netdev - Re: [PATCH] Export mm_update_next_owner function for vhost-net

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Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:30:48 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     gchen.guomin@...il.com, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        guominchen@...cent.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export mm_update_next_owner function for vhost-net


On 2018/12/13 下午12:47, gchen.guomin@...il.com wrote:
> From: guomin chen <gchen.guomin@...il.com>
>
>   Under normal circumstances,When do_exit exits, mm->owner will
>   be updated on exit_mm(). but when the kernel process calls
>   unuse_mm() and then exits,mm->owner cannot be updated. And it
>   will point to a task that has been released.
>
>   Below is my issue on vhost_net:
>      A, B are two kernel processes(such as vhost_worker),
>      C is a user space process(such as qemu), and all
>      three use the mm of the user process C.
>      Now, because user process C exits abnormally, the owner of this
>      mm becomes A. When A calls unuse_mm and exits, this mm->ower
>      still points to the A that has been released.
>      When B accesses this mm->owner again, A has been released.


Could you describe how you reproduce this issue? I believe vhost process 
should exit before process C?


>
>   Process A             Process B
>   vhost_worker()        vhost_worker()
>    ---------             ---------
>    use_mm()              use_mm()
>     ...
>    unuse_mm()
>       tsk->mm=NULL
>     do_exit()            page fault
>      exit_mm()           access mm->owner
>     can't update owner   kernel Oops
>
>                          unuse_mm()
>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> Signed-off-by: guomin chen <gchen.guomin@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 1 +
>   kernel/exit.c         | 1 +
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 6b98d8e..7c09087 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data)
>   		}
>   	}
>   	unuse_mm(dev->mm);
> +	mm_update_next_owner(dev->mm);


If you analysis is correct, this is still racy isn't it? (E.g page fault 
happen between unuse_mm() and mm_update_next_owner()).

Thanks


>   	set_fs(oldfs);
>   	return 0;
>   }
> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
> index 0e21e6d..9e046dd 100644
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ void mm_update_next_owner(struct mm_struct *mm)
>   	task_unlock(c);
>   	put_task_struct(c);
>   }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mm_update_next_owner);
>   #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
>   
>   /*