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kernfs: Separate kernfs_pr_cont_buf and rename_lock
JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-52956
Upstream status: Linus
commit 1a702dc
Author: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Date: Mon May 16 12:09:51 2022 -0700
kernfs: Separate kernfs_pr_cont_buf and rename_lock.
Previously the protection of kernfs_pr_cont_buf was piggy backed by
rename_lock, which means that pr_cont() needs to be protected under
rename_lock. This can cause potential circular lock dependencies.
If there is an OOM, we have the following call hierarchy:
-> cpuset_print_current_mems_allowed()
-> pr_cont_cgroup_name()
-> pr_cont_kernfs_name()
pr_cont_kernfs_name() will grab rename_lock and call printk. So we have
the following lock dependencies:
kernfs_rename_lock -> console_sem
Sometimes, printk does a wakeup before releasing console_sem, which has
the dependence chain:
console_sem -> p->pi_lock -> rq->lock
Now, imagine one wants to read cgroup_name under rq->lock, for example,
printing cgroup_name in a tracepoint in the scheduler code. They will
be holding rq->lock and take rename_lock:
rq->lock -> kernfs_rename_lock
Now they will deadlock.
A prevention to this circular lock dependency is to separate the
protection of pr_cont_buf from rename_lock. In principle, rename_lock
is to protect the integrity of cgroup name when copying to buf. Once
pr_cont_buf has got its content, rename_lock can be dropped. So it's
safe to drop rename_lock after kernfs_name_locked (and
kernfs_path_from_node_locked) and rely on a dedicated pr_cont_lock
to protect pr_cont_buf.
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220516190951.3144144-1-haoluo@google.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>
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