Re: [PATCH v8 01/21] x86/resctrl: Fix rdtgroup_mkdir()'s unlocked use of kernfs_node::name

Fenghua Yu
2025-04-12T00:10:57Z

Hi, James,

On 4/11/25 09:42, James Morse wrote:
> Since commit 741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name."),
> a helper rdt_kn_name() that checks that rdtgroup_mutex is held has been
> used for all accesses to the kernfs node name.
>
> rdtgroup_mkdir() uses the name to determine if a valid monitor group is
> being created by checking the parent name is "mon_groups". This is done
> without holding rdtgroup_mutex, and now triggers the following warning:
> | WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> | 6.15.0-rc1 #4465 Tainted: G E
> | -----------------------------
> | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h:408 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
> [...]
> | Call Trace:
> | <TASK>
> | dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0xa0
> | lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4e/0x96
> | is_mon_groups+0xba/0xd0
> | rdtgroup_mkdir+0x118/0x1970
> | kernfs_iop_mkdir+0xfa/0x1a0
> | vfs_mkdir+0x456/0x760
> | do_mkdirat+0x257/0x310
> | __x64_sys_mkdir+0xd4/0x120
> | do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x150
> | entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
>
> Creating a control or monitor group calls mkdir_rdt_prepare(), which uses
> rdtgroup_kn_lock_live() to take the rdtgroup_mutex.
>
> To avoid taking and dropping the lock, move the check for the monitor group
> name and position into mkdir_rdt_prepare() so that it occurs under
> rdtgroup_mutex. Hoist is_mon_groups() earlier in the file.
>
> CC: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> Fixes: 741c10b096bc ("kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs_node::name.")
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> * Add a word to a comment.
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 48 +++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 93ec829015f1..776c8e347654 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> @@ -3553,6 +3553,22 @@ static void mkdir_rdt_prepare_rmid_free(struct rdtgroup *rgrp)
> free_rmid(rgrp->closid, rgrp->mon.rmid);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * We allow creating mon groups only with in a directory called "mon_groups"
> + * which is present in every ctrl_mon group. Check if this is a valid
> + * "mon_groups" directory.
> + *
> + * 1. The directory should be named "mon_groups".
> + * 2. The mon group itself should "not" be named "mon_groups".
> + * This makes sure "mon_groups" directory always has a ctrl_mon group
> + * as parent.
> + */
> +static bool is_mon_groups(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name)
> +{
> + return (!strcmp(rdt_kn_name(kn), "mon_groups") &&
> + strcmp(name, "mon_groups"));
> +}
> +
> static int mkdir_rdt_prepare(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
> const char *name, umode_t mode,
> enum rdt_group_type rtype, struct rdtgroup **r)
> @@ -3568,6 +3584,15 @@ static int mkdir_rdt_prepare(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
> goto out_unlock;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Check that the parent directory for a monitor group is a
> + * "mon_groups" directory.

This patch is in upstream now after 6.15-rc1. But the commit in upstream
is slightly different from this patch:

+        * Check that the parent directory for a monitor group is a
"mon_groups"
+        * directory.

This slight difference causes patch #17 merge conflict.

You may drop this patch and also fix patch #17 to fix the conflict?
Please see my comment in patch #17.

> + */
> + if (rtype == RDTMON_GROUP && !is_mon_groups(parent_kn, name)) {
> + ret = -EPERM;
> + goto out_unlock;
> + }
> +
> if (rtype == RDTMON_GROUP &&
> (prdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP ||
> prdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKED)) {
> @@ -3751,22 +3776,6 @@ static int rdtgroup_mkdir_ctrl_mon(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
> return ret;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * We allow creating mon groups only with in a directory called "mon_groups"
> - * which is present in every ctrl_mon group. Check if this is a valid
> - * "mon_groups" directory.
> - *
> - * 1. The directory should be named "mon_groups".
> - * 2. The mon group itself should "not" be named "mon_groups".
> - * This makes sure "mon_groups" directory always has a ctrl_mon group
> - * as parent.
> - */
> -static bool is_mon_groups(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name)
> -{
> - return (!strcmp(rdt_kn_name(kn), "mon_groups") &&
> - strcmp(name, "mon_groups"));
> -}
> -
> static int rdtgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
> umode_t mode)
> {
> @@ -3782,11 +3791,8 @@ static int rdtgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
> if (resctrl_arch_alloc_capable() && parent_kn == rdtgroup_default.kn)
> return rdtgroup_mkdir_ctrl_mon(parent_kn, name, mode);
>
> - /*
> - * If RDT monitoring is supported and the parent directory is a valid
> - * "mon_groups" directory, add a monitoring subdirectory.
> - */
> - if (resctrl_arch_mon_capable() && is_mon_groups(parent_kn, name))
> + /* Else, attempt to add a monitoring subdirectory. */
> + if (resctrl_arch_mon_capable())
> return rdtgroup_mkdir_mon(parent_kn, name, mode);
>
> return -EPERM;

Thanks.

-Fenghua