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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] tty: fix deadlock caused by calling printk() under tty_port->lock
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On 2022/5/11 1:57 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> LGTM:
> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

Thanks.

>
> Minor comments below.
>
> On 10. 05. 22, 13:38, Qi Zheng wrote:
>> The pty_write() invokes kmalloc() which may invoke a normal printk() to
>> print failure message. This can cause a deadlock in the scenario reported
>> by syz-bot below:
>>
>>         CPU0              CPU1                    CPU2
>>         ----              ----                    ----
>>                           lock(console_owner);
>>                                                   lock(&port_lock_key);
>>    lock(&port->lock);
>>                           lock(&port_lock_key);
>>                                                   lock(&port->lock);
>>    lock(console_owner);
>>
>> As commit dbdda842fe96 ("printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to
>> load balance console writes") said, such deadlock can be prevented by
>> using printk_deferred() in kmalloc() (which is invoked in the section
>> guarded by the port->lock). But there are too many printk() on the
>> kmalloc() path, and kmalloc() can be called from anywhere, so changing
>> printk() to printk_deferred() is too complicated and inelegant.
>>
>> Therefore, this patch chooses to specify __GFP_NOWARN to kmalloc(), so
>> that printk() will not be called, and this deadlock problem can be
>> avoided.
>>
>> Syz-bot reported the following lockdep error:
>>
>> ======================================================
>> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
>> 5.4.143-00237-g08ccc19a-dirty #10 Not tainted
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> syz-executor.4/29420 is trying to acquire lock:
>> ffffffff8aedb2a0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}, at:
>> console_trylock_spinning kernel/printk/printk.c:1752 [inline]
>> ffffffff8aedb2a0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}, at:
>> vprintk_emit+0x2ca/0x470 kernel/printk/printk.c:2023
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>> ffff8880119c9158 (&port->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: pty_write+0xf4/0x1f0
>> drivers/tty/pty.c:120
>>
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> Maybe trim the stack traces a bit, the commit message is unnecessarily
> long...

Agree, will do.

>
>> -> #2 (&port->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
>>         __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110
>> [inline]
>>         _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x35/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159
>>         tty_port_tty_get drivers/tty/tty_port.c:288
>> [inline]                  <-- lock(&port->lock);
>>         tty_port_default_wakeup+0x1d/0xb0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:47
>>         serial8250_tx_chars+0x530/0xa80
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1767
>>         serial8250_handle_irq.part.0+0x31f/0x3d0
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1854
>>         serial8250_handle_irq drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1827
>> [inline]     <-- lock(&port_lock_key);
>>         serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb2/0x220
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1870
>>         serial8250_interrupt+0xfd/0x200
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:126
>>         __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x109/0xa50 kernel/irq/handle.c:156
>
> Stop this trace here and trim the rest?

Will do.

>
>>         handle_irq_event_percpu+0x76/0x170 kernel/irq/handle.c:196
>>         handle_irq_event+0xa1/0x130 kernel/irq/handle.c:213
>>         handle_edge_irq+0x261/0xd00 kernel/irq/chip.c:833
>>         generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:156 [inline]
>>         do_IRQ+0xf2/0x2e0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:250
>>         ret_from_intr+0x0/0x19
>>         native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:60 [inline]
>>         arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:103 [inline]
>>         default_idle+0x2c/0x1a0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:572
>>         cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:184 [inline]
>>         do_idle+0x44c/0x590 kernel/sched/idle.c:294
>>         cpu_startup_entry+0x14/0x20 kernel/sched/idle.c:386
>>         start_secondary+0x2d1/0x3e0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:264
>>         secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:241
>>
>> -> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}:
>>         __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110
>> [inline]
>>         _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x35/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:159
>>         serial8250_console_write+0x184/0xa40
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3198
>>                                         <-- lock(&port_lock_key);
>>         call_console_drivers kernel/printk/printk.c:1819 [inline]
>>         console_unlock+0x8cb/0xd00 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
>>         vprintk_emit+0x1b5/0x470
>> kernel/printk/printk.c:2024            <-- lock(console_owner);
>>         vprintk_func+0x8d/0x250 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:394
>>         printk+0xba/0xed kernel/printk/printk.c:2084
>>         register_console+0x8b3/0xc10 kernel/printk/printk.c:2829
>>         univ8250_console_init+0x3a/0x46
>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:681
>>         console_init+0x49d/0x6d3 kernel/printk/printk.c:2915
>>         start_kernel+0x5e9/0x879 init/main.c:713
>>         secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:241
>>
>> -> #0 (console_owner){....}-{0:0}:
>>         check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2600 [inline]
>>         check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2705 [inline]
>>         validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3095 [inline]
>>         __lock_acquire+0x27e6/0x4cc0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4200
>
> Delete the above 4 lines?

Will do.

>
>>         lock_acquire+0x127/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4734
>>         console_trylock_spinning kernel/printk/printk.c:1773
>> [inline]        <-- lock(console_owner);
>>         vprintk_emit+0x307/0x470 kernel/printk/printk.c:2023
>>         vprintk_func+0x8d/0x250 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:394
>>         printk+0xba/0xed kernel/printk/printk.c:2084
>>         fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:45 [inline]
>>         should_fail+0x67b/0x7c0 lib/fault-inject.c:144
>>         __should_failslab+0x152/0x1c0 mm/failslab.c:33
>>         should_failslab+0x5/0x10 mm/slab_common.c:1224
>>         slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:468 [inline]
>>         slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2723 [inline]
>>         slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2807 [inline]
>>         __kmalloc+0x72/0x300 mm/slub.c:3871
>>         kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:582 [inline]
>>         tty_buffer_alloc+0x23f/0x2a0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:175
>>         __tty_buffer_request_room+0x156/0x2a0
>> drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:273
>>         tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag+0x93/0x250
>> drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:318
>>         tty_insert_flip_string include/linux/tty_flip.h:37 [inline]
>>         pty_write+0x126/0x1f0 drivers/tty/pty.c:122                <--
>> lock(&port->lock);
>>         n_tty_write+0xa7a/0xfc0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2356
>>         do_tty_write drivers/tty/tty_io.c:961 [inline]
>>         tty_write+0x512/0x930 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1045
>>         __vfs_write+0x76/0x100 fs/read_write.c:494
>
> And stop here?

Will do.

>
>>         vfs_write+0x268/0x5c0 fs/read_write.c:558
>>         ksys_write+0x12d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:611
>>         do_syscall_64+0xd7/0x380 arch/x86/entry/common.c:291
>>         entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>
>> Chain exists of:
>>    console_owner --> &port_lock_key --> &port->lock
>>
>> Fixes: b6da31b2c07c ("tty: Fix data race in
>> tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag")
>> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
>> index 646510476c30..bfa431a8e690 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
>> @@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static struct tty_buffer *tty_buffer_alloc(struct
>> tty_port *port, size_t size)
>>        */
>>       if (atomic_read(&port->buf.mem_used) > port->buf.mem_limit)
>>           return NULL;
>> -    p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_buffer) + 2 * size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>> +    p = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_buffer) + 2 * size,
>> +            GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
>>       if (p == NULL)
>>           return NULL;
>
>

--
Thanks,
Qi

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