linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [bpf?] possible deadlock in kvfree_call

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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:42:17 +0800
From: Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
To: syzbot <syzbot+1fa663a2100308ab6eab@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [bpf?] possible deadlock in kvfree_call_rcu

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:27:19 -0700
> syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    443574b03387 riscv, bpf: Fix kfunc parameters incompatibil..
> git tree:       bpf
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=16ca53c9180000

#syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git  fe46a7dd189e

--- x/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ y/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2957,7 +2957,8 @@ krc_this_cpu_lock(unsigned long *flags)
 
 	local_irq_save(*flags);	// For safely calling this_cpu_ptr().
 	krcp = this_cpu_ptr(&krc);
-	raw_spin_lock(&krcp->lock);
+	while (!raw_spin_trylock(&krcp->lock))
+		;
 
 	return krcp;
 }
--