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[3.13.y.z,extended,stable] Patch "aio: v4 ensure access to ctx->ring_pages is correctly serialised for migration" has been added to staging queue

Message ID 1398971849-20621-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com
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Kamal Mostafa May 1, 2014, 7:17 p.m. UTC
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    aio: v4 ensure access to ctx->ring_pages is correctly serialised for migration

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.1.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From 5447d9ff95f3364e482e117244f04bc54a142ecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:14:45 -0400
Subject: aio: v4 ensure access to ctx->ring_pages is correctly serialised for
 migration

commit fa8a53c39f3fdde98c9eace6a9b412143f0f6ed6 upstream.

As reported by Tang Chen, Gu Zheng and Yasuaki Isimatsu, the following issues
exist in the aio ring page migration support.

As a result, for example, we have the following problem:

            thread 1                      |              thread 2
                                          |
aio_migratepage()                         |
 |-> take ctx->completion_lock            |
 |-> migrate_page_copy(new, old)          |
 |   *NOW*, ctx->ring_pages[idx] == old   |
                                          |
                                          |    *NOW*, ctx->ring_pages[idx] == old
                                          |    aio_read_events_ring()
                                          |     |-> ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0])
                                          |     |-> ring->head = head;          *HERE, write to the old ring page*
                                          |     |-> kunmap_atomic(ring);
                                          |
 |-> ctx->ring_pages[idx] = new           |
 |   *BUT NOW*, the content of            |
 |    ring_pages[idx] is old.             |
 |-> release ctx->completion_lock         |

As above, the new ring page will not be updated.

Fix this issue, as well as prevent races in aio_ring_setup() by holding
the ring_lock mutex during kioctx setup and page migration.  This avoids
the overhead of taking another spinlock in aio_read_events_ring() as Tang's
and Gu's original fix did, pushing the overhead into the migration code.

Note that to handle the nesting of ring_lock inside of mmap_sem, the
migratepage operation uses mutex_trylock().  Page migration is not a 100%
critical operation in this case, so the ocassional failure can be
tolerated.  This issue was reported by Sasha Levin.

Based on feedback from Linus, avoid the extra taking of ctx->completion_lock.
Instead, make page migration fully serialised by mapping->private_lock, and
have aio_free_ring() simply disconnect the kioctx from the mapping by calling
put_aio_ring_file() before touching ctx->ring_pages[].  This simplifies the
error handling logic in aio_migratepage(), and should improve robustness.

v4: always do mutex_unlock() in cases when kioctx setup fails.

Reported-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Cc: Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
---
 fs/aio.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 062a5f6..12a3de0e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ 
 struct aio_ring {
 	unsigned	id;	/* kernel internal index number */
 	unsigned	nr;	/* number of io_events */
-	unsigned	head;
+	unsigned	head;	/* Written to by userland or under ring_lock
+				 * mutex by aio_read_events_ring(). */
 	unsigned	tail;

 	unsigned	magic;
@@ -243,6 +244,11 @@  static void aio_free_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
 	int i;

+	/* Disconnect the kiotx from the ring file.  This prevents future
+	 * accesses to the kioctx from page migration.
+	 */
+	put_aio_ring_file(ctx);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page;
 		pr_debug("pid(%d) [%d] page->count=%d\n", current->pid, i,
@@ -254,8 +260,6 @@  static void aio_free_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 		put_page(page);
 	}

-	put_aio_ring_file(ctx);
-
 	if (ctx->ring_pages && ctx->ring_pages != ctx->internal_pages) {
 		kfree(ctx->ring_pages);
 		ctx->ring_pages = NULL;
@@ -283,29 +287,38 @@  static int aio_migratepage(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *new,
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	pgoff_t idx;
 	int rc;

 	rc = 0;

-	/* Make sure the old page hasn't already been changed */
+	/* mapping->private_lock here protects against the kioctx teardown.  */
 	spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
 	ctx = mapping->private_data;
-	if (ctx) {
-		pgoff_t idx;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
-		idx = old->index;
-		if (idx < (pgoff_t)ctx->nr_pages) {
-			if (ctx->ring_pages[idx] != old)
-				rc = -EAGAIN;
-		} else
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
+	if (!ctx) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* The ring_lock mutex.  The prevents aio_read_events() from writing
+	 * to the ring's head, and prevents page migration from mucking in
+	 * a partially initialized kiotx.
+	 */
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&ctx->ring_lock)) {
+		rc = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	idx = old->index;
+	if (idx < (pgoff_t)ctx->nr_pages) {
+		/* Make sure the old page hasn't already been changed */
+		if (ctx->ring_pages[idx] != old)
+			rc = -EAGAIN;
 	} else
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);

 	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
+		goto out_unlock;

 	/* Writeback must be complete */
 	BUG_ON(PageWriteback(old));
@@ -314,38 +327,26 @@  static int aio_migratepage(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *new,
 	rc = migrate_page_move_mapping(mapping, new, old, NULL, mode, 1);
 	if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS) {
 		put_page(new);
-		return rc;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}

-	/* We can potentially race against kioctx teardown here.  Use the
-	 * address_space's private data lock to protect the mapping's
-	 * private_data.
+	/* Take completion_lock to prevent other writes to the ring buffer
+	 * while the old page is copied to the new.  This prevents new
+	 * events from being lost.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
-	ctx = mapping->private_data;
-	if (ctx) {
-		pgoff_t idx;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
-		migrate_page_copy(new, old);
-		idx = old->index;
-		if (idx < (pgoff_t)ctx->nr_pages) {
-			/* And only do the move if things haven't changed */
-			if (ctx->ring_pages[idx] == old)
-				ctx->ring_pages[idx] = new;
-			else
-				rc = -EAGAIN;
-		} else
-			rc = -EINVAL;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
-	} else
-		rc = -EBUSY;
-	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);
+	migrate_page_copy(new, old);
+	BUG_ON(ctx->ring_pages[idx] != old);
+	ctx->ring_pages[idx] = new;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->completion_lock, flags);

-	if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
-		put_page(old);
-	else
-		put_page(new);
+	/* The old page is no longer accessible. */
+	put_page(old);

+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->ring_lock);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 	return rc;
 }
 #endif
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@  static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 	file = aio_private_file(ctx, nr_pages);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		ctx->aio_ring_file = NULL;
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

 	ctx->aio_ring_file = file;
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@  static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)

 	if (unlikely(i != nr_pages)) {
 		aio_free_ring(ctx);
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

 	ctx->mmap_size = nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@  static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 	if (IS_ERR((void *)ctx->mmap_base)) {
 		ctx->mmap_size = 0;
 		aio_free_ring(ctx);
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

 	pr_debug("mmap address: 0x%08lx\n", ctx->mmap_base);
@@ -556,6 +557,10 @@  static int ioctx_add_table(struct kioctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm)
 					rcu_read_unlock();
 					spin_unlock(&mm->ioctx_lock);

+					/* While kioctx setup is in progress,
+					 * we are protected from page migration
+					 * changes ring_pages by ->ring_lock.
+					 */
 					ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 					ring->id = ctx->id;
 					kunmap_atomic(ring);
@@ -640,24 +645,28 @@  static struct kioctx *ioctx_alloc(unsigned nr_events)

 	ctx->max_reqs = nr_events;

-	if (percpu_ref_init(&ctx->users, free_ioctx_users))
-		goto err;
-
-	if (percpu_ref_init(&ctx->reqs, free_ioctx_reqs))
-		goto err;
-
 	spin_lock_init(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&ctx->completion_lock);
 	mutex_init(&ctx->ring_lock);
+	/* Protect against page migration throughout kiotx setup by keeping
+	 * the ring_lock mutex held until setup is complete. */
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->ring_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->wait);

 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->active_reqs);

+	if (percpu_ref_init(&ctx->users, free_ioctx_users))
+		goto err;
+
+	if (percpu_ref_init(&ctx->reqs, free_ioctx_reqs))
+		goto err;
+
 	ctx->cpu = alloc_percpu(struct kioctx_cpu);
 	if (!ctx->cpu)
 		goto err;

-	if (aio_setup_ring(ctx) < 0)
+	err = aio_setup_ring(ctx);
+	if (err < 0)
 		goto err;

 	atomic_set(&ctx->reqs_available, ctx->nr_events - 1);
@@ -683,6 +692,9 @@  static struct kioctx *ioctx_alloc(unsigned nr_events)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_cleanup;

+	/* Release the ring_lock mutex now that all setup is complete. */
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->ring_lock);
+
 	pr_debug("allocated ioctx %p[%ld]: mm=%p mask=0x%x\n",
 		 ctx, ctx->user_id, mm, ctx->nr_events);
 	return ctx;
@@ -692,6 +704,7 @@  err_cleanup:
 err_ctx:
 	aio_free_ring(ctx);
 err:
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->ring_lock);
 	free_percpu(ctx->cpu);
 	free_percpu(ctx->reqs.pcpu_count);
 	free_percpu(ctx->users.pcpu_count);
@@ -1024,6 +1037,7 @@  static long aio_read_events_ring(struct kioctx *ctx,

 	mutex_lock(&ctx->ring_lock);

+	/* Access to ->ring_pages here is protected by ctx->ring_lock. */
 	ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 	head = ring->head;
 	tail = ring->tail;