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author | Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> | 2022-10-23 21:34:52 -0700 |
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committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-10-28 13:37:23 -0700 |
commit | 5521de7dddd211e3a9403d7bde0b614fd0936ac6 (patch) | |
tree | 7a81377409f7c736b4b7875bf0b2cb55b0ac81d9 /mm/shmem.c | |
parent | 78a498c3a227f2ac773a8234b2ce092a4403f2c3 (diff) | |
download | linux-5521de7dddd211e3a9403d7bde0b614fd0936ac6.tar.bz2 |
mm/userfaultfd: replace kmap/kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()
kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of
kmap_local_page() which is appropriate for any thread local context.[1]
A recent locking bug report with userfaultfd showed that the conversion of
the kmap_atomic()'s in those code flows requires care with regard to the
prevention of deadlock.[2]
git archaeology implied that the recursion may not be an actual bug.[3]
However, depending on the implementation of the mmap_lock and the
condition of the call there may still be a deadlock.[4] So this is not
purely a lockdep issue. Considering a single threaded call stack there
are 3 options.
1) Different mm's are in play (no issue)
2) Readlock implementation is recursive and same mm is in play
(no issue)
3) Readlock implementation is _not_ recursive (issue)
The mmap_lock is recursive so with a single thread there is no issue.
However, Matthew pointed out a deadlock scenario when you consider
additional process' and threads thusly.
"The readlock implementation is only recursive if nobody else has taken a
write lock. If you have a multithreaded process, one of the other threads
can call mmap() and that will prevent recursion (due to fairness). Even
if it's a different process that you're trying to acquire the mmap read
lock on, you can still get into a deadly embrace. eg:
process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A
Now all four threads are blocked waiting for each other."
Regardless using pagefault_disable() ensures that no matter what locking
implementation is used a deadlock will not occur.
Complete kmap conversion in userfaultfd by replacing the kmap() and
kmap_atomic() calls with kmap_local_page(). When replacing the
kmap_atomic() call ensure page faults continue to be disabled to support
the correct fall back behavior and add a comment to inform future souls of
the requirement.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@intel.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y1Mh2S7fUGQ%2FiKFR@iweiny-desk3/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y1MymJ%2FINb45AdaY@iweiny-desk3/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y1bXBtGTCym77%2FoD@casper.infradead.org/
[ira.weiny@intel.com: v2]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221025220136.2366143-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221024043452.1491677-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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