Re: [PATCH] inotify: Fix possible deadlock in fsnotify_destroy_mark

Amir Goldstein
2024-09-27T09:32:03Z

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 11:12 AM Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@windriver.com> wrote:
>
> [Syzbot reported]
> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> 6.11.0-rc4-syzkaller-00019-gb311c1b497e5 #0 Not tainted
> ------------------------------------------------------
> kswapd0/78 is trying to acquire lock:
> ffff88801b8d8930 (&group->mark_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: fsnotify_group_lock include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h:270 [inline]
> ffff88801b8d8930 (&group->mark_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: fsnotify_destroy_mark+0x38/0x3c0 fs/notify/mark.c:578
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> ffffffff8ea2fd60 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6841 [inline]
> ffffffff8ea2fd60 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0xbb4/0x35a0 mm/vmscan.c:7223
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> -> #1 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
> lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5759
> __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:3818 [inline]
> fs_reclaim_acquire+0x88/0x140 mm/page_alloc.c:3832
> might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:334 [inline]
> slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3939 [inline]
> slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4017 [inline]
> kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x3d/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4044
> inotify_new_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:599 [inline]
> inotify_update_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:647 [inline]
> __do_sys_inotify_add_watch fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:786 [inline]
> __se_sys_inotify_add_watch+0x72e/0x1070 fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c:729
> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
> do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>
> -> #0 (&group->mark_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3133 [inline]
> check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3252 [inline]
> validate_chain+0x18e0/0x5900 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3868
> __lock_acquire+0x137a/0x2040 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5142
> lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5759
> __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:608 [inline]
> __mutex_lock+0x136/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
> fsnotify_group_lock include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h:270 [inline]
> fsnotify_destroy_mark+0x38/0x3c0 fs/notify/mark.c:578
> fsnotify_destroy_marks+0x14a/0x660 fs/notify/mark.c:934
> fsnotify_inoderemove include/linux/fsnotify.h:264 [inline]
> dentry_unlink_inode+0x2e0/0x430 fs/dcache.c:403
> __dentry_kill+0x20d/0x630 fs/dcache.c:610
> shrink_kill+0xa9/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:1055
> shrink_dentry_list+0x2c0/0x5b0 fs/dcache.c:1082
> prune_dcache_sb+0x10f/0x180 fs/dcache.c:1163
> super_cache_scan+0x34f/0x4b0 fs/super.c:221
> do_shrink_slab+0x701/0x1160 mm/shrinker.c:435
> shrink_slab+0x1093/0x14d0 mm/shrinker.c:662
> shrink_one+0x43b/0x850 mm/vmscan.c:4815
> shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4876 [inline]
> lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:4954 [inline]
> shrink_node+0x3799/0x3de0 mm/vmscan.c:5934
> kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6762 [inline]
> balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6954 [inline]
> kswapd+0x1bcd/0x35a0 mm/vmscan.c:7223
> kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
> ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0 CPU1
> ---- ----
> lock(fs_reclaim);
> lock(&group->mark_mutex);
> lock(fs_reclaim);
> lock(&group->mark_mutex);
>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> [Analysis]
> The inotify_new_watch() call passes through GFP_KERNEL, use memalloc_nofs_save/
> memalloc_nofs_restore to make sure we don't end up with the fs reclaim dependency.

I don't think this can actually happen, because an inode with
an inotify mark cannot get evicted, but I cannot think of a way to annotate
this to lockdep, so if we need to silence lockdep, this is what
FSNOTIFY_GROUP_NOFS was created for.

Thanks,
Amir.

>
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+c679f13773f295d2da53@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c679f13773f295d2da53
> Signed-off-by: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@windriver.com>
> ---
> fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> index c7e451d5bd51..70b77b6186a6 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
> @@ -643,8 +643,13 @@ static int inotify_update_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct inode *inod
> /* try to update and existing watch with the new arg */
> ret = inotify_update_existing_watch(group, inode, arg);
> /* no mark present, try to add a new one */
> - if (ret == -ENOENT)
> + if (ret == -ENOENT) {
> + unsigned int nofs_flag;
> +
> + nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
> ret = inotify_new_watch(group, inode, arg);
> + memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
> + }
> fsnotify_group_unlock(group);
>
> return ret;
> --
> 2.43.0
>