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Message-ID: <aBzxqiX7unwAqVCY@pc636>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 20:02:18 +0200
From: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>
Cc: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] mm/vmalloc: fix data race in show_numa_info()

On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 07:48:55PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 01:56:20AM +0900, Jeongjun Park wrote:
> > The following data-race was found in show_numa_info():
> > 
> > ==================================================================
> > BUG: KCSAN: data-race in vmalloc_info_show / vmalloc_info_show
> > 
> > read to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8289 on cpu 0:
> >  show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4936 [inline]
> >  vmalloc_info_show+0x5a8/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016
> >  seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230
> >  proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299
> > ....
> > 
> > write to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8287 on cpu 1:
> >  show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4934 [inline]
> >  vmalloc_info_show+0x38f/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016
> >  seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230
> >  proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299
> > ....
> > 
> > value changed: 0x0000008f -> 0x00000000
> > ==================================================================
> > 
> > According to this report,there is a read/write data-race because m->private
> > is accessible to multiple CPUs. To fix this, instead of allocating the heap
> > in proc_vmalloc_init() and passing the heap address to m->private,
> > vmalloc_info_show() should allocate the heap.
> > 
> > Fixes: a47a126ad5ea ("vmallocinfo: add NUMA information")
> > Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > Suggested-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
> > Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>
> > ---
> > v6: Change CONFIG_NUMA to must be check before doing any work related to the counters array.
> > - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250508160800.12540-1-aha310510@gmail.com/
> > v5: Change heap to be allocated only when CONFIG_NUMA is enabled
> > - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250508065558.149091-1-aha310510@gmail.com/
> > v4: Change the way counters array heap is allocated, per Andrew Morton's suggestion.
> >     And fix it to call smp_rmb() in the correct location.
> > - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250507142552.9446-1-aha310510@gmail.com/
> > v3: Following Uladzislau Rezki's suggestion, we check v->flags beforehand
> >     to avoid printing uninitialized members of vm_struct.
> > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250506082520.84153-1-aha310510@gmail.com/
> > v2: Refactoring some functions and fix patch as per Eric Dumazet suggestion
> > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250505171948.24410-1-aha310510@gmail.com/
> > ---
> >  mm/vmalloc.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> >  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > index 3ed720a787ec..c1ea9713a1c0 100644
> > --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> > +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > @@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ static void clear_vm_uninitialized_flag(struct vm_struct *vm)
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Before removing VM_UNINITIALIZED,
> >  	 * we should make sure that vm has proper values.
> > -	 * Pair with smp_rmb() in show_numa_info().
> > +	 * Pair with smp_rmb() in vread_iter() and vmalloc_info_show().
> >  	 */
> >  	smp_wmb();
> >  	vm->flags &= ~VM_UNINITIALIZED;
> > @@ -4914,28 +4914,29 @@ bool vmalloc_dump_obj(void *object)
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> > -static void show_numa_info(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_struct *v)
> > -{
> > -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA)) {
> > -		unsigned int nr, *counters = m->private;
> > -		unsigned int step = 1U << vm_area_page_order(v);
> >  
> > -		if (!counters)
> > -			return;
> > +/*
> > + * Print number of pages allocated on each memory node.
> > + *
> > + * This function can only be called if CONFIG_NUMA is enabled
> > + * and VM_UNINITIALIZED bit in v->flags is disabled.
> > + */
> > +static void show_numa_info(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_struct *v,
> > +				 unsigned int *counters)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned int nr;
> > +	unsigned int step = 1U << vm_area_page_order(v);
> >  
> > -		if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
> > -			return;
> > -		/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
> > -		smp_rmb();
> > +	if (!counters)
> > +		return;
> >  
> > -		memset(counters, 0, nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int));
> > +	memset(counters, 0, nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int));
> >  
> > -		for (nr = 0; nr < v->nr_pages; nr += step)
> > -			counters[page_to_nid(v->pages[nr])] += step;
> > -		for_each_node_state(nr, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
> > -			if (counters[nr])
> > -				seq_printf(m, " N%u=%u", nr, counters[nr]);
> > -	}
> > +	for (nr = 0; nr < v->nr_pages; nr += step)
> > +		counters[page_to_nid(v->pages[nr])] += step;
> > +	for_each_node_state(nr, N_HIGH_MEMORY)
> > +		if (counters[nr])
> > +			seq_printf(m, " N%u=%u", nr, counters[nr]);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void show_purge_info(struct seq_file *m)
> > @@ -4962,8 +4963,12 @@ static int vmalloc_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> >  	struct vmap_node *vn;
> >  	struct vmap_area *va;
> >  	struct vm_struct *v;
> > +	unsigned int *counters;
> >  	int i;
> >  
> > +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> > +		counters = kmalloc(nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +
> >  	for (i = 0; i < nr_vmap_nodes; i++) {
> >  		vn = &vmap_nodes[i];
> >  
> > @@ -4979,6 +4984,11 @@ static int vmalloc_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> >  			}
> >  
> >  			v = va->vm;
> > +			if (v->flags & VM_UNINITIALIZED)
> > +				continue;
> > +
> > +			/* Pair with smp_wmb() in clear_vm_uninitialized_flag() */
> > +			smp_rmb();
> >  
> >  			seq_printf(m, "0x%pK-0x%pK %7ld",
> >  				v->addr, v->addr + v->size, v->size);
> > @@ -5013,7 +5023,9 @@ static int vmalloc_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> >  			if (is_vmalloc_addr(v->pages))
> >  				seq_puts(m, " vpages");
> >  
> > -			show_numa_info(m, v);
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> > +				show_numa_info(m, v, counters);
> > +
> >  			seq_putc(m, '\n');
> >  		}
> >  		spin_unlock(&vn->busy.lock);
> > @@ -5023,19 +5035,14 @@ static int vmalloc_info_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> >  	 * As a final step, dump "unpurged" areas.
> >  	 */
> >  	show_purge_info(m);
> > +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> > +		kfree(counters);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> >  static int __init proc_vmalloc_init(void)
> >  {
> > -	void *priv_data = NULL;
> > -
> > -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> > -		priv_data = kmalloc(nr_node_ids * sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -
> > -	proc_create_single_data("vmallocinfo",
> > -		0400, NULL, vmalloc_info_show, priv_data);
> > -
> > +	proc_create_single("vmallocinfo", 0400, NULL, vmalloc_info_show);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  module_init(proc_vmalloc_init);
> > --
> LGTM:
> 
> Reviewed-by: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>
> 
> Thank you!
>
Also one thing i have just noticed. The "Fixes tag" should be updated to
this: Fixes: 8e1d743f2c26 ("mm: vmalloc: support multiple nodes in vmallocinfo")

the below one should not be blamed:

Fixes: a47a126ad5ea ("vmallocinfo: add NUMA information")

Thanks!

--
Uladzislau Rezki

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