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Subject[PATCH v3] mm: fix race by making init_zero_pfn() early_initcall
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There are code paths that rely on zero_pfn to be fully initialized
before core_initcall. For example, wq_sysfs_init() is a core_initcall
function that eventually results in a call to kernel_execve, which
causes a page fault with a subsequent mmput. If zero_pfn is not
initialized by then it may not get cleaned up properly and result in an
error:
BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:(ptrval) type:MM_ANONPAGES val:1

Here is an analysis of the race as seen on a MIPS device. On this
particular MT7621 device (Ubiquiti ER-X), zero_pfn is PFN 0 until
initialized, at which point it becomes PFN 5120:
1. wq_sysfs_init calls into kobject_uevent_env at core_initcall:
[<80340dc8>] kobject_uevent_env+0x7e4/0x7ec
[<8033f8b8>] kset_register+0x68/0x88
[<803cf824>] bus_register+0xdc/0x34c
[<803cfac8>] subsys_virtual_register+0x34/0x78
[<8086afb0>] wq_sysfs_init+0x1c/0x4c
[<80001648>] do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1a8
[<8086503c>] kernel_init_freeable+0x230/0x2c8
[<8066bca0>] kernel_init+0x10/0x100
[<80003038>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c

2. kobject_uevent_env() calls call_usermodehelper_exec() which executes
kernel_execve asynchronously.

3. Memory allocations in kernel_execve cause a page fault, bumping the
MM reference counter:
[<8015adb4>] add_mm_counter_fast+0xb4/0xc0
[<80160d58>] handle_mm_fault+0x6e4/0xea0
[<80158aa4>] __get_user_pages.part.78+0x190/0x37c
[<8015992c>] __get_user_pages_remote+0x128/0x360
[<801a6d9c>] get_arg_page+0x34/0xa0
[<801a7394>] copy_string_kernel+0x194/0x2a4
[<801a880c>] kernel_execve+0x11c/0x298
[<800420f4>] call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x114/0x194

4. In case zero_pfn has not been initialized yet, zap_pte_range does
not decrement the MM_ANONPAGES RSS counter and the BUG message is
triggered shortly afterwards when __mmdrop checks the ref counters:
[<800285e8>] __mmdrop+0x98/0x1d0
[<801a6de8>] free_bprm+0x44/0x118
[<801a86a8>] kernel_execve+0x160/0x1d8
[<800420f4>] call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x114/0x194
[<80003198>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c

To avoid races such as described above, initialize init_zero_pfn at
early_initcall level. Depending on the architecture, ZERO_PAGE is either
constant or gets initialized even earlier, at paging_init, so there is
no issue with initializing zero_pfn earlier.

Discussion: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CALCv0x2YqOXEAy2Q=hafjhHCtTHVodChv1qpM=niAXOpqEbt7w@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Ilya Lipnitskiy <ilya.lipnitskiy@gmail.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5c3b29d3af66..e66b11ac1659 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int __init init_zero_pfn(void)
zero_pfn = page_to_pfn(ZERO_PAGE(0));
return 0;
}
-core_initcall(init_zero_pfn);
+early_initcall(init_zero_pfn);

void mm_trace_rss_stat(struct mm_struct *mm, int member, long count)
{
--
2.31.0
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