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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/devcoredump.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/devcoredump.c | 136 |
1 files changed, 83 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c index 37faf6156d7c..55bdc7f5e59d 100644 --- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c +++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c @@ -23,50 +23,46 @@ struct devcd_entry { void *data; size_t datalen; /* - * Here, mutex is required to serialize the calls to del_wk work between - * user/kernel space which happens when devcd is added with device_add() - * and that sends uevent to user space. User space reads the uevents, - * and calls to devcd_data_write() which try to modify the work which is - * not even initialized/queued from devcoredump. + * There are 2 races for which mutex is required. * + * The first race is between device creation and userspace writing to + * schedule immediately destruction. * + * This race is handled by arming the timer before device creation, but + * when device creation fails the timer still exists. * - * cpu0(X) cpu1(Y) + * To solve this, hold the mutex during device_add(), and set + * init_completed on success before releasing the mutex. * - * dev_coredump() uevent sent to user space - * device_add() ======================> user space process Y reads the - * uevents writes to devcd fd - * which results into writes to + * That way the timer will never fire until device_add() is called, + * it will do nothing if init_completed is not set. The timer is also + * cancelled in that case. * - * devcd_data_write() - * mod_delayed_work() - * try_to_grab_pending() - * timer_delete() - * debug_assert_init() - * INIT_DELAYED_WORK() - * schedule_delayed_work() - * - * - * Also, mutex alone would not be enough to avoid scheduling of - * del_wk work after it get flush from a call to devcd_free() - * mentioned as below. - * - * disabled_store() - * devcd_free() - * mutex_lock() devcd_data_write() - * flush_delayed_work() - * mutex_unlock() - * mutex_lock() - * mod_delayed_work() - * mutex_unlock() - * So, delete_work flag is required. + * The second race involves multiple parallel invocations of devcd_free(), + * add a deleted flag so only 1 can call the destructor. */ struct mutex mutex; - bool delete_work; + bool init_completed, deleted; struct module *owner; ssize_t (*read)(char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count, void *data, size_t datalen); void (*free)(void *data); + /* + * If nothing interferes and device_add() was returns success, + * del_wk will destroy the device after the timer fires. + * + * Multiple userspace processes can interfere in the working of the timer: + * - Writing to the coredump will reschedule the timer to run immediately, + * if still armed. + * + * This is handled by using "if (cancel_delayed_work()) { + * schedule_delayed_work() }", to prevent re-arming after having + * been previously fired. + * - Writing to /sys/class/devcoredump/disabled will destroy the + * coredump synchronously. + * This is handled by using disable_delayed_work_sync(), and then + * checking if deleted flag is set with &devcd->mutex held. + */ struct delayed_work del_wk; struct device *failing_dev; }; @@ -95,14 +91,27 @@ static void devcd_dev_release(struct device *dev) kfree(devcd); } +static void __devcd_del(struct devcd_entry *devcd) +{ + devcd->deleted = true; + device_del(&devcd->devcd_dev); + put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); +} + static void devcd_del(struct work_struct *wk) { struct devcd_entry *devcd; + bool init_completed; devcd = container_of(wk, struct devcd_entry, del_wk.work); - device_del(&devcd->devcd_dev); - put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); + /* devcd->mutex serializes against dev_coredumpm_timeout */ + mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); + init_completed = devcd->init_completed; + mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + + if (init_completed) + __devcd_del(devcd); } static ssize_t devcd_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, @@ -122,12 +131,12 @@ static ssize_t devcd_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj); struct devcd_entry *devcd = dev_to_devcd(dev); - mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); - if (!devcd->delete_work) { - devcd->delete_work = true; - mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &devcd->del_wk, 0); - } - mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + /* + * Although it's tempting to use mod_delayed work here, + * that will cause a reschedule if the timer already fired. + */ + if (cancel_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk)) + schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, 0); return count; } @@ -151,11 +160,21 @@ static int devcd_free(struct device *dev, void *data) { struct devcd_entry *devcd = dev_to_devcd(dev); + /* + * To prevent a race with devcd_data_write(), disable work and + * complete manually instead. + * + * We cannot rely on the return value of + * disable_delayed_work_sync() here, because it might be in the + * middle of a cancel_delayed_work + schedule_delayed_work pair. + * + * devcd->mutex here guards against multiple parallel invocations + * of devcd_free(). + */ + disable_delayed_work_sync(&devcd->del_wk); mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); - if (!devcd->delete_work) - devcd->delete_work = true; - - flush_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk); + if (!devcd->deleted) + __devcd_del(devcd); mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); return 0; } @@ -179,12 +198,10 @@ static ssize_t disabled_show(const struct class *class, const struct class_attri * put_device() <- last reference * error = fn(dev, data) devcd_dev_release() * devcd_free(dev, data) kfree(devcd) - * mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); * * * In the above diagram, it looks like disabled_store() would be racing with parallelly - * running devcd_del() and result in memory abort while acquiring devcd->mutex which - * is called after kfree of devcd memory after dropping its last reference with + * running devcd_del() and result in memory abort after dropping its last reference with * put_device(). However, this will not happens as fn(dev, data) runs * with its own reference to device via klist_node so it is not its last reference. * so, above situation would not occur. @@ -374,7 +391,7 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner, devcd->read = read; devcd->free = free; devcd->failing_dev = get_device(dev); - devcd->delete_work = false; + devcd->deleted = false; mutex_init(&devcd->mutex); device_initialize(&devcd->devcd_dev); @@ -383,8 +400,14 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner, atomic_inc_return(&devcd_count)); devcd->devcd_dev.class = &devcd_class; - mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, true); + + /* devcd->mutex prevents devcd_del() completing until init finishes */ + mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); + devcd->init_completed = false; + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del); + schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, timeout); + if (device_add(&devcd->devcd_dev)) goto put_device; @@ -401,13 +424,20 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner, dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, false); kobject_uevent(&devcd->devcd_dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD); - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del); - schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, timeout); + + /* + * Safe to run devcd_del() now that we are done with devcd_dev. + * Alternatively we could have taken a ref on devcd_dev before + * dropping the lock. + */ + devcd->init_completed = true; mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); return; put_device: - put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devcd->del_wk); + put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); + put_module: module_put(owner); free: |