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author | Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> | 2008-09-12 11:24:11 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2008-10-16 09:24:50 -0700 |
commit | b31ca3f5dfc89c3f1f654b30f0760d0e2fb15e45 (patch) | |
tree | 64bcc432070e090ce236308ef7d077b1db2a3d8f /fs | |
parent | 6cd49586090187a2a145bb6570fb2392f121aa22 (diff) | |
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sysfs: fix deadlock
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:27:10AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> and it's working fine on most boxes. One testbox found this new locking
> scenario:
>
> PM: Adding info for No Bus:vcsa7
> EDAC DEBUG: MC0: i82860_check()
>
> =======================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 2.6.27-rc6-tip #1
> -------------------------------------------------------
> X/4873 is trying to acquire lock:
> (&bb->mutex){--..}, at: [<c020ba20>] mmap+0x40/0xa0
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<c0125a1e>] sys_mmap2+0x8e/0xc0
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> -> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){----}:
> [<c017dc96>] validate_chain+0xa96/0xf50
> [<c017ef2b>] __lock_acquire+0x2cb/0x5b0
> [<c017f299>] lock_acquire+0x89/0xc0
> [<c01aa8fb>] might_fault+0x6b/0x90
> [<c040b618>] copy_to_user+0x38/0x60
> [<c020bcfb>] read+0xfb/0x170
> [<c01c09a5>] vfs_read+0x95/0x110
> [<c01c1443>] sys_pread64+0x63/0x80
> [<c012146f>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x43
> [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
>
> -> #0 (&bb->mutex){--..}:
> [<c017d8b7>] validate_chain+0x6b7/0xf50
> [<c017ef2b>] __lock_acquire+0x2cb/0x5b0
> [<c017f299>] lock_acquire+0x89/0xc0
> [<c0d6f2ab>] __mutex_lock_common+0xab/0x3c0
> [<c0d6f698>] mutex_lock_nested+0x38/0x50
> [<c020ba20>] mmap+0x40/0xa0
> [<c01b111e>] mmap_region+0x14e/0x450
> [<c01b170f>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x2ef/0x310
> [<c0125a3d>] sys_mmap2+0xad/0xc0
> [<c012146f>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x43
> [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> 1 lock held by X/4873:
> #0: (&mm->mmap_sem){----}, at: [<c0125a1e>] sys_mmap2+0x8e/0xc0
>
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 4873, comm: X Not tainted 2.6.27-rc6-tip #1
> [<c017cd09>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x79/0xc0
> [<c017d8b7>] validate_chain+0x6b7/0xf50
> [<c017a5b5>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x15/0xb0
> [<c017ef2b>] __lock_acquire+0x2cb/0x5b0
> [<c017f299>] lock_acquire+0x89/0xc0
> [<c020ba20>] ? mmap+0x40/0xa0
> [<c0d6f2ab>] __mutex_lock_common+0xab/0x3c0
> [<c020ba20>] ? mmap+0x40/0xa0
> [<c0d6f698>] mutex_lock_nested+0x38/0x50
> [<c020ba20>] ? mmap+0x40/0xa0
> [<c020ba20>] mmap+0x40/0xa0
> [<c01b111e>] mmap_region+0x14e/0x450
> [<c01afb88>] ? arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown+0xf8/0x160
> [<c01b170f>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x2ef/0x310
> [<c0125a3d>] sys_mmap2+0xad/0xc0
> [<c012146f>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x43
> [<c0120000>] ? __switch_to+0x130/0x220
> =======================
> evbug.c: Event. Dev: input3, Type: 20, Code: 0, Value: 500
> warning: `sudo' uses deprecated v2 capabilities in a way that may be insecure.
>
> i've attached the config.
>
> at first sight it looks like a genuine bug in fs/sysfs/bin.c?
Yes, it is a real bug by the looks. bin.c takes bb->mutex under mmap_sem
when it is mmapped, and then does its copy_*_user under bb->mutex too.
Here is a basic fix for the sysfs lor.
From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/sysfs/bin.c | 42 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c index 006fc64227d..66f6e58a7e4 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off) int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size; loff_t offs = *off; int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE); + char *temp; if (size) { if (offs > size) @@ -69,23 +70,33 @@ read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off) count = size - offs; } + temp = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!temp) + return -ENOMEM; + mutex_lock(&bb->mutex); count = fill_read(dentry, bb->buffer, offs, count); - if (count < 0) - goto out_unlock; + if (count < 0) { + mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex); + goto out_free; + } - if (copy_to_user(userbuf, bb->buffer, count)) { + memcpy(temp, bb->buffer, count); + + mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex); + + if (copy_to_user(userbuf, temp, count)) { count = -EFAULT; - goto out_unlock; + goto out_free; } pr_debug("offs = %lld, *off = %lld, count = %d\n", offs, *off, count); *off = offs + count; - out_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex); + out_free: + kfree(temp); return count; } @@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf, int size = dentry->d_inode->i_size; loff_t offs = *off; int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE); + char *temp; if (size) { if (offs > size) @@ -126,19 +138,27 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf, count = size - offs; } - mutex_lock(&bb->mutex); + temp = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!temp) + return -ENOMEM; - if (copy_from_user(bb->buffer, userbuf, count)) { + if (copy_from_user(temp, userbuf, count)) { count = -EFAULT; - goto out_unlock; + goto out_free; } + mutex_lock(&bb->mutex); + + memcpy(bb->buffer, temp, count); + count = flush_write(dentry, bb->buffer, offs, count); + mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex); + if (count > 0) *off = offs + count; - out_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&bb->mutex); +out_free: + kfree(temp); return count; } |