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Message-ID: <588b8b8f-979c-a4e5-a332-8b0f89421ecd@huawei.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 16:50:08 +0800
From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
CC: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
<stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mm: swap: Fix race between free_swap_and_cache() and
swapoff()
On 2024/3/7 15:34, Huang, Ying wrote:
> Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com> writes:
>
>> On 2024/3/7 13:56, Huang, Ying wrote:
>>> Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 2024/3/6 17:31, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>> On 06/03/2024 08:51, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024/3/6 10:52, Huang, Ying wrote:
>>>>>>> Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There was previously a theoretical window where swapoff() could run and
>>>>>>>> teardown a swap_info_struct while a call to free_swap_and_cache() was
>>>>>>>> running in another thread. This could cause, amongst other bad
>>>>>>>> possibilities, swap_page_trans_huge_swapped() (called by
>>>>>>>> free_swap_and_cache()) to access the freed memory for swap_map.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is a theoretical problem and I haven't been able to provoke it from
>>>>>>>> a test case. But there has been agreement based on code review that this
>>>>>>>> is possible (see link below).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fix it by using get_swap_device()/put_swap_device(), which will stall
>>>>>>>> swapoff(). There was an extra check in _swap_info_get() to confirm that
>>>>>>>> the swap entry was valid. This wasn't present in get_swap_device() so
>>>>>>>> I've added it. I couldn't find any existing get_swap_device() call sites
>>>>>>>> where this extra check would cause any false alarms.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Details of how to provoke one possible issue (thanks to David Hilenbrand
>>>>>>>> for deriving this):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --8<-----
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> __swap_entry_free() might be the last user and result in
>>>>>>>> "count == SWAP_HAS_CACHE".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> swapoff->try_to_unuse() will stop as soon as soon as si->inuse_pages==0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the question is: could someone reclaim the folio and turn
>>>>>>>> si->inuse_pages==0, before we completed swap_page_trans_huge_swapped().
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Imagine the following: 2 MiB folio in the swapcache. Only 2 subpages are
>>>>>>>> still references by swap entries.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Process 1 still references subpage 0 via swap entry.
>>>>>>>> Process 2 still references subpage 1 via swap entry.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Process 1 quits. Calls free_swap_and_cache().
>>>>>>>> -> count == SWAP_HAS_CACHE
>>>>>>>> [then, preempted in the hypervisor etc.]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Process 2 quits. Calls free_swap_and_cache().
>>>>>>>> -> count == SWAP_HAS_CACHE
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Process 2 goes ahead, passes swap_page_trans_huge_swapped(), and calls
>>>>>>>> __try_to_reclaim_swap().
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> __try_to_reclaim_swap()->folio_free_swap()->delete_from_swap_cache()->
>>>>>>>> put_swap_folio()->free_swap_slot()->swapcache_free_entries()->
>>>>>>>> swap_entry_free()->swap_range_free()->
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> WRITE_ONCE(si->inuse_pages, si->inuse_pages - nr_entries);
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What stops swapoff to succeed after process 2 reclaimed the swap cache
>>>>>>>> but before process1 finished its call to swap_page_trans_huge_swapped()?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --8<-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think that this can be simplified. Even for a 4K folio, this could
>>>>>>> happen.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CPU0 CPU1
>>>>>>> ---- ----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> zap_pte_range
>>>>>>> free_swap_and_cache
>>>>>>> __swap_entry_free
>>>>>>> /* swap count become 0 */
>>>>>>> swapoff
>>>>>>> try_to_unuse
>>>>>>> filemap_get_folio
>>>>>>> folio_free_swap
>>>>>>> /* remove swap cache */
>>>>>>> /* free si->swap_map[] */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> swap_page_trans_huge_swapped <-- access freed si->swap_map !!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for jumping the discussion here. IMHO, free_swap_and_cache is called with pte lock held.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't beleive it has the PTL when called by shmem.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of shmem, folio_lock is used to guard against the race.
>>>
>>> I don't find folio is lock for shmem. find_lock_entries() will only
>>> lock the folio if (!xa_is_value()), that is, not swap entry. Can you
>>> point out where the folio is locked for shmem?
>>
>> You're right, folio is locked if not swap entry. That's my mistake. But it seems above race is still nonexistent.
>> shmem_unuse() will first be called to read all the shared memory data that resides in the swap device back into
>> memory when doing swapoff. In that case, all the swapped pages are moved to page cache thus there won't be any
>> xa_is_value(folio) cases when calling shmem_undo_range(). free_swap_and_cache() even won't be called from
>> shmem_undo_range() after shmem_unuse(). Or am I miss something?
>
> I think the following situation is possible. Right?
>
> CPU0 CPU1
> ---- ----
> shmem_undo_range
> shmem_free_swap
> xa_cmpxchg_irq
> free_swap_and_cache
> __swap_entry_free
> /* swap count become 0 */
> swapoff
> try_to_unuse
> shmem_unuse /* cannot find swap entry */
> find_next_to_unuse
> filemap_get_folio
> folio_free_swap
> /* remove swap cache */
> /* free si->swap_map[] */
> swap_page_trans_huge_swapped <-- access freed si->swap_map !!!
>
> shmem_undo_range can run earlier.
Considering above case, I tend to agree it's possible. I can't figure out a mechanism to make it impossible yet.
Thanks.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
> .
>
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