From fe47ae7f53e179d2ef6771024feb000cbb86640f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Richter Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 12:35:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] oprofile, dcookies: Fix possible circular locking dependency The lockdep warning below detects a possible A->B/B->A locking dependency of mm->mmap_sem and dcookie_mutex. The order in sync_buffer() is mm->mmap_sem/dcookie_mutex, while in sys_lookup_dcookie() it is vice versa. Fixing it in sys_lookup_dcookie() by unlocking dcookie_mutex before copy_to_user(). oprofiled/4432 is trying to acquire lock: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [] might_fault+0x53/0xa3 but task is already holding lock: (dcookie_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] sys_lookup_dcookie+0x45/0x149 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (dcookie_mutex){+.+.+.}: [] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e [] mutex_lock_nested+0x63/0x309 [] get_dcookie+0x30/0x144 [] sync_buffer+0x196/0x3ec [oprofile] [] task_exit_notify+0x16/0x1a [oprofile] [] notifier_call_chain+0x37/0x63 [] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x50/0x67 [] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16 [] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c [] do_exit+0x2a/0x6fc [] do_group_exit+0x83/0xae [] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x1b [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b -> #0 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}: [] __lock_acquire+0x1085/0x1711 [] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e [] might_fault+0x80/0xa3 [] sys_lookup_dcookie+0x104/0x149 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by oprofiled/4432: #0: (dcookie_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] sys_lookup_dcookie+0x45/0x149 stack backtrace: Pid: 4432, comm: oprofiled Not tainted 2.6.39-00008-ge5a450d #9 Call Trace: [] print_circular_bug+0xae/0xbc [] __lock_acquire+0x1085/0x1711 [] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x42 [] ? might_fault+0x53/0xa3 [] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e [] ? might_fault+0x53/0xa3 [] ? path_put+0x22/0x27 [] might_fault+0x80/0xa3 [] ? might_fault+0x53/0xa3 [] sys_lookup_dcookie+0x104/0x149 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13809 Cc: # .27+ Signed-off-by: Robert Richter --- fs/dcookies.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/dcookies.c b/fs/dcookies.c index a21cabdbd87b..dda0dc702d1b 100644 --- a/fs/dcookies.c +++ b/fs/dcookies.c @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(lookup_dcookie)(u64 cookie64, char __user * buf, size_t len) /* FIXME: (deleted) ? */ path = d_path(&dcs->path, kbuf, PAGE_SIZE); + mutex_unlock(&dcookie_mutex); + if (IS_ERR(path)) { err = PTR_ERR(path); goto out_free; @@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(lookup_dcookie)(u64 cookie64, char __user * buf, size_t len) out_free: kfree(kbuf); + return err; out: mutex_unlock(&dcookie_mutex); return err;