Re: 2.6.36-rc5-git1 -- include/linux/netpoll.h:67 invokedrcu_dereference_check() without protection!

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Sep 22 2010 - 10:27:28 EST


Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 Ã 08:38 +0200, Eric Dumazet a Ãcrit :
> Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 Ã 00:22 -0400, Miles Lane a Ãcrit :
> > [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > include/linux/netpoll.h:67 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> >
> > other info that might help us debug this:
> >
> >
> > rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> > 1 lock held by avahi-daemon/1597:
> > #0: (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa03673b7>]
> > udpv6_sendmsg+0x6c2/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> >
> > stack backtrace:
> > Pid: 1597, comm: avahi-daemon Not tainted 2.6.36-rc5 #13
> > Call Trace:
> > [<ffffffff810618d7>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa6
> > [<ffffffff8129d543>] netif_rx+0x4e/0x1a7
> > [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> > [<ffffffff8129d7e3>] netif_rx_ni+0x1e/0x58
> > [<ffffffffa0352d50>] ip6_dev_loopback_xmit+0xc0/0xc7 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa0352ef0>] ip6_finish_output2+0x199/0x3b6 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa035401c>] ip6_finish_output+0xf0f/0xf27 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffff8131e08a>] ? csum_partial_copy_from_user+0xb4/0xea
> > [<ffffffff812968a8>] ? csum_partial_copy_fromiovecend+0x178/0x1bd
> > [<ffffffffa035418c>] ip6_output+0x158/0x161 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> > [<ffffffffa035262d>] ip6_local_out+0x5d/0x62 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa0352a98>] ip6_push_pending_frames+0x466/0x524 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa0366a93>] udp_v6_push_pending_frames+0x27f/0x2fb [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa03673b7>] ? udpv6_sendmsg+0x6c2/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffffa03674ba>] udpv6_sendmsg+0x7c5/0x9e6 [ipv6]
> > [<ffffffff812fb634>] ? inet_sendmsg+0x0/0x11f
> > [<ffffffff812fb746>] inet_sendmsg+0x112/0x11f
> > [<ffffffff812fb634>] ? inet_sendmsg+0x0/0x11f
> > [<ffffffff8128ca91>] sock_sendmsg+0xe7/0x108
> > [<ffffffff810a4c3b>] ? might_fault+0x63/0xb3
> > [<ffffffff810a4c84>] ? might_fault+0xac/0xb3
> > [<ffffffff810a4c3b>] ? might_fault+0x63/0xb3
> > [<ffffffff8128d346>] sys_sendmsg+0x24f/0x2d6
> > [<ffffffff8102fe4e>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x41
> > [<ffffffff81031ef7>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x92/0xa6
> > [<ffffffff810570ce>] ? __srcu_read_unlock+0x3b/0x57
> > [<ffffffff81001f9c>] ? sysret_check+0x27/0x62
> > [<ffffffff81001f6b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b#
>
> Oh well.
>
> Thanks for the report. Could you please test following patch ?
>
>
> [PATCH] rcu: rcu_dereference_bh() is hard irq safe
>
> rcu_dereference_bh() doesnt know yet about hard irq being disabled, so
> lockdep can trigger in netpoll_rx() after commit f0f9deae9e7c4 (netpoll:
> Disable IRQ around RCU dereference in netpoll_rx)
>
> Reported-by: Miles Lane <miles.lane@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 9fbc54a..435c502 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
> * Makes rcu_dereference_check() do the dirty work.
> */
> #define rcu_dereference_bh(p) \
> - rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held())
> + rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held() || in_irq())

oops, I meant irqs_disabled() here, not in_irq()

>
> /**
> * rcu_dereference_sched - fetch RCU-protected pointer, checking for RCU-sched
>


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