linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/9] sched: Make resched

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed,  4 Oct 2017 14:29:32 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/9] sched: Make resched_cpu() unconditional

The current implementation of synchronize_sched_expedited() incorrectly
assumes that resched_cpu() is unconditional, which it is not.  This means
that synchronize_sched_expedited() can hang when resched_cpu()'s trylock
fails as follows (analysis by Neeraj Upadhyay):

o	CPU1 is waiting for expedited wait to complete:

	sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus
	     rdp->exp_dynticks_snap & 0x1   // returns 1 for CPU5
	     IPI sent to CPU5

	synchronize_sched_expedited_wait
		 ret = swait_event_timeout(rsp->expedited_wq,
					   sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done(rnp_root),
					   jiffies_stall);

	expmask = 0x20, CPU 5 in idle path (in cpuidle_enter())

o	CPU5 handles IPI and fails to acquire rq lock.

	Handles IPI
	     sync_sched_exp_handler
		 resched_cpu
		     returns while failing to try lock acquire rq->lock
		 need_resched is not set

o	CPU5 calls  rcu_idle_enter() and as need_resched is not set, goes to
	idle (schedule() is not called).

o	CPU 1 reports RCU stall.

Given that resched_cpu() is now used only by RCU, this commit fixes the
assumption by making resched_cpu() unconditional.

Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
Suggested-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index d17c5da523a0..8fa7b6f9e19b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -505,8 +505,7 @@ void resched_cpu(int cpu)
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags))
-		return;
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
 	resched_curr(rq);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
 }
-- 
2.5.2