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Message-ID: <cf66e306-f216-5247-7cff-36ce08eb4512@windriver.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:15:46 +0800
From:   Liwei Song <liwei.song@...driver.com>
To:     ChristophHellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     MiquelRaynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        RichardWeinberger <richard@....at>,
        VigneshRaghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: add mtd_table_mutex lock back to
 blktrans_{open, release} to avoid race condition



On 8/10/22 15:47, Liwei Song wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/9/22 17:03, Liwei Song wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/9/22 16:08, ChristophHellwig wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 03:57:53PM +0800, Liwei Song wrote:
>>>> without lock mtd_table_mutex in blktrans_{open, release}, there will
>>>> be a race condition when access devices /dev/mtd1 and /dev/mtdblock1
>>>> at the same time with a high frequency open and close test:
>>>>
>>>> kernel BUG at drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1221!
>>>> lr : blktrans_release+0xb0/0x120
>>>
>>> This does not seem on a current mainline kernel and seems to be
>>> a somewhat incomplete backtrace.  Can you send the full dmesg of
>>> a latest mainline run and maybe share the reproducer?
>>
>> Yes, the kernel I used is 5.15, unfortunately this is the latest version
>> that worked on my board, the whole log is:
>>
>> [   31.301343] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [   31.301343] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [   31.301365] kernel BUG at drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1221!
>> [   31.314981] kernel BUG at drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1221!
>> [   31.329328] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
>> [   31.374117] Modules linked in: 8021q sch_fq_codel openvswitch nsh nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 fuse
>> [   31.395820] CPU: 2 PID: 390 Comm: a.out Not tainted 5.15.58-yocto-standard #1
>> [   31.412672] Hardware name: SoCFPGA Agilex SoCDK (DT)
>> [   31.427372] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>> [   31.444058] pc : __put_mtd_device+0x4c/0x84
>> [   31.457977] lr : put_mtd_device+0x3c/0x5c
>> [   31.464122] sp : ffff80000c26bc50
>> [   31.466126] x29: ffff80000c26bc50 x28: ffff000285785100 x27: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.471945] x26: 0000000045585401 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000285785768
>> [   31.477762] x23: ffff0002803ee520 x22: ffff0002804f8900 x21: ffff000281956800
>> [   31.483580] x20: ffff000281956800 x19: ffff000281955080 x18: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.489402] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.495219] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.501037] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff8000088a79b0
>> [   31.506855] x8 : ffff80000c26bcb0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000001
>> [   31.512673] x5 : ffff000280959488 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
>> [   31.518491] x2 : ffff000281956800 x1 : 00000000ffffffff x0 : ffff000281955080
>> [   31.524310] Call trace:
>> [   31.525450]  __put_mtd_device+0x4c/0x84
>> [   31.527979]  put_mtd_device+0x3c/0x5c
>> [   31.530333]  mtdchar_close+0x3c/0x84
>> [   31.532604]  __fput+0x78/0x220
>> [   31.534357]  ____fput+0x1c/0x30
>> [   31.536193]  task_work_run+0x88/0xc0
>> [   31.538467]  do_notify_resume+0x384/0x12a0
>> [   31.541261]  el0_svc+0x6c/0x80
>> [   31.543015]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x130
>> [   31.545977]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4
>> [   31.548338] Code: b9448841 51000421 b9048841 36ffff41 (d4210000) 
>> [   31.553115] ---[ end trace 9652b26ea1d7daa1 ]---
>> [   31.556420] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#2] PREEMPT SMP
>> [   31.556420] note: a.out[390] exited with preempt_count 1
>> [   31.560588] Modules linked in: 8021q sch_fq_codel openvswitch nsh nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 fuse
>> [   31.575265] CPU: 3 PID: 391 Comm: a.out Tainted: G      D           5.15.58-yocto-standard #1
>> [   31.582466] Hardware name: SoCFPGA Agilex SoCDK (DT)
>> [   31.586115] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>> [   31.591757] pc : __put_mtd_device+0x4c/0x84
>> [   31.594642] lr : blktrans_release+0xb0/0x120
>> [   31.597603] sp : ffff80000c22bc20
>> [   31.599608] x29: ffff80000c22bc20 x28: ffff000285785e80 x27: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.605428] x26: 0000000045585401 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff0002857864e8
>> [   31.611247] x23: ffff0002803ee520 x22: ffff0002803e3470 x21: ffff0002803e3400
>> [   31.617066] x20: ffff0002803e3020 x19: ffff000281955080 x18: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.622884] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.628702] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
>> [   31.634519] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffff8000088b0230
>> [   31.640337] x8 : ffff80000c22bb90 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000001
>> [   31.646155] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
>> [   31.651973] x2 : ffff000281956800 x1 : 00000000ffffffff x0 : ffff000281955080
>> [   31.657792] Call trace:
>> [   31.658933]  __put_mtd_device+0x4c/0x84
>> [   31.661462]  blktrans_release+0xb0/0x120
>> [   31.664077]  blkdev_put+0xd4/0x210
>> [   31.666175]  blkdev_close+0x34/0x50
>> [   31.668355]  __fput+0x78/0x220
>> [   31.670108]  ____fput+0x1c/0x30
>> [   31.671943]  task_work_run+0x88/0xc0
>> [   31.674217]  do_notify_resume+0x384/0x12a0
>> [   31.677009]  el0_svc+0x6c/0x80
>> [   31.678762]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x130
>> [   31.681723]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4
>> [   31.684082] Code: b9448841 51000421 b9048841 36ffff41 (d4210000) 
>> [   31.688857] ---[ end trace 9652b26ea1d7daa2 ]---
>> [   31.692161] note: a.out[391] exited with preempt_count 1
>>
>> the testcase  a.out is compiled from below code:
>> when run the case /dev/mtd1 and /dev/mtdblock1 will be used for open and close test.
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <stdlib.h>
>> #include <sys/types.h>
>> #include <sys/stat.h>
>> #include <fcntl.h>
>> #include <string.h>
>> #include <signal.h>
>> #include <unistd.h>
>>
>> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>> {
>>     pid_t pid, pid1, pid2;
>>     int fd,ret = 0;
>>     int status = 0;
>>     char device_char[12]="/dev/mtd";
>>     char device_block[17]="/dev/mtdblock";
>>
>>     strcat(device_char, argv[1]);
>>     strcat(device_block, argv[1]);
>>
>>     pid1 = fork();
>>     if(pid1 == 0){
>>         while(1){
>>             fd = open(device_char, O_SYNC|O_RDWR);
>>             ret = close(fd);
>>         }
>>     }
>>     pid2 = fork();
>>     if(pid2 == 0){
>>         while(1){
>>             fd = open(device_block, O_SYNC|O_RDWR);
>>             ret = close(fd);
>>         }
>>     }
>>     sleep(10);
>>     kill(pid1, SIGKILL);
>>     kill(pid2, SIGKILL);
>>     pid = wait(&status);
>>     pid = wait(&status);
>>     return 0;
>> } 
>>
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>>>> index b8ae1ec14e17..147e4a11dfe4 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
>>>> @@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
>>>>  
>>>>  	kref_get(&dev->ref);
>>>>  
>>>> +	if (!mutex_trylock(&mtd_table_mutex))
>>>> +		return ret;
>>>
>>> No, that's not really the solution.
>>>
>>> Turning the kref_get above into a kref_get_unless_zero might be better
>>> path to look into.
>>
>> Thanks, I will have a look at this.
> 
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> It seems this way can not stop the race to decrease/increase mtd->usecount,
> the race condition is between mtdchar_{open, close}()->(get)put_mtd_device()->__(get)put_mtd_device()
> and blktrans_{open,release}()-> __(get)put_mtd_device(), when operate the same device
> as char device(/dev/mtd1) and block device(/dev/mtdblock1), the original fix for
> this issue is 073db4a51ee4 ("mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount"),
> Could you give some suggestion about this?

Hi,

Any suggestion about my new found?

Thanks,
Liwei.


> 
> Thanks,
> Liwei.
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Liwei.
>>
>>
>>>

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