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Message-ID: <CAMArcTXM2y=MEU11GcbQoC91u4Qi93R_VdHSMQzRdRwPwALn3A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 13:22:19 +0900
From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
To: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org, 
	almasrymina@...gle.com, sdf@...ichev.me, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	asml.silence@...il.com, dw@...idwei.uk, skhawaja@...gle.com, 
	willemb@...gle.com, jdamato@...tly.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: devmem: fix kernel panic when socket close
 after module unload

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com> wrote:
>

Hi Stanislav,
Thanks a lot for your review!

> On 05/06, Taehee Yoo wrote:
> > Kernel panic occurs when a devmem TCP socket is closed after NIC module
> > is unloaded.
> >
> > This is Devmem TCP unregistration scenarios. number is an order.
> > (a)socket close    (b)pp destroy    (c)uninstall    result
> > 1                  2                3               OK
> > 1                  3                2               (d)Impossible
> > 2                  1                3               OK
> > 3                  1                2               (e)Kernel panic
> > 2                  3                1               (d)Impossible
> > 3                  2                1               (d)Impossible
> >
> > (a) netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy() is called when devmem TCP socket is
> >     closed.
> > (b) page_pool_destroy() is called when the interface is down.
> > (c) mp_ops->uninstall() is called when an interface is unregistered.
> > (d) There is no scenario in mp_ops->uninstall() is called before
> >     page_pool_destroy().
> >     Because unregister_netdevice_many_notify() closes interfaces first
> >     and then calls mp_ops->uninstall().
> > (e) netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy() accesses struct net_device to acquire
> >     netdev_lock().
> >     But if the interface module has already been removed, net_device
> >     pointer is invalid, so it causes kernel panic.
> >
> > In summary, there are only 3 possible scenarios.
> >  A. sk close -> pp destroy -> uninstall.
> >  B. pp destroy -> sk close -> uninstall.
> >  C. pp destroy -> uninstall -> sk close.
> >
> > Case C is a kernel panic scenario.
> >
> > In order to fix this problem, It makes mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall() set
> > binding->dev to NULL.
> > It indicates an bound net_device was unregistered.
> >
> > It makes netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy() do not acquire netdev_lock()
> > if binding->dev is NULL.
> >
> > It inverts socket/netdev lock order like below:
> >     netdev_lock();
> >     mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> >     mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> >     netdev_unlock();
> >
> > Because of inversion of locking ordering, mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall()
> > acquires socket lock from now on.
> >
> > Tests:
> > Scenario A:
> >     ./ncdevmem -s 192.168.1.4 -c 192.168.1.2 -f $interface -l -p 8000 \
> >         -v 7 -t 1 -q 1 &
> >     pid=$!
> >     sleep 10
> >     kill $pid
> >     ip link set $interface down
> >     modprobe -rv $module
> >
> > Scenario B:
> >     ./ncdevmem -s 192.168.1.4 -c 192.168.1.2 -f $interface -l -p 8000 \
> >         -v 7 -t 1 -q 1 &
> >     pid=$!
> >     sleep 10
> >     ip link set $interface down
> >     kill $pid
> >     modprobe -rv $module
> >
> > Scenario C:
> >     ./ncdevmem -s 192.168.1.4 -c 192.168.1.2 -f $interface -l -p 8000 \
> >         -v 7 -t 1 -q 1 &
> >     pid=$!
> >     sleep 10
> >     modprobe -rv $module
> >     sleep 5
> >     kill $pid
> >
> > Splat looks like:
> > Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc001fffa9f7: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN NOPTI
> > KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x00000000fffd4fb8-0x00000000fffd4fbf]
> > CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 2041 Comm: ncdevmem Tainted: G    B   W           6.15.0-rc1+ #2 PREEMPT(undef)  0947ec89efa0fd68838b78e36aa1617e97ff5d7f
> > Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN
> > RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock (./include/linux/sched.h:2244 kernel/locking/mutex.c:400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:443 kernel/locking/mutex.c:605 kernel/locking/mutex.c:746)
> > Code: ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 4f 13 00 00 49 8b 1e 48 83 e3 f8 74 6a 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8d 7b 34 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 f
> > RSP: 0018:ffff88826f7ef730 EFLAGS: 00010203
> > RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 00000000fffd4f88 RCX: ffffffffaa9bc811
> > RDX: 000000001fffa9f7 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00000000fffd4fbc
> > RBP: ffff88826f7ef8b0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed103e6aa1a4
> > R10: 0000000000000007 R11: ffff88826f7ef442 R12: fffffbfff669f65e
> > R13: ffff88812a830040 R14: ffff8881f3550d20 R15: 00000000fffd4f88
> > FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888866c05000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > CR2: 0000563bed0cb288 CR3: 00000001a7c98000 CR4: 00000000007506f0
> > PKRU: 55555554
> > Call Trace:
> > <TASK>
> >  ...
> >  netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy (net/core/netdev-genl.c:953 (discriminator 3))
> >  genl_release (net/netlink/genetlink.c:653 net/netlink/genetlink.c:694 net/netlink/genetlink.c:705)
> >  ...
> >  netlink_release (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:737)
> >  ...
> >  __sock_release (net/socket.c:647)
> >  sock_close (net/socket.c:1393)
> >
> > Fixes: 1d22d3060b9b ("net: drop rtnl_lock for queue_mgmt operations")
> > Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
> > ---
> >
> > v2:
> >  - Fix commit message.
> >  - Correct Fixes tag.
> >  - Inverse locking order.
> >  - Do not put a reference count of binding in
> >    mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall().
> >
> > In order to test this patch, driver side implementation of devmem TCP[1]
> > is needed to be applied.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250415052458.1260575-1-ap420073@gmail.com/T/#u
> >
> >  net/core/devmem.c      |  6 ++++++
> >  net/core/devmem.h      |  3 +++
> >  net/core/netdev-genl.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
> > index 6e27a47d0493..636c1e82b8da 100644
> > --- a/net/core/devmem.c
> > +++ b/net/core/devmem.c
> > @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ int net_devmem_bind_dmabuf_to_queue(struct net_device *dev, u32 rxq_idx,
> >
> >  struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *
> >  net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int dmabuf_fd,
> > +                    struct netdev_nl_sock *priv,
> >                      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> >  {
> >       struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding;
> > @@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int dmabuf_fd,
> >       }
> >
> >       binding->dev = dev;
> > +     binding->priv = priv;
> >
> >       err = xa_alloc_cyclic(&net_devmem_dmabuf_bindings, &binding->id,
> >                             binding, xa_limit_32b, &id_alloc_next,
> > @@ -376,12 +378,16 @@ static void mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall(void *mp_priv,
> >       struct netdev_rx_queue *bound_rxq;
> >       unsigned long xa_idx;
> >
> > +     mutex_lock(&binding->priv->lock);
> >       xa_for_each(&binding->bound_rxqs, xa_idx, bound_rxq) {
> >               if (bound_rxq == rxq) {
> >                       xa_erase(&binding->bound_rxqs, xa_idx);
> > +                     if (xa_empty(&binding->bound_rxqs))
> > +                             binding->dev = NULL;
> >                       break;
> >               }
> >       }
> > +     mutex_unlock(&binding->priv->lock);
> >  }
> >
> >  static const struct memory_provider_ops dmabuf_devmem_ops = {
> > diff --git a/net/core/devmem.h b/net/core/devmem.h
> > index 7fc158d52729..afd6320b2c9b 100644
> > --- a/net/core/devmem.h
> > +++ b/net/core/devmem.h
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> >  #define _NET_DEVMEM_H
> >
> >  #include <net/netmem.h>
> > +#include <net/netdev_netlink.h>
> >
> >  struct netlink_ext_ack;
> >
> > @@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding {
> >       struct sg_table *sgt;
> >       struct net_device *dev;
> >       struct gen_pool *chunk_pool;
> > +     struct netdev_nl_sock *priv;
> >
> >       /* The user holds a ref (via the netlink API) for as long as they want
> >        * the binding to remain alive. Each page pool using this binding holds
> > @@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ struct dmabuf_genpool_chunk_owner {
> >  void __net_devmem_dmabuf_binding_free(struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding);
> >  struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *
> >  net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int dmabuf_fd,
> > +                    struct netdev_nl_sock *priv,
> >                      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> >  void net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding);
> >  int net_devmem_bind_dmabuf_to_queue(struct net_device *dev, u32 rxq_idx,
> > diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > index 230743bdbb14..b8bb73574276 100644
> > --- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > +++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > @@ -859,13 +859,11 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >               goto err_genlmsg_free;
> >       }
> >
> > -     mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> > -
> >       err = 0;
> >       netdev = netdev_get_by_index_lock(genl_info_net(info), ifindex);
> >       if (!netdev) {
> >               err = -ENODEV;
> > -             goto err_unlock_sock;
> > +             goto err_genlmsg_free;
> >       }
> >       if (!netif_device_present(netdev))
> >               err = -ENODEV;
> > @@ -877,10 +875,11 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >               goto err_unlock;
> >       }
> >
> > -     binding = net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(netdev, dmabuf_fd, info->extack);
> > +     mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> > +     binding = net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(netdev, dmabuf_fd, priv, info->extack);
> >       if (IS_ERR(binding)) {
> >               err = PTR_ERR(binding);
> > -             goto err_unlock;
> > +             goto err_unlock_sock;
> >       }
> >
> >       nla_for_each_attr_type(attr, NETDEV_A_DMABUF_QUEUES,
> > @@ -921,18 +920,17 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >       if (err)
> >               goto err_unbind;
> >
> > -     netdev_unlock(netdev);
> > -
> >       mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> > +     netdev_unlock(netdev);
> >
> >       return 0;
> >
> >  err_unbind:
> >       net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(binding);
> > -err_unlock:
> > -     netdev_unlock(netdev);
> >  err_unlock_sock:
> >       mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> > +err_unlock:
> > +     netdev_unlock(netdev);
> >  err_genlmsg_free:
> >       nlmsg_free(rsp);
> >       return err;
> > @@ -948,14 +946,25 @@ void netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy(struct netdev_nl_sock *priv)
> >  {
> >       struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding;
> >       struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *temp;
> > +     netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
> >       struct net_device *dev;
> >
> >       mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> >       list_for_each_entry_safe(binding, temp, &priv->bindings, list) {
> >               dev = binding->dev;
> > +             if (!dev) {
> > +                     net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(binding);
> > +                     continue;
> > +             }
> > +             netdev_hold(dev, &dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +             mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> >               netdev_lock(dev);
> > +             mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> >               net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(binding);
> > +             mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> >               netdev_unlock(dev);
> > +             netdev_put(dev, &dev_tracker);
> > +             mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
>
> nit: this feels like it deserves a comment on the lock ordering (and,
> hence, why this dance is needed). The rest looks good!

The device unreg path didn't acquire a socket lock.
But by this patch, it sets binding->dev to NULL and binding->dev is
protected by socket lock.
So socket lock needs to be added to the device unreg path.

The device unreg path acquires netdev_lock first, and socket close path
acquires socket lock first. So, one of them should be changed.
I modified the socket-close path and adjusted the locking order because,
in my view, the socket-close path in the code is more flexible than the
device unregistration path.

I will add a comment about it in the next version.

Thanks a lot!
Taehee Yoo

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