linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 24/87] perf/ring_buffer: Fix exposing a temporarily decreased data

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Message-ID: <lsq.1570043211.57813200@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:06:51 +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>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Jiri Olsa" <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        "Namhyung Kim" <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        "Vince Weaver" <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
        "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...nel.org>,
        "Alexander Shishkin" <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Yabin Cui" <yabinc@...gle.com>, mark.rutland@....com,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Stephane Eranian" <eranian@...gle.com>,
        "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...hat.com>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 24/87] perf/ring_buffer: Fix exposing a temporarily
 decreased data_head

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

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

From: Yabin Cui <yabinc@...gle.com>

commit 1b038c6e05ff70a1e66e3e571c2e6106bdb75f53 upstream.

In perf_output_put_handle(), an IRQ/NMI can happen in below location and
write records to the same ring buffer:

	...
	local_dec_and_test(&rb->nest)
	...                          <-- an IRQ/NMI can happen here
	rb->user_page->data_head = head;
	...

In this case, a value A is written to data_head in the IRQ, then a value
B is written to data_head after the IRQ. And A > B. As a result,
data_head is temporarily decreased from A to B. And a reader may see
data_head < data_tail if it read the buffer frequently enough, which
creates unexpected behaviors.

This can be fixed by moving dec(&rb->nest) to after updating data_head,
which prevents the IRQ/NMI above from updating data_head.

[ Split up by peterz. ]

Signed-off-by: Yabin Cui <yabinc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: mark.rutland@....com
Fixes: ef60777c9abd ("perf: Optimize the perf_output() path by removing IRQ-disables")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190517115418.224478157@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -50,11 +50,18 @@ again:
 	head = local_read(&rb->head);
 
 	/*
-	 * IRQ/NMI can happen here, which means we can miss a head update.
+	 * IRQ/NMI can happen here and advance @rb->head, causing our
+	 * load above to be stale.
 	 */
 
-	if (!local_dec_and_test(&rb->nest))
+	/*
+	 * If this isn't the outermost nesting, we don't have to update
+	 * @rb->user_page->data_head.
+	 */
+	if (local_read(&rb->nest) > 1) {
+		local_dec(&rb->nest);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Since the mmap() consumer (userspace) can run on a different CPU:
@@ -86,9 +93,18 @@ again:
 	rb->user_page->data_head = head;
 
 	/*
-	 * Now check if we missed an update -- rely on previous implied
-	 * compiler barriers to force a re-read.
+	 * We must publish the head before decrementing the nest count,
+	 * otherwise an IRQ/NMI can publish a more recent head value and our
+	 * write will (temporarily) publish a stale value.
+	 */
+	barrier();
+	local_set(&rb->nest, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we decrement @rb->nest before we validate the @rb->head.
+	 * Otherwise we cannot be sure we caught the 'last' nested update.
 	 */
+	barrier();
 	if (unlikely(head != local_read(&rb->head))) {
 		local_inc(&rb->nest);
 		goto again;