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Message-ID: <925163cf-d44c-de39-7fb9-9ff7769d36a8@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 23:24:02 -0400
From: Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
Christoph von Recklinghausen <crecklin@...hat.com>,
Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
"Herton R . Krzesinski" <herton@...hat.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Joel Savitz <jsavitz@...hat.com>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] oom_kill.c: futex: Don't OOM reap the VMA containing
the robust_list_head
On 4/7/22 23:12, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 23:01:37 -0400 Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> The pthread struct is allocated on PRIVATE|ANONYMOUS memory [1] which can
>> be targeted by the oom reaper. This mapping is used to store the futex
>> robust list head; the kernel does not keep a copy of the robust list and
>> instead references a userspace address to maintain the robustness during
>> a process death. A race can occur between exit_mm and the oom reaper that
>> allows the oom reaper to free the memory of the futex robust list before
>> the exit path has handled the futex death:
>>
>> CPU1 CPU2
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> page_fault
>> do_exit "signal"
>> wake_oom_reaper
>> oom_reaper
>> oom_reap_task_mm (invalidates mm)
>> exit_mm
>> exit_mm_release
>> futex_exit_release
>> futex_cleanup
>> exit_robust_list
>> get_user (EFAULT- can't access memory)
>>
>> If the get_user EFAULT's, the kernel will be unable to recover the
>> waiters on the robust_list, leaving userspace mutexes hung indefinitely.
>>
>> Use the robust_list address stored in the kernel to skip the VMA that holds
>> it, allowing a successful futex_cleanup.
>>
>> Theoretically a failure can still occur if there are locks mapped as
>> PRIVATE|ANON; however, the robust futexes are a best-effort approach.
>> This patch only strengthens that best-effort.
>>
>> The following case can still fail:
>> robust head (skipped) -> private lock (reaped) -> shared lock (skipped)
>>
>> Reproducer: https://gitlab.com/jsavitz/oom_futex_reproducer
>>
>> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/glibc/latest/source/nptl/allocatestack.c#L370
>>
>> ...
>>
>> --- a/include/linux/oom.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/oom.h
>> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static inline vm_fault_t check_stable_address_space(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
>> +bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, void *robust_list);
>>
>> long oom_badness(struct task_struct *p,
>> unsigned long totalpages);
>> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
>> index 3aa839f81e63..d5af1b83cbb2 100644
>> --- a/mm/mmap.c
>> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
>> @@ -3109,6 +3109,11 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> struct mmu_gather tlb;
>> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>> unsigned long nr_accounted = 0;
>> + void *robust_list;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
>> + robust_list = current->robust_list;
>> +#endif
>>
>> /* mm's last user has gone, and its about to be pulled down */
>> mmu_notifier_release(mm);
>> @@ -3126,7 +3131,8 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> * to mmu_notifier_release(mm) ensures mmu notifier callbacks in
>> * __oom_reap_task_mm() will not block.
>> */
>> - (void)__oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
>> + (void)__oom_reap_task_mm(mm, robust_list);
>
> uninitialized var warning when CONFIG_FUTEX=n?
>
>> +
>> set_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags);
>> }
>>
>> --- a/mm/oom_kill.c
>> +++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
>> @@ -509,9 +509,10 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(oom_reaper_wait);
>> static struct task_struct *oom_reaper_list;
>> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(oom_reaper_lock);
>>
>> -bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> +bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, void *robust_list)
>
> Well, this is no longer necessarily a robust_list*. It's just an
> address to skip and the name should reflect that?
ok fair point. I left it as robust list to be more clean what is being skipped
and renamed the head variable to skip_vma so its more verbose. But I dont have
that strong of an opinion on it so I'll change it real quick.
>
>> {
>> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>> + unsigned long skip_vma = (unsigned long) robust_list;
>> bool ret = true;
>>
>> /*
>> @@ -526,6 +527,20 @@ bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB|VM_PFNMAP))
>> continue;
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
>> + /*
>> + * The OOM reaper runs concurrently with do_exit.
>> + * The robust_list_head is stored in userspace and is required
>> + * by the exit path to recover the robust futex waiters.
>> + * Skip the VMA that contains the robust_list to allow for
>> + * proper cleanup.
>> + */
>> + if (vma->vm_start <= skip_vma && vma->vm_end > skip_vma) {
>> + pr_info("oom_reaper: skipping vma, contains robust_list");
>> + continue;
>> + }
>> +#endif
>> +
>> /*
>> * Only anonymous pages have a good chance to be dropped
>> * without additional steps which we cannot afford as we
>> @@ -567,6 +582,7 @@ bool __oom_reap_task_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
>> static bool oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
>> {
>> bool ret = true;
>> + void *robust_list;
>>
>> if (!mmap_read_trylock(mm)) {
>> trace_skip_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
>> @@ -586,8 +602,11 @@ static bool oom_reap_task_mm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
>>
>> trace_start_task_reaping(tsk->pid);
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
>> + robust_list = tsk->robust_list;
>> +#endif
>> /* failed to reap part of the address space. Try again later */
>> - ret = __oom_reap_task_mm(mm);
>> + ret = __oom_reap_task_mm(mm, robust_list);
>
> unintialized var when CONFIG_FUTEX=n?
>
>> if (!ret)
>> goto out_finish;
>>
>> @@ -1149,6 +1168,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
>> unsigned int f_flags;
>> bool reap = false;
>> long ret = 0;
>> + void *robust_list;
>>
>> if (flags)
>> return -EINVAL;
>> @@ -1186,11 +1206,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
>> ret = -EINTR;
>> goto drop_mm;
>> }
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
>> + robust_list = p->robust_list;
>> +#endif
>> /*
>> * Check MMF_OOM_SKIP again under mmap_read_lock protection to ensure
>> * possible change in exit_mmap is seen
>> */
>> - if (!test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) && !__oom_reap_task_mm(mm))
>> + if (!test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP, &mm->flags) &&
>> + !__oom_reap_task_mm(mm, robust_list))
>
> again
Good catch. Ill fix those real quick.
>
>> ret = -EAGAIN;
>> mmap_read_unlock(mm);
>
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