linux-stable/include
Tejun Heo 3b7b314053 slub: make sysfs file removal asynchronous
Commit bf5eb3de38 ("slub: separate out sysfs_slab_release() from
sysfs_slab_remove()") made slub sysfs file removals synchronous to
kmem_cache shutdown.

Unfortunately, this created a possible ABBA deadlock between slab_mutex
and sysfs draining mechanism triggering the following lockdep warning.

  ======================================================
  [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
  4.10.0-test+ #48 Not tainted
  -------------------------------------------------------
  rmmod/1211 is trying to acquire lock:
   (s_active#120){++++.+}, at: [<ffffffff81308073>] kernfs_remove+0x23/0x40

  but task is already holding lock:
   (slab_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8120f691>] kmem_cache_destroy+0x41/0x2d0

  which lock already depends on the new lock.

  the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

  -> #1 (slab_mutex){+.+.+.}:
	 lock_acquire+0xf6/0x1f0
	 __mutex_lock+0x75/0x950
	 mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20
	 slab_attr_store+0x75/0xd0
	 sysfs_kf_write+0x45/0x60
	 kernfs_fop_write+0x13c/0x1c0
	 __vfs_write+0x28/0x120
	 vfs_write+0xc8/0x1e0
	 SyS_write+0x49/0xa0
	 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xc2

  -> #0 (s_active#120){++++.+}:
	 __lock_acquire+0x10ed/0x1260
	 lock_acquire+0xf6/0x1f0
	 __kernfs_remove+0x254/0x320
	 kernfs_remove+0x23/0x40
	 sysfs_remove_dir+0x51/0x80
	 kobject_del+0x18/0x50
	 __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x3e6/0x460
	 kmem_cache_destroy+0x1fb/0x2d0
	 kvm_exit+0x2d/0x80 [kvm]
	 vmx_exit+0x19/0xa1b [kvm_intel]
	 SyS_delete_module+0x198/0x1f0
	 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xc2

  other info that might help us debug this:

   Possible unsafe locking scenario:

	 CPU0                    CPU1
	 ----                    ----
    lock(slab_mutex);
				 lock(s_active#120);
				 lock(slab_mutex);
    lock(s_active#120);

   *** DEADLOCK ***

  2 locks held by rmmod/1211:
   #0:  (cpu_hotplug.dep_map){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff810a7877>] get_online_cpus+0x37/0x80
   #1:  (slab_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8120f691>] kmem_cache_destroy+0x41/0x2d0

  stack backtrace:
  CPU: 3 PID: 1211 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 4.10.0-test+ #48
  Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF/339A, BIOS K01 v02.05 05/07/2012
  Call Trace:
   print_circular_bug+0x1be/0x210
   __lock_acquire+0x10ed/0x1260
   lock_acquire+0xf6/0x1f0
   __kernfs_remove+0x254/0x320
   kernfs_remove+0x23/0x40
   sysfs_remove_dir+0x51/0x80
   kobject_del+0x18/0x50
   __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x3e6/0x460
   kmem_cache_destroy+0x1fb/0x2d0
   kvm_exit+0x2d/0x80 [kvm]
   vmx_exit+0x19/0xa1b [kvm_intel]
   SyS_delete_module+0x198/0x1f0
   ? SyS_delete_module+0x5/0x1f0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xc2

It'd be the cleanest to deal with the issue by removing sysfs files
without holding slab_mutex before the rest of shutdown; however, given
the current code structure, it is pretty difficult to do so.

This patch punts sysfs file removal to a work item.  Before commit
bf5eb3de38, the removal was punted to a RCU delayed work item which is
executed after release.  Now, we're punting to a different work item on
shutdown which still maintains the goal removing the sysfs files earlier
when destroying kmem_caches.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170620204512.GI21326@htj.duckdns.org
Fixes: bf5eb3de38 ("slub: separate out sysfs_slab_release() from sysfs_slab_remove()")
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-06-23 16:15:55 -07:00
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