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From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v5 2/6] sched/debug: Protect lockless rq->rd access in print_dl_rq()
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:14:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825141413.868997-3-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825141413.868997-1-atomlin@atomlin.com>

In print_dl_rq(), cpu_rq(cpu)->rd is dereferenced locklessly to display
deadline bandwidth statistics.

During CPU hot-unplug or cgroup cpuset repartitioning events,
partition_sched_domains() calls cpu_attach_domain(), which executes
rq_attach_root() to detach the CPU from its root_domain. When the
reference count of the detached root_domain drops to zero,
rq_attach_root() calls call_rcu(&old_rd->rcu, free_rootdomain) to
schedule memory teardown after an RCU grace period.

However, rq_attach_root() previously updated rq->rd using a plain C store
without an RCU publication barrier (i.e., rcu_assign_pointer()). Without a
release memory barrier on the writer side, CPU or compiler reordering could
allow the new rq->rd pointer store to become visible to other CPUs before
the initialization writes to rd->dl_bw are committed.

Furthermore, because print_dl_rq() did not hold an RCU read lock while
dereferencing cpu_rq(cpu)->rd, an RCU grace period could elapse
concurrently while debugfs is reading the file, allowing
free_rootdomain() to execute kfree(old_rd) and causing a use-after-free
race condition when print_dl_rq() reads dl_bw->bw.

Resolve this by using rcu_assign_pointer(rq->rd, rd) in rq_attach_root() to
guarantee a release memory barrier when publishing a root_domain.
Finally, fetch rq->rd using guard(rcu)() and rcu_dereference() in print_dl_rq().

Fixes: 02968ccf7b80 ("sched: add /proc/sched_debug file")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
 kernel/sched/debug.c    | 3 ++-
 kernel/sched/topology.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index 40584b27ea0c..632d5fe9e470 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,8 @@ void print_dl_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %lu\n", #x, (unsigned long)(dl_rq->x))
 
 	PU(dl_nr_running);
-	dl_bw = &cpu_rq(cpu)->rd->dl_bw;
+	guard(rcu)();
+	dl_bw = &rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->rd)->dl_bw;
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %lld\n", "dl_bw->bw", dl_bw->bw);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %lld\n", "dl_bw->total_bw", dl_bw->total_bw);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index 622e2e01974c..b411cc00029c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ void rq_attach_root(struct rq *rq, struct root_domain *rd)
 	}
 
 	atomic_inc(&rd->refcount);
-	rq->rd = rd;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(rq->rd, rd);
 
 	cpumask_set_cpu(rq->cpu, rd->span);
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(rq->cpu, cpu_active_mask))
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25 14:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-25 14:14 [PATCH v5 0/6] sched/debug: Introduce per-CPU debugfs files Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] sched: Annotate rq->rd with __rcu and update lockless readers Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 14:14 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
2026-08-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] sched/debug: Protect lockless rq->curr access in print_cpu() Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] sched/debug: Protect p->mm access in sched_show_numa() Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] sched/fair: Use list_for_each_entry_rcu() in print_cfs_stats() Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 14:14 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] sched/debug: Introduce per-CPU debugfs files Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-25 16:30 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] " Aaron Tomlin

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