Re: [PATCH v4] dma-buf: fix racing conflict of dma_heap_add()

From: Sumit Semwal
Date: Tue Nov 22 2022 - 05:19:31 EST


Hi Dawei Li,

On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 at 23:53, Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Dawei,
>
> from the technical description, coding style etc.. it looks clean to me,
> but I'm the completely wrong person to ask for a background check.
>
> I have a high level understanding of how dma-heaps work, but not a
> single line of this code is from me.
>
> Feel free to add my Acked-by, but Laura, John and others do you have any
> opinion?
>
> Regards,
> Christian.
>
> Am 21.11.22 um 16:28 schrieb Dawei Li:
> > On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 12:05:36AM +0800, Dawei Li wrote:
> >
> > Hi Christian,
> > May I have your opinion on this change?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dawei
> >
> >> Racing conflict could be:
> >> task A task B
> >> list_for_each_entry
> >> strcmp(h->name))
> >> list_for_each_entry
> >> strcmp(h->name)
> >> kzalloc kzalloc
> >> ...... .....
> >> device_create device_create
> >> list_add
> >> list_add
> >>
> >> The root cause is that task B has no idea about the fact someone
> >> else(A) has inserted heap with same name when it calls list_add,
> >> so a potential collision occurs.
> >>
> >> Fixes: c02a81fba74f ("dma-buf: Add dma-buf heaps framework")
> >> Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <set_pte_at@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me as well. I will apply it over on drm-misc.

Best,
Sumit.
> >> ---
> >> v1: https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2FTYCP286MB2323950197F60FC3473123B7CA349%40TYCP286MB2323.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cchristian.koenig%40amd.com%7C1989f31257fc458a27c508dacbd5078e%7C3dd8961fe4884e608e11a82d994e183d%7C0%7C0%7C638046413707443203%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OWPUPrIHGnzwXyQE4WlIthThwSuSK2y3Eq2Wq5zAzbo%3D&amp;reserved=0
> >> v1->v2: Narrow down locking scope, check the existence of heap before
> >> insertion, as suggested by Andrew Davis.
> >> v2->v3: Remove double checking.
> >> v3->v4: Minor coding style and patch formatting adjustment.
> >> ---
> >> drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
> >> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
> >> index 8f5848aa144f..59d158873f4c 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
> >> @@ -233,18 +233,6 @@ struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
> >> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> >> }
> >>
> >> - /* check the name is unique */
> >> - mutex_lock(&heap_list_lock);
> >> - list_for_each_entry(h, &heap_list, list) {
> >> - if (!strcmp(h->name, exp_info->name)) {
> >> - mutex_unlock(&heap_list_lock);
> >> - pr_err("dma_heap: Already registered heap named %s\n",
> >> - exp_info->name);
> >> - return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> >> - }
> >> - }
> >> - mutex_unlock(&heap_list_lock);
> >> -
> >> heap = kzalloc(sizeof(*heap), GFP_KERNEL);
> >> if (!heap)
> >> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> >> @@ -283,13 +271,27 @@ struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
> >> err_ret = ERR_CAST(dev_ret);
> >> goto err2;
> >> }
> >> - /* Add heap to the list */
> >> +
> >> mutex_lock(&heap_list_lock);
> >> + /* check the name is unique */
> >> + list_for_each_entry(h, &heap_list, list) {
> >> + if (!strcmp(h->name, exp_info->name)) {
> >> + mutex_unlock(&heap_list_lock);
> >> + pr_err("dma_heap: Already registered heap named %s\n",
> >> + exp_info->name);
> >> + err_ret = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> >> + goto err3;
> >> + }
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + /* Add heap to the list */
> >> list_add(&heap->list, &heap_list);
> >> mutex_unlock(&heap_list_lock);
> >>
> >> return heap;
> >>
> >> +err3:
> >> + device_destroy(dma_heap_class, heap->heap_devt);
> >> err2:
> >> cdev_del(&heap->heap_cdev);
> >> err1:
> >> --
> >> 2.25.1
> >>
>


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Thanks and regards,

Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
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