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Message-ID: <1680266529-28429-1-git-send-email-ziwei.dai@unisoc.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:42:09 +0800
From:   Ziwei Dai <ziwei.dai@...soc.com>
To:     <urezki@...il.com>, <paulmck@...nel.org>, <frederic@...nel.org>,
        <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>, <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        <rostedt@...dmis.org>, <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        <jiangshanlai@...il.com>, <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        <rcu@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <shuang.wang@...soc.com>,
        <yifan.xin@...soc.com>, <ke.wang@...soc.com>,
        <xuewen.yan@...soc.com>, <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>,
        <ziwei.dai@...soc.com>, <zhaoyang.huang@...soc.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2] rcu: Make sure new krcp free business is handled after the wanted rcu grace period.

In kfree_rcu_monitor(), new free business at krcp is attached to any free
channel at krwp. kfree_rcu_monitor() is responsible to make sure new free
business is handled after the rcu grace period. But if there is any none-free
channel at krwp already, that means there is an on-going rcu work,
which will cause the kvfree_call_rcu()-triggered free business is done
before the wanted rcu grace period ends.

This commit ignore krwp which has non-free channel at kfree_rcu_monitor(),
to fix the issue that kvfree_call_rcu() loses effectiveness.

Below is the css_set obj "from_cset" use-after-free case caused by
kvfree_call_rcu() losing effectiveness.
CPU 0 calls rcu_read_lock(), then use "from_cset", then hard irq comes,
the task is schedule out.
CPU 1 calls kfree_rcu(cset, rcu_head), willing to free "from_cset" after new gp.
But "from_cset" is freed right after current gp end. "from_cset" is reallocated.
CPU 0 's task arrives back, references "from_cset"'s member, which causes crash.

CPU 0					CPU 1
count_memcg_event_mm()
|rcu_read_lock()  <---
|mem_cgroup_from_task()
 |// css_set_ptr is the "from_cset" mentioned on CPU 1
 |css_set_ptr = rcu_dereference((task)->cgroups)
 |// Hard irq comes, current task is scheduled out.

					cgroup_attach_task()
					|cgroup_migrate()
					|cgroup_migrate_execute()
					|css_set_move_task(task, from_cset, to_cset, true)
					|cgroup_move_task(task, to_cset)
					|rcu_assign_pointer(.., to_cset)
					|...
					|cgroup_migrate_finish()
					|put_css_set_locked(from_cset)
					|from_cset->refcount return 0
					|kfree_rcu(cset, rcu_head) // means to free from_cset after new gp
					|add_ptr_to_bulk_krc_lock()
					|schedule_delayed_work(&krcp->monitor_work, ..)

					kfree_rcu_monitor()
					|krcp->bulk_head[0]'s work attached to krwp->bulk_head_free[]
					|queue_rcu_work(system_wq, &krwp->rcu_work)
					|if rwork->rcu.work is not in WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT state,
					|call_rcu(&rwork->rcu, rcu_work_rcufn) <--- request a new gp

					// There is a perious call_rcu(.., rcu_work_rcufn)
					// gp end, rcu_work_rcufn() is called.
					rcu_work_rcufn()
					|__queue_work(.., rwork->wq, &rwork->work);

					|kfree_rcu_work()
					|krwp->bulk_head_free[0] bulk is freed before new gp end!!!
					|The "from_cset" is freed before new gp end.

// the task is scheduled in after many ms.
 |css_set_ptr->subsys[(subsys_id) <--- Caused kernel crash, because css_set_ptr is freed.

v2: Use helper function instead of inserted code block at kfree_rcu_monitor().

Fixes: c014efeef76a ("rcu: Add multiple in-flight batches of kfree_rcu() work")
Signed-off-by: Ziwei Dai <ziwei.dai@...soc.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8e880c0..7b95ee9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3024,6 +3024,18 @@ static void kfree_rcu_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	return !!READ_ONCE(krcp->head);
 }
 
+static bool
+need_wait_for_krwp_work(struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work *krwp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < FREE_N_CHANNELS; i++)
+		if (!list_empty(&krwp->bulk_head_free[i]))
+			return true;
+
+	return !!krwp->head_free;
+}
+
 static int krc_count(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
 {
 	int sum = atomic_read(&krcp->head_count);
@@ -3107,15 +3119,14 @@ static void kfree_rcu_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
 	for (i = 0; i < KFREE_N_BATCHES; i++) {
 		struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work *krwp = &(krcp->krw_arr[i]);
 
-		// Try to detach bulk_head or head and attach it over any
-		// available corresponding free channel. It can be that
-		// a previous RCU batch is in progress, it means that
-		// immediately to queue another one is not possible so
-		// in that case the monitor work is rearmed.
-		if ((!list_empty(&krcp->bulk_head[0]) && list_empty(&krwp->bulk_head_free[0])) ||
-			(!list_empty(&krcp->bulk_head[1]) && list_empty(&krwp->bulk_head_free[1])) ||
-				(READ_ONCE(krcp->head) && !krwp->head_free)) {
+		// Try to detach bulk_head or head and attach it, only when
+		// all channels are free.  Any channel is not free means at krwp
+		// there is on-going rcu work to handle krwp's free business.
+		if (need_wait_for_krwp_work(krwp))
+			continue;
 
+		// kvfree_rcu_drain_ready() might handle this krcp, if so give up.
+		if (need_offload_krc(krcp)) {
 			// Channel 1 corresponds to the SLAB-pointer bulk path.
 			// Channel 2 corresponds to vmalloc-pointer bulk path.
 			for (j = 0; j < FREE_N_CHANNELS; j++) {
-- 
1.9.1

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