netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net:qrtr: fix atomic idr allocation in qrtr_port

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Date:   Sun, 28 Mar 2021 08:56:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        syzbot+3eec59e770685e3dc879@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net:qrtr: fix atomic idr allocation in
 qrtr_port_assign()

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 03:51:10PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 03:31:18PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:25:20PM +0800, Du Cheng wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 03:12:14PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > Adding the xarray maintainer...
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:07:02PM +0800, Du Cheng wrote:
> > > > > add idr_preload() and idr_preload_end() around idr_alloc_u32(GFP_ATOMIC)
> > > > > due to internal use of per_cpu variables, which requires preemption
> > > > > disabling/enabling.
> > > > > 
> > > > > reported as "BUG: "using smp_processor_id() in preemptible" by syzkaller
> > > > > 
> > > > > Reported-by: syzbot+3eec59e770685e3dc879@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > changelog
> > > > > v1: change to GFP_KERNEL for idr_alloc_u32() but might sleep
> > > > > v2: revert to GFP_ATOMIC but add preemption disable/enable protection
> > > > > 
> > > > >  net/qrtr/qrtr.c | 6 ++++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
> > > > > index edb6ac17ceca..6361f169490e 100644
> > > > > --- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
> > > > > +++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
> > > > > @@ -722,17 +722,23 @@ static int qrtr_port_assign(struct qrtr_sock *ipc, int *port)
> > > > >  	mutex_lock(&qrtr_port_lock);
> > > > >  	if (!*port) {
> > > > >  		min_port = QRTR_MIN_EPH_SOCKET;
> > > > > +		idr_preload(GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > > >  		rc = idr_alloc_u32(&qrtr_ports, ipc, &min_port, QRTR_MAX_EPH_SOCKET, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > > > +		idr_preload_end();
> > > > 
> > > > This seems "odd" to me.  We are asking idr_alloc_u32() to abide by
> > > > GFP_ATOMIC, so why do we need to "preload" it with the same type of
> > > > allocation?
> > > > 
> > > > Is there something in the idr/radix/xarray code that can't really handle
> > > > GFP_ATOMIC during a "normal" idr allocation that is causing this warning
> > > > to be hit?  Why is this change the "correct" one?
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > greg k-h
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >From the comment above idr_preload() in lib/radix-tree.c:1460
> > > /**
> > >  * idr_preload - preload for idr_alloc()
> > >  * @gfp_mask: allocation mask to use for preloading
> > >  *
> > >  * Preallocate memory to use for the next call to idr_alloc().  This function
> > >  * returns with preemption disabled.  It will be enabled by idr_preload_end().
> > >  */
> > > 
> > > idr_alloc is a very simple wrapper around idr_alloc_u32().
> > > 
> > > On top of radix_tree_node_alloc() which is called by idr_alloc_u32(), there is
> > > this comment at line 244 in the same radix-tree.c
> > > /*
> > >  * This assumes that the caller has performed appropriate preallocation, and
> > >  * that the caller has pinned this thread of control to the current CPU.
> > >  */
> > > 
> > > Therefore the preload/preload_end are necessary, or at least should have
> > > preemption disabled
> > 
> > Ah, so it's disabling preemption that is the key here.  Still odd, why
> > is GFP_ATOMIC not sufficient in a normal idr_alloc() call to keep things
> > from doing stuff like this?  Feels like a lot of "internal knowledge" is
> > needed here to use this api properly...
> > 
> > Matthew, is the above change really correct?
> 
> No.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200605112922.GB19604@bombadil.infradead.org/
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200605120037.17427-1-willy@infradead.org/
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200914192655.GW6583@casper.infradead.org/
> 

Ok, it looks like this code is just abandonded, should we remove it
entirely as no one wants to maintain it?

thanks,

greg k-h