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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] pvcalls-front: Avoid get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL) under spinlock



On Tue, 4 Dec 2018, Wen Yang wrote:
> The problem is that we call this with a spin lock held.
> The call tree is:
> pvcalls_front_accept() holds bedata->socket_lock.
>     -> create_active()
>         -> __get_free_pages() uses GFP_KERNEL
> 
> The create_active() function is only called from pvcalls_front_accept()
> with a spin_lock held, The allocation is not allowed to sleep and
> GFP_KERNEL is not sufficient.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> v2: Add a function doing the allocations which is called
>     outside the lock and passing the allocated data to
>     create_active().
> 
> v3: Use the matching deallocators i.e., free_page()
>     and free_pages(), respectively.
> 
> v4: It would be better to pre-populate map (struct sock_mapping),
>     rather than introducing one more new struct.
> 
> v5: Since allocating the data outside of this call it should also
>     be freed outside, when create_active() fails.
>     Move kzalloc(sizeof(*map2), GFP_ATOMIC) outside spinlock and
>     use GFP_KERNEL instead.
> 
> Suggested-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
> index 77224d8f3e6f..5fd764a7b879 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
> @@ -335,6 +335,41 @@ int pvcalls_front_socket(struct socket *sock)
>       return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static void free_active_ring(struct sock_mapping *map)
> +{
> +     free_pages((unsigned long)map->active.data.in,
> +                     map->active.ring->ring_order);
> +     free_page((unsigned long)map->active.ring);
> +}
> +
> +static int alloc_active_ring(struct sock_mapping *map)
> +{
> +     void *bytes;
> +
> +     map->active.ring = NULL;

This is superfluous

Aside from this:

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


> +     map->active.data.in = NULL;
> +     map->active.ring = (struct pvcalls_data_intf *)
> +             get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
> +     if (!map->active.ring)
> +             goto out;
> +
> +     map->active.ring->ring_order = PVCALLS_RING_ORDER;
> +     bytes = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
> +                                     PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
> +     if (!bytes)
> +             goto out;
> +
> +     map->active.data.in = bytes;
> +     map->active.data.out = bytes +
> +             XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
> +
> +     return 0;
> +
> +out:
> +     free_active_ring(map);
> +     return -ENOMEM;
> +}
> +
>  static int create_active(struct sock_mapping *map, int *evtchn)
>  {
>       void *bytes;
> @@ -343,15 +378,7 @@ static int create_active(struct sock_mapping *map, int 
> *evtchn)
>       *evtchn = -1;
>       init_waitqueue_head(&map->active.inflight_conn_req);
>  
> -     map->active.ring = (struct pvcalls_data_intf *)
> -             __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
> -     if (map->active.ring == NULL)
> -             goto out_error;
> -     map->active.ring->ring_order = PVCALLS_RING_ORDER;
> -     bytes = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
> -                                     PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
> -     if (bytes == NULL)
> -             goto out_error;
> +     bytes = map->active.data.in;
>       for (i = 0; i < (1 << PVCALLS_RING_ORDER); i++)
>               map->active.ring->ref[i] = gnttab_grant_foreign_access(
>                       pvcalls_front_dev->otherend_id,
> @@ -361,10 +388,6 @@ static int create_active(struct sock_mapping *map, int 
> *evtchn)
>               pvcalls_front_dev->otherend_id,
>               pfn_to_gfn(virt_to_pfn((void *)map->active.ring)), 0);
>  
> -     map->active.data.in = bytes;
> -     map->active.data.out = bytes +
> -             XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
> -
>       ret = xenbus_alloc_evtchn(pvcalls_front_dev, evtchn);
>       if (ret)
>               goto out_error;
> @@ -385,8 +408,6 @@ static int create_active(struct sock_mapping *map, int 
> *evtchn)
>  out_error:
>       if (*evtchn >= 0)
>               xenbus_free_evtchn(pvcalls_front_dev, *evtchn);
> -     free_pages((unsigned long)map->active.data.in, PVCALLS_RING_ORDER);
> -     free_page((unsigned long)map->active.ring);
>       return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -406,17 +427,24 @@ int pvcalls_front_connect(struct socket *sock, struct 
> sockaddr *addr,
>               return PTR_ERR(map);
>  
>       bedata = dev_get_drvdata(&pvcalls_front_dev->dev);
> +     ret = alloc_active_ring(map);
> +     if (ret < 0) {
> +             pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
> +             return ret;
> +     }
>  
>       spin_lock(&bedata->socket_lock);
>       ret = get_request(bedata, &req_id);
>       if (ret < 0) {
>               spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> +             free_active_ring(map);
>               pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
>               return ret;
>       }
>       ret = create_active(map, &evtchn);
>       if (ret < 0) {
>               spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> +             free_active_ring(map);
>               pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
>               return ret;
>       }
> @@ -780,25 +808,36 @@ int pvcalls_front_accept(struct socket *sock, struct 
> socket *newsock, int flags)
>               }
>       }
>  
> -     spin_lock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> -     ret = get_request(bedata, &req_id);
> -     if (ret < 0) {
> +     map2 = kzalloc(sizeof(*map2), GFP_KERNEL);
> +     if (map2 == NULL) {
>               clear_bit(PVCALLS_FLAG_ACCEPT_INFLIGHT,
>                         (void *)&map->passive.flags);
> -             spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> +             pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
> +             return -ENOMEM;
> +     }
> +     ret = alloc_active_ring(map2);
> +     if (ret < 0) {
> +             clear_bit(PVCALLS_FLAG_ACCEPT_INFLIGHT,
> +                             (void *)&map->passive.flags);
> +             kfree(map2);
>               pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
>               return ret;
>       }
> -     map2 = kzalloc(sizeof(*map2), GFP_ATOMIC);
> -     if (map2 == NULL) {
> +     spin_lock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> +     ret = get_request(bedata, &req_id);
> +     if (ret < 0) {
>               clear_bit(PVCALLS_FLAG_ACCEPT_INFLIGHT,
>                         (void *)&map->passive.flags);
>               spin_unlock(&bedata->socket_lock);
> +             free_active_ring(map2);
> +             kfree(map2);
>               pvcalls_exit_sock(sock);
> -             return -ENOMEM;
> +             return ret;
>       }
> +
>       ret = create_active(map2, &evtchn);
>       if (ret < 0) {
> +             free_active_ring(map2);
>               kfree(map2);
>               clear_bit(PVCALLS_FLAG_ACCEPT_INFLIGHT,
>                         (void *)&map->passive.flags);
> -- 
> 2.19.1
> 

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