* Re: [REGRESSION] in 3.18-rc1: ppp crashes kernel
2014-11-07 13:22 ` [REGRESSION] in 3.18-rc1: ppp crashes kernel Takashi Iwai
@ 2014-11-07 15:08 ` Stefan Seyfried
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From: Stefan Seyfried @ 2014-11-07 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Takashi Iwai; +Cc: Paul Mackerras, linux-ppp, netdev, LKML
Hi Takashi,
yes, this no longer crashes. No real-world test yet, but the obvious
crash is gone. Thanks!
Am 07.11.2014 um 14:22 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> At Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:10:46 +0100,
> Stefan Seyfried wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> since 3.18-rc1, setting up a PPP interface kills my kernel with
>>
>> [ 163.433251] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
>> [ 164.452474] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 164.453327] kernel BUG at ../mm/vmalloc.c:1316!
>> [ 164.453327] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
>> [ 164.453327] Modules linked in: ppp_async crc_ccitt ppp_generic slhc af_packet xfs libcrc32c coretemp kvm_intel
>> snd_hda_codec_conexant iTCO_wdt snd_hda_codec_generic iTCO_vendor_support uvcvideo snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller mac80211 videobuf2_vmalloc snd_hda_codec kvm e1000e videobuf2_memops cfg80211 videobuf2_core v4l2_common snd_hwdep i2c_i801 videodev snd_pcm pcspkr thinkpad_acpi serio_raw wmi lpc_ich snd_timer thermal snd rfkill mfd_core tpm_tis shpchp mei_me soundcore ptp mei pps_core acpi_cpufreq tpm battery processor ac dm_mod btrfs xor raid6_pq i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm video button sg
>> [ 164.453327] CPU: 0 PID: 6927 Comm: pppd Not tainted 3.18.0-rc3-3.ge706e91-desktop #1
>> [ 164.453327] Hardware name: LENOVO 7470E36/7470E36, BIOS 6DET61WW (3.11 ) 11/10/2009
>>
>> This is easy to reproduce with:
>>
>> linux:~ # cat bin/crashme.sh
>> ----
>> #!/bin/bash -x
>> pppd local pty "netcat -l 1234" &
>> sleep 1
>> pppd local pty "netcat localhost 1234" &
>> sleep 1
>> ----
>>
>> 3.17 works fine.
>> I bisected the issue multiple times and always arrived at
>>
>> # first bad commit: [d6dd50e07c5bec00db2005969b1a01f8ca3d25ef] Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
>>
>> which is a merge commit unfortunately.
>>
>> The BUG encountered above is in:
>>
>> 1309 static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size,
>> 1310 unsigned long align, unsigned long flags, unsigned long start,
>> 1311 unsigned long end, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask, const void *caller)
>> 1312 {
>> 1313 struct vmap_area *va;
>> 1314 struct vm_struct *area;
>> 1315
>> 1316 BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
>> 1317 if (flags & VM_IOREMAP)
>> 1318 align = 1ul << clamp(fls(size), PAGE_SHIFT, IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER);
>> 1319
>>
>> the call trace is:
>> [ 164.453327] Call Trace:
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff811974bd>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x6d/0x290
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff8119771e>] __vmalloc+0x3e/0x50
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff81146950>] bpf_prog_alloc+0x30/0xa0
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff8157b716>] bpf_prog_create+0x46/0xb0
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffffa07ecb90>] ppp_ioctl+0x420/0xe9a [ppp_generic]
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff811df1c7>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e7/0x4c0
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff811df421>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
>> [ 164.453327] [<ffffffff8165ee2d>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> [ 164.453327] [<00007f4502d87397>] 0x7f4502d87397
>
> bpf_prog_create() is called inside spin_lock_bh(), and the BUG_ON()
> hits. Below is a quick fix.
>
>
> Takashi
>
> -- 8< --
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Subject: [PATCH] net: ppp: Don't call bpf_prog_create() in ppp_lock
>
> In ppp_ioctl(), bpf_prog_create() is called inside ppp_lock, which
> eventually calls vmalloc() and hits BUG_ON() in vmalloc.c. This patch
> works around the problem by moving the allocation outside the lock.
>
> Reported-by: Stefan Seyfried <stefan.seyfried@googlemail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
FWIW :-)
Tested-by: Stefan Seyfried <stefan.seyfried@googlemail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
> index 68c3a3f4e0ab..794a47329368 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
> @@ -755,23 +755,23 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>
> err = get_filter(argp, &code);
> if (err >= 0) {
> + struct bpf_prog *pass_filter = NULL;
> struct sock_fprog_kern fprog = {
> .len = err,
> .filter = code,
> };
>
> - ppp_lock(ppp);
> - if (ppp->pass_filter) {
> - bpf_prog_destroy(ppp->pass_filter);
> - ppp->pass_filter = NULL;
> + err = 0;
> + if (fprog.filter)
> + err = bpf_prog_create(&pass_filter, &fprog);
> + if (!err) {
> + ppp_lock(ppp);
> + if (ppp->pass_filter)
> + bpf_prog_destroy(ppp->pass_filter);
> + ppp->pass_filter = pass_filter;
> + ppp_unlock(ppp);
> }
> - if (fprog.filter != NULL)
> - err = bpf_prog_create(&ppp->pass_filter,
> - &fprog);
> - else
> - err = 0;
> kfree(code);
> - ppp_unlock(ppp);
> }
> break;
> }
> @@ -781,23 +781,23 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>
> err = get_filter(argp, &code);
> if (err >= 0) {
> + struct bpf_prog *active_filter = NULL;
> struct sock_fprog_kern fprog = {
> .len = err,
> .filter = code,
> };
>
> - ppp_lock(ppp);
> - if (ppp->active_filter) {
> - bpf_prog_destroy(ppp->active_filter);
> - ppp->active_filter = NULL;
> + err = 0;
> + if (fprog.filter)
> + err = bpf_prog_create(&active_filter, &fprog);
> + if (!err) {
> + ppp_lock(ppp);
> + if (ppp->active_filter)
> + bpf_prog_destroy(ppp->active_filter);
> + ppp->active_filter = active_filter;
> + ppp_unlock(ppp);
> }
> - if (fprog.filter != NULL)
> - err = bpf_prog_create(&ppp->active_filter,
> - &fprog);
> - else
> - err = 0;
> kfree(code);
> - ppp_unlock(ppp);
> }
> break;
> }
>
--
Stefan Seyfried
Linux Consultant & Developer -- GPG Key: 0x731B665B
B1 Systems GmbH
Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de
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