kernel_optimize_test/mm/mmu_context.c
Michael S. Tsirkin 298359c5bf exit: fix oops in sync_mm_rss
In 2.6.34-rc1, removing vhost_net module causes an oops in sync_mm_rss
(called from do_exit) when workqueue is destroyed.  This does not happen
on net-next, or with vhost on top of to 2.6.33.

The issue seems to be introduced by
34e55232e5 ("mm: avoid false sharing of
mm_counter) which added sync_mm_rss() that is passed task->mm, and
dereferences it without checking.  If task is a kernel thread, mm might be
NULL.  I think this might also happen e.g.  with aio.

This patch fixes the oops by calling sync_mm_rss when task->mm is set to
NULL.  I also added BUG_ON to detect any other cases where counters get
incremented while mm is NULL.

The oops I observed looks like this:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000002a8
IP: [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f
PGD 0
Oops: 0002 [] SMP
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map
CPU 2
Modules linked in: vhost_net(-) tun bridge stp sunrpc ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table kvm_intel kvm i5000_edac edac_core rtc_cmos bnx2 button i2c_i801 i2c_core rtc_core e1000e sg joydev ide_cd_mod serio_raw pcspkr rtc_lib cdrom virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio af_packet e1000 shpchp aacraid uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: microcode]

Pid: 2046, comm: vhost Not tainted 2.6.34-rc1-vhost  System Planar/IBM System x3550 -[7978B3G]-
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810b436d>]  [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f
RSP: 0018:ffff8802379b7e60  EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: ffff88023f2390c0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88023f2396b0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88023f2390c0
RBP: ffff8802379b7e60 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff88023aecfbc0 R11: 0000000000013240 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffffff81051a6c R14: ffffe8ffffc0f540 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880001e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 00000000000002a8 CR3: 000000023af23000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process vhost (pid: 2046, threadinfo ffff8802379b6000, task ffff88023f2390c0)
Stack:
 ffff8802379b7ee0 ffffffff81040687 ffffe8ffffc0f558 ffffffffa00a3e2d
<0> 0000000000000000 ffff88023f2390c0 ffffffff81055817 ffff8802379b7e98
<0> ffff8802379b7e98 0000000100000286 ffff8802379b7ee0 ffff88023ad47d78
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81040687>] do_exit+0x147/0x6c4
 [<ffffffffa00a3e2d>] ? handle_rx_net+0x0/0x17 [vhost_net]
 [<ffffffff81055817>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x39
 [<ffffffff81051a6c>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x229
 [<ffffffff810553c9>] kthreadd+0x0/0xf2
 [<ffffffff810038d4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff81055342>] ? kthread+0x0/0x87
 [<ffffffff810038d0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
Code: 00 8b 87 6c 02 00 00 85 c0 74 14 48 98 f0 48 01 86 a0 02 00 00 c7 87 6c 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 87 70 02 00 00 85 c0 74 14 48 98 <f0> 48 01 86 a8 02 00 00 c7 87 70 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 87 74
RIP  [<ffffffff810b436d>] sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f
 RSP <ffff8802379b7e60>
CR2: 00000000000002a8
---[ end trace 41603ba922beddd2 ]---
Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!

(note: handle_rx_net is a work item using workqueue in question).
sync_mm_rss+0x33/0x6f gave me a hint. I also tried reverting
34e55232e5 and the oops goes away.

The module in question calls use_mm and later unuse_mm from a kernel
thread.  It is when this kernel thread is destroyed that the crash
happens.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00

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/* Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* See ../COPYING for licensing terms.
*/
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/mmu_context.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
/*
* use_mm
* Makes the calling kernel thread take on the specified
* mm context.
* Called by the retry thread execute retries within the
* iocb issuer's mm context, so that copy_from/to_user
* operations work seamlessly for aio.
* (Note: this routine is intended to be called only
* from a kernel thread context)
*/
void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct mm_struct *active_mm;
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
task_lock(tsk);
active_mm = tsk->active_mm;
if (active_mm != mm) {
atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
tsk->active_mm = mm;
}
tsk->mm = mm;
switch_mm(active_mm, mm, tsk);
task_unlock(tsk);
if (active_mm != mm)
mmdrop(active_mm);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(use_mm);
/*
* unuse_mm
* Reverses the effect of use_mm, i.e. releases the
* specified mm context which was earlier taken on
* by the calling kernel thread
* (Note: this routine is intended to be called only
* from a kernel thread context)
*/
void unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
task_lock(tsk);
sync_mm_rss(tsk, mm);
tsk->mm = NULL;
/* active_mm is still 'mm' */
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
task_unlock(tsk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unuse_mm);