linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] kernel/fork: beware of __put_task

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Message-ID: <20230601181359.GA23852@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 20:13:59 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Brian Cain <bcain@...cinc.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
        Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Luis Goncalves <lgoncalv@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] kernel/fork: beware of __put_task_struct calling
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On 06/01, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 9:23 AM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 05/17, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:26 PM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > LGTM but we still need to understand the possible problems with CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING ...
> > > >
> > > > Again, I'll try to investigate when I have time although I am not sure I can really help.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps you too can try to do this ? ;)
> > > >
> > >
> > > FWIW, I tested this patch with CONFIG_PROVE_LOCK_NESTING in RT and
> > > stock kernels. No splat happened.
> >
> > Strange... FYI, I am running the kernel with this patch
> >
> >         diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
> >         index 339fee3eff6a..3169cceddf3b 100644
> >         --- a/kernel/sys.c
> >         +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> >         @@ -2412,6 +2412,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
> >
> >                 error = 0;
> >                 switch (option) {
> >         +       case 666: {
> >         +               static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(l);
> >         +               static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(r);
> >         +
> >         +               raw_spin_lock(&r);
> >         +               spin_lock(&l);
> >         +               spin_unlock(&l);
> >         +               raw_spin_unlock(&r);
> >         +
> >         +               break;
> >         +       }
> >                 case PR_SET_PDEATHSIG:
> >                         if (!valid_signal(arg2)) {
> >                                 error = -EINVAL;
> >
> > applied (because I am too lazy to compile a module ;) and
> >
>
> FWIW, I converted it to a module [1]

where is [1] ?  not that I think this matters though...

> >         # perl -e 'syscall 157,666'
> >
> > triggers the lockdep bug
> >
> >         =============================
> >         [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
> >         6.4.0-rc2-00018-g4d6d4c7f541d-dirty #1176 Not tainted
> >         -----------------------------
> >         perl/35 is trying to lock:
> >         ffffffff81c4cc18 (l){....}-{3:3}, at: __do_sys_prctl+0x21b/0x87b
> >         other info that might help us debug this:
> >         context-{5:5}
> >         ...
> >
> > as expected.
> >
>
> Yeah, I tried it here and I had the same results,

OK,

> but only in the RT kernel

this again suggests that your testing was wrong or I am totally confused (quite
possible, I know nothing about RT). I did the testing without CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT.

> But running the reproducer for put_task_struct(), works fine.

which reproducer ?

Oleg.