be done when disarmed */
> -	if (kprobes_all_disarmed || !kprobes_allow_optimization ||
> -	    list_empty(&optimizing_list))
> -		return;
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * The optimization/unoptimization refers online_cpus via
>  	 * stop_machine() and cpu-hotplug modifies online_cpus.
> @@ -495,14 +490,19 @@ static void do_optimize_kprobes(void)
>  	 * This combination can cause a deadlock (cpu-hotplug try to lock
>  	 * text_mutex but stop_machine can not be done because online_cpus
>  	 * has been changed)
> -	 * To avoid this deadlock, we need to call get_online_cpus()
> +	 * To avoid this deadlock, caller must have locked cpu hotplug
>  	 * for preventing cpu-hotplug outside of text_mutex locking.
>  	 */
> -	get_online_cpus();
> +	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
> +
> +	/* Optimization never be done when disarmed */
> +	if (kprobes_all_disarmed || !kprobes_allow_optimization ||
> +	    list_empty(&optimizing_list))
> +		return;
> +
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  	arch_optimize_kprobes(&optimizing_list);
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> -	put_online_cpus();
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -513,12 +513,13 @@ static void do_unoptimize_kprobes(void)
>  {
>  	struct optimized_kprobe *op, *tmp;
>  
> +	/* See comment in do_optimize_kprobes() */
> +	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
> +
>  	/* Unoptimization must be done anytime */
>  	if (list_empty(&unoptimizing_list))
>  		return;
>  
> -	/* Ditto to do_optimize_kprobes */
> -	get_online_cpus();
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  	arch_unoptimize_kprobes(&unoptimizing_list, &freeing_list);
>  	/* Loop free_list for disarming */
> @@ -537,7 +538,6 @@ static void do_unoptimize_kprobes(void)
>  			list_del_init(&op->list);
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> -	put_online_cpus();
>  }
>  
>  /* Reclaim all kprobes on the free_list */
> @@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ static void kick_kprobe_optimizer(void)
>  static void kprobe_optimizer(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
>  	mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	/* Lock modules while optimizing kprobes */
>  	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
>  
> @@ -587,6 +588,7 @@ static void kprobe_optimizer(struct work
>  	do_free_cleaned_kprobes();
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
>  
>  	/* Step 5: Kick optimizer again if needed */
> @@ -650,9 +652,8 @@ static void optimize_kprobe(struct kprob
>  /* Short cut to direct unoptimizing */
>  static void force_unoptimize_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
>  {
> -	get_online_cpus();
> +	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
>  	arch_unoptimize_kprobe(op);
> -	put_online_cpus();
>  	if (kprobe_disabled(&op->kp))
>  		arch_disarm_kprobe(&op->kp);
>  }
> @@ -791,6 +792,7 @@ static void try_to_optimize_kprobe(struc
>  		return;
>  
>  	/* For preparing optimization, jump_label_text_reserved() is called */
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	jump_label_lock();
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  
> @@ -812,6 +814,7 @@ static void try_to_optimize_kprobe(struc
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
>  	jump_label_unlock();
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> @@ -826,6 +829,7 @@ static void optimize_all_kprobes(void)
>  	if (kprobes_allow_optimization)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	kprobes_allow_optimization = true;
>  	for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
>  		head = &kprobe_table[i];
> @@ -833,6 +837,7 @@ static void optimize_all_kprobes(void)
>  			if (!kprobe_disabled(p))
>  				optimize_kprobe(p);
>  	}
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "Kprobes globally optimized\n");
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
> @@ -851,6 +856,7 @@ static void unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	kprobes_allow_optimization = false;
>  	for (i = 0; i < KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
>  		head = &kprobe_table[i];
> @@ -859,6 +865,7 @@ static void unoptimize_all_kprobes(void)
>  				unoptimize_kprobe(p, false);
>  		}
>  	}
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
>  
>  	/* Wait for unoptimizing completion */
> @@ -1010,14 +1017,11 @@ static void arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *kp
>  		arm_kprobe_ftrace(kp);
>  		return;
>  	}
> -	/*
> -	 * Here, since __arm_kprobe() doesn't use stop_machine(),
> -	 * this doesn't cause deadlock on text_mutex. So, we don't
> -	 * need get_online_cpus().
> -	 */
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  	__arm_kprobe(kp);
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  }
>  
>  /* Disarm a kprobe with text_mutex */
> @@ -1027,10 +1031,12 @@ static void disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe
>  		disarm_kprobe_ftrace(kp);
>  		return;
>  	}
> -	/* Ditto */
> +
> +	cpus_read_lock();
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  	__disarm_kprobe(kp, reopt);
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1298,13 +1304,10 @@ static int register_aggr_kprobe(struct k
>  	int ret = 0;
>  	struct kprobe *ap = orig_p;
>  
> +	cpus_read_lock();
> +
>  	/* For preparing optimization, jump_label_text_reserved() is called */
>  	jump_label_lock();
> -	/*
> -	 * Get online CPUs to avoid text_mutex deadlock.with stop machine,
> -	 * which is invoked by unoptimize_kprobe() in add_new_kprobe()
> -	 */
> -	get_online_cpus();
>  	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  
>  	if (!kprobe_aggrprobe(orig_p)) {
> @@ -1352,8 +1355,8 @@ static int register_aggr_kprobe(struct k
>  
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> -	put_online_cpus();
>  	jump_label_unlock();
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  
>  	if (ret == 0 && kprobe_disabled(ap) && !kprobe_disabled(p)) {
>  		ap->flags &= ~KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED;
> @@ -1555,9 +1558,12 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);	/* Avoiding text modification */
> +	cpus_read_lock();
> +	/* Prevent text modification */
> +	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
>  	ret = prepare_kprobe(p);
>  	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
>  
> @@ -1570,7 +1576,6 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
>  
>  	/* Try to optimize kprobe */
>  	try_to_optimize_kprobe(p);
> -
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
>  
> 
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

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