linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle setup

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20230915174444.2835306-1-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:44:44 -0400
From:   "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@...edance.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v2] kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle setup

Initial booting is setting the task flag to idle (PF_IDLE) by the call
path sched_init() -> init_idle().  Having the task idle and calling
call_rcu() in kernel/rcu/tiny.c means that TIF_NEED_RESCHED will be
set.  Subsequent calls to any cond_resched() will enable IRQs,
potentially earlier than the IRQ setup has completed.  Recent changes
have caused just this scenario and IRQs have been enabled early.

This causes a warning later in start_kernel() as interrupts are enabled
before they are fully set up.

Fix this issue by setting the PF_IDLE flag later in the boot sequence.

Although the boot task was marked as idle since (at least) d80e4fda576d,
I am not sure that it is wrong to do so.  The forced context-switch on
idle task was introduced in the tiny_rcu update, so I'm going to claim
this fixes 5f6130fa52ee.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/87v8cv22jh.fsf@mail.lhotse/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAMuHMdWpvpWoDa=Ox-do92czYRvkok6_x6pYUH+ZouMcJbXy+Q@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 5f6130fa52ee ("tiny_rcu: Directly force QS when call_rcu_[bh|sched]() on idle_task")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@...edance.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
---

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20230913005647.1534747-1-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com/

 kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
 kernel/sched/idle.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c52c2eba7c73..e8f73ff12126 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -9271,7 +9271,7 @@ void __init init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	 * PF_KTHREAD should already be set at this point; regardless, make it
 	 * look like a proper per-CPU kthread.
 	 */
-	idle->flags |= PF_IDLE | PF_KTHREAD | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
+	idle->flags |= PF_KTHREAD | PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
 	kthread_set_per_cpu(idle, cpu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 342f58a329f5..5007b25c5bc6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(play_idle_precise);
 
 void cpu_startup_entry(enum cpuhp_state state)
 {
+	current->flags |= PF_IDLE;
 	arch_cpu_idle_prepare();
 	cpuhp_online_idle(state);
 	while (1)
-- 
2.39.2