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SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm -V7] mm, swap: fix race between swapoff and some swap operations
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Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> writes:

> On 2/11/19 10:47 PM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com> writes:
>>
>>>>> + if (!si)
>>>>> + goto bad_nofile;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + preempt_disable();
>>>>> + if (!(si->flags & SWP_VALID))
>>>>> + goto unlock_out;
>>>>
>>>> After Hugh alluded to barriers, it seems the read of SWP_VALID could be
>>>> reordered with the write in preempt_disable at runtime. Without smp_mb()
>>>> between the two, couldn't this happen, however unlikely a race it is?
>>>>
>>>> CPU0 CPU1
>>>>
>>>> __swap_duplicate()
>>>> get_swap_device()
>>>> // sees SWP_VALID set
>>>> swapoff
>>>> p->flags &= ~SWP_VALID;
>>>> spin_unlock(&p->lock); // pair w/ smp_mb
>>>> ...
>>>> stop_machine(...)
>>>> p->swap_map = NULL;
>>>> preempt_disable()
>>>> read NULL p->swap_map
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think that that smp_mb() is necessary. I elaborate:
>>>
>>> An important piece of information, I think, that is missing in the
>>> diagram above is the stopper thread which executes the work queued
>>> by stop_machine(). We have two cases to consider, that is,
>>>
>>> 1) the stopper is "executed before" the preempt-disable section
>>>
>>> CPU0
>>>
>>> cpu_stopper_thread()
>>> ...
>>> preempt_disable()
>>> ...
>>> preempt_enable()
>>>
>>> 2) the stopper is "executed after" the preempt-disable section
>>>
>>> CPU0
>>>
>>> preempt_disable()
>>> ...
>>> preempt_enable()
>>> ...
>>> cpu_stopper_thread()
>>>
>>> Notice that the reads from p->flags and p->swap_map in CPU0 cannot
>>> cross cpu_stopper_thread(). The claim is that CPU0 sees SWP_VALID
>>> unset in (1) and that it sees a non-NULL p->swap_map in (2).
>>>
>>> I consider the two cases separately:
>>>
>>> 1) CPU1 unsets SPW_VALID, it locks the stopper's lock, and it
>>> queues the stopper work; CPU0 locks the stopper's lock, it
>>> dequeues this work, and it reads from p->flags.
>>>
>>> Diagrammatically, we have the following MP-like pattern:
>>>
>>> CPU0 CPU1
>>>
>>> lock(stopper->lock) p->flags &= ~SPW_VALID
>>> get @work lock(stopper->lock)
>>> unlock(stopper->lock) add @work
>>> reads p->flags unlock(stopper->lock)
>>>
>>> where CPU0 must see SPW_VALID unset (if CPU0 sees the work
>>> added by CPU1).
>>>
>>> 2) CPU0 reads from p->swap_map, it locks the completion lock,
>>> and it signals completion; CPU1 locks the completion lock,
>>> it checks for completion, and it writes to p->swap_map.
>>>
>>> (If CPU0 doesn't signal the completion, or CPU1 doesn't see
>>> the completion, then CPU1 will have to iterate the read and
>>> to postpone the control-dependent write to p->swap_map.)
>>>
>>> Diagrammatically, we have the following LB-like pattern:
>>>
>>> CPU0 CPU1
>>>
>>> reads p->swap_map lock(completion)
>>> lock(completion) read completion->done
>>> completion->done++ unlock(completion)
>>> unlock(completion) p->swap_map = NULL
>>>
>>> where CPU0 must see a non-NULL p->swap_map if CPU1 sees the
>>> completion from CPU0.
>>>
>>> Does this make sense?
>>
>> Thanks a lot for detailed explanation!
>
> This is certainly a non-trivial explanation of why memory barrier is not
> needed. Can we put it in the commit log and mention something in
> comments on why we don't need memory barrier?

Good idea! Will do this.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> Thanks.
>
> Tim

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