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* [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
@ 2010-06-25 16:08 Tetsuo Handa
  2010-06-25 17:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tetsuo Handa @ 2010-06-25 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paulmck, mingo; +Cc: linux-kernel

find_task_by_vpid() says "Must be called under rcu_read_lock().". But due to
commit 3120438 "rcu: Disable lockdep checking in RCU list-traversal primitives",
we are currently unable to catch "find_task_by_vpid() with tasklist_lock held
but RCU lock not held" errors.

  ===================================================
  [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
  ---------------------------------------------------
  kernel/pid.c:386 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
  
  other info that might help us debug this:
  
  
  rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
  1 lock held by rc.sysinit/1102:
   #0:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<c1048340>] sys_setpgid+0x40/0x160
  
  stack backtrace:
  Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
  Call Trace:
   [<c105e714>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x94/0xb0
   [<c104b4cd>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x6d/0x70
   [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
   [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
   [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index e9fd8c1..a257471 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
  */
 struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
+#ifdef __do_rcu_dereference_check
+	__do_rcu_dereference_check(rcu_read_lock_held());
+#endif
 	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 

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* Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
  2010-06-25 16:08 [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid() Tetsuo Handa
@ 2010-06-25 17:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
  2010-06-25 22:41   ` Tetsuo Handa
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paul E. McKenney @ 2010-06-25 17:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tetsuo Handa; +Cc: mingo, linux-kernel

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 01:08:19AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> find_task_by_vpid() says "Must be called under rcu_read_lock().". But due to
> commit 3120438 "rcu: Disable lockdep checking in RCU list-traversal primitives",
> we are currently unable to catch "find_task_by_vpid() with tasklist_lock held
> but RCU lock not held" errors.
> 
>   ===================================================
>   [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
>   ---------------------------------------------------
>   kernel/pid.c:386 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
>   
>   other info that might help us debug this:
>   
>   
>   rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
>   1 lock held by rc.sysinit/1102:
>    #0:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<c1048340>] sys_setpgid+0x40/0x160
>   
>   stack backtrace:
>   Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
>   Call Trace:
>    [<c105e714>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x94/0xb0
>    [<c104b4cd>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x6d/0x70
>    [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
>    [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
>    [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index e9fd8c1..a257471 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
>   */
>  struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
>  {
> +#ifdef __do_rcu_dereference_check
> +	__do_rcu_dereference_check(rcu_read_lock_held());
> +#endif

How about the following?

	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());

>  	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
>  }
> 

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* Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
  2010-06-25 17:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
@ 2010-06-25 22:41   ` Tetsuo Handa
  2010-06-28 23:41     ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tetsuo Handa @ 2010-06-25 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paulmck; +Cc: mingo, linux-kernel

Hello.

Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> > index e9fd8c1..a257471 100644
> > --- a/kernel/pid.c
> > +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> > @@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
> >   */
> >  struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
> >  {
> > +#ifdef __do_rcu_dereference_check
> > +	__do_rcu_dereference_check(rcu_read_lock_held());
> > +#endif
> 
> How about the following?
> 
> 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
> 
> >  	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
> >  }
> > 
Fine by me if you don't mind WARN_ON_ONCE(!1); for CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=n .
Personally,

> >   ===================================================
> >   [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> >   ---------------------------------------------------
> >   kernel/pid.c:386 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> >   
> >   other info that might help us debug this:
> >   
> >   
> >   rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> >   1 lock held by rc.sysinit/1102:
> >    #0:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<c1048340>] sys_setpgid+0x40/0x160
> >   
> >   stack backtrace:
> >   Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
> >   Call Trace:
> >    [<c105e714>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x94/0xb0
> >    [<c104b4cd>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x6d/0x70
> >    [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
> >    [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
> >    [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36

is more helpful messages than messages by WARN_ON() (shown below).

Regards.
----------------------------------------
[PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().

find_task_by_vpid() says "Must be called under rcu_read_lock().". But due to
commit 3120438 "rcu: Disable lockdep checking in RCU list-traversal primitives",
we are currently unable to catch "find_task_by_vpid() with tasklist_lock held
but RCU not held" errors.

  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  WARNING: at kernel/pid.c:385 find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70()
  Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform
  Modules linked in: mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi
  Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
  Call Trace:
   [<c104b4bb>] ? find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
   [<c103783c>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0xa0
   [<c104b4bb>] ? find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
   [<c103787d>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
   [<c104b4bb>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
   [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
   [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
   [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
  ---[ end trace e68939acb5ea5560 ]---

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index e9fd8c1..7123215 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
  */
 struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
 	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 

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* Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
  2010-06-25 22:41   ` Tetsuo Handa
@ 2010-06-28 23:41     ` Paul E. McKenney
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paul E. McKenney @ 2010-06-28 23:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tetsuo Handa; +Cc: mingo, linux-kernel

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 07:41:06AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> > > index e9fd8c1..a257471 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/pid.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> > > @@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
> > >   */
> > >  struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
> > >  {
> > > +#ifdef __do_rcu_dereference_check
> > > +	__do_rcu_dereference_check(rcu_read_lock_held());
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > How about the following?
> > 
> > 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
> > 
> > >  	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
> > >  }
> > > 
> Fine by me if you don't mind WARN_ON_ONCE(!1); for CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=n .
> Personally,
> 
> > >   ===================================================
> > >   [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> > >   ---------------------------------------------------
> > >   kernel/pid.c:386 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> > >   
> > >   other info that might help us debug this:
> > >   
> > >   
> > >   rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> > >   1 lock held by rc.sysinit/1102:
> > >    #0:  (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<c1048340>] sys_setpgid+0x40/0x160
> > >   
> > >   stack backtrace:
> > >   Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
> > >   Call Trace:
> > >    [<c105e714>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x94/0xb0
> > >    [<c104b4cd>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x6d/0x70
> > >    [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
> > >    [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
> > >    [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
> 
> is more helpful messages than messages by WARN_ON() (shown below).

OK, you convinced me.  ;-)  I will take your earlier patch and remove
the leading "__" from __do_rcu_dereference_check(), and make it be a
first-class RCU API citizen.

							Thanx, Paul

> Regards.
> ----------------------------------------
> [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
> 
> find_task_by_vpid() says "Must be called under rcu_read_lock().". But due to
> commit 3120438 "rcu: Disable lockdep checking in RCU list-traversal primitives",
> we are currently unable to catch "find_task_by_vpid() with tasklist_lock held
> but RCU not held" errors.
> 
>   ------------[ cut here ]------------
>   WARNING: at kernel/pid.c:385 find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70()
>   Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform
>   Modules linked in: mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi
>   Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
>   Call Trace:
>    [<c104b4bb>] ? find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
>    [<c103783c>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0xa0
>    [<c104b4bb>] ? find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
>    [<c103787d>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
>    [<c104b4bb>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x5b/0x70
>    [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
>    [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
>    [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
>   ---[ end trace e68939acb5ea5560 ]---
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index e9fd8c1..7123215 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
>   */
>  struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
>  {
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
>  	return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
>  }
> 

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