linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 23/99] tty/ldsem: Wake up readers after timed out down

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]

Message-ID: <lsq.1554212307.770456214@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:38:27 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Jiri Slaby" <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "kernel test robot" <rong.a.chen@...el.com>,
        "Dmitry Safonov" <dima@...sta.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 23/99] tty/ldsem: Wake up readers after timed out
 down_write()

3.16.65-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>

commit 231f8fd0cca078bd4396dd7e380db813ac5736e2 upstream.

ldsem_down_read() will sleep if there is pending writer in the queue.
If the writer times out, readers in the queue should be woken up,
otherwise they may miss a chance to acquire the semaphore until the last
active reader will do ldsem_up_read().

There was a couple of reports where there was one active reader and
other readers soft locked up:
  Showing all locks held in the system:
  2 locks held by khungtaskd/17:
   #0:  (rcu_read_lock){......}, at: watchdog+0x124/0x6d1
   #1:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x72/0x2d3
  2 locks held by askfirst/123:
   #0:  (&tty->ldisc_sem){.+.+.+}, at: ldsem_down_read+0x46/0x58
   #1:  (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+...}, at: n_tty_read+0x115/0xbe4

Prevent readers wait for active readers to release ldisc semaphore.

Link: lkml.kernel.org/r/20171121132855.ajdv4k6swzhvktl6@...-t540p.sh.intel.com
Link: lkml.kernel.org/r/20180907045041.GF1110@...o2-debian
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ down_write_failed(struct ld_semaphore *s
 	if (!locked)
 		ldsem_atomic_update(-LDSEM_WAIT_BIAS, sem);
 	list_del(&waiter.list);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of timeout, wake up every reader who gave the right of way
+	 * to writer. Prevent separation readers into two groups:
+	 * one that helds semaphore and another that sleeps.
+	 * (in case of no contention with a writer)
+	 */
+	if (!locked && list_empty(&sem->write_wait))
+		__ldsem_wake_readers(sem);
+
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
 
 	__set_task_state(tsk, TASK_RUNNING);