Re: 2.6.24-rc1-gb4f5550 oops

Oleg Nesterov
2007-11-14T15:18:25Z

Grant Wilson wrote:
>
> [18073.371126] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000120 RIP:
> [18073.371134] [<ffffffff8023572e>] check_preempt_wakeup+0x6e/0x110
> [18073.371144] PGD 81f9067 PUD 81c8067 PMD 0
> [18073.371151] Oops: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP
> [18073.371157] CPU 2
> [18073.371161] Modules linked in: vfat fat
> [18073.371168] Pid: 4639, comm: kwin Not tainted 2.6.24-rc1 #1
> [18073.371171] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8023572e>] [<ffffffff8023572e>] check_preempt_wakeup+0x6e/0x110
> [18073.371177] RSP: 0018:ffff810008531a78 EFLAGS: 00010006
> [18073.371179] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
> [18073.371183] RDX: ffff810004441bf0 RSI: ffff81000801e860 RDI: ffff81000444ab80
> [18073.371186] RBP: ffff810008531aa8 R08: 000000d0d47a4a90 R09: 0000000000000000
> [18073.371188] R10: ffff810004441bf0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff810006520400
> [18073.371190] R13: ffff81000801e860 R14: ffff81000a63a000 R15: ffff81000443d8e0
> [18073.371193] FS: 00002b7d646a86f0(0000) GS:ffff810004c11780(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [18073.371196] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
> [18073.371199] CR2: 0000000000000120 CR3: 0000000008495000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
> [18073.371202] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
> [18073.371211] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
> [18073.371214] Process kwin (pid: 4639, threadinfo ffff810008530000, task ffff81000840a860)
> [18073.371216] Stack: ffff81000444ab80 0000000000000001 ffff81000801e860 ffff81000444ab80
> [18073.371231] 0000000000000002 ffff81000443d8e0 ffff810008531b38 ffffffff8023061e
> [18073.371238] 0000000000000000 ffff810004441b80 0000000000000002 0000000100000000
> [18073.371245] Call Trace:
> [18073.371250] [<ffffffff8023061e>] try_to_wake_up+0x2fe/0x3a0

I suspect I see the bug in that area, but I am not sure it can explain this
trace completely.

Suppose that the SCHED_FIFO task does

switch_uid(new_user);

Now, p->se.cfs_rq and p->se.parent both point into the old user_struct->tg
because sched_move_task() doesn't call set_task_cfs_rq() for !fair_sched_class
case.

Suppose that old user_struct/task_group is freed/reused, and the task does

sched_setscheduler(SCHED_NORMAL);

__setscheduler() sets fair_sched_class, but doesn't update ->se.cfs_rq/parent
which point to the freed memory.

This means that check_preempt_wakeup() doing

while (!is_same_group(se, pse)) {
se = parent_entity(se);
pse = parent_entity(pse);
}

may OOPS in a similar way if rq->curr or p did something like above.

Perhaps we need something like the patch below, note that __setscheduler()
can't do set_task_cfs_rq().

Oleg.

--- kernel/sched.c 2007-11-14 17:32:21.000000000 +0300
+++ - 2007-11-14 18:14:00.245492756 +0300
@@ -7068,8 +7068,10 @@ void sched_move_task(struct task_struct

rq = task_rq_lock(tsk, &flags);

- if (tsk->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+ if (tsk->sched_class != &fair_sched_class) {
+ set_task_cfs_rq(tsk);
goto done;
+ }

update_rq_clock(rq);