From d256d1cd8da1cbc4615de69df71c87ce623fec2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tong Tiangen Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:25:27 +0800 Subject: mm: memory-failure: use rcu lock instead of tasklist_lock when collect_procs() MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit We found a softlock issue in our test, analyzed the logs, and found that the relevant CPU call trace as follows: CPU0: _do_fork -> copy_process() -> write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock) //Disable irq,waiting for //tasklist_lock CPU1: wp_page_copy() ->pte_offset_map_lock() -> spin_lock(&page->ptl); //Hold page->ptl -> ptep_clear_flush() -> flush_tlb_others() ... -> smp_call_function_many() -> arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask() -> csd_lock_wait() //Waiting for other CPUs respond //IPI CPU2: collect_procs_anon() -> read_lock(&tasklist_lock) //Hold tasklist_lock ->for_each_process(tsk) -> page_mapped_in_vma() -> page_vma_mapped_walk() -> map_pte() ->spin_lock(&page->ptl) //Waiting for page->ptl We can see that CPU1 waiting for CPU0 respond IPI，CPU0 waiting for CPU2 unlock tasklist_lock, CPU2 waiting for CPU1 unlock page->ptl. As a result, softlockup is triggered. For collect_procs_anon(), what we're doing is task list iteration, during the iteration, with the help of call_rcu(), the task_struct object is freed only after one or more grace periods elapse. the logic as follows: release_task() -> __exit_signal() -> __unhash_process() -> list_del_rcu() -> put_task_struct_rcu_user() -> call_rcu(&task->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct) delayed_put_task_struct() -> put_task_struct() -> if (refcount_sub_and_test()) __put_task_struct() -> free_task() Therefore, under the protection of the rcu lock, we can safely use get_task_struct() to ensure a safe reference to task_struct during the iteration. By removing the use of tasklist_lock in task list iteration, we can break the softlock chain above. The same logic can also be applied to: - collect_procs_file() - collect_procs_fsdax() - collect_procs_ksm() Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230828022527.241693-1-tongtiangen@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi Cc: Kefeng Wang Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Cc: Miaohe Lin Cc: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/memory-failure.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm/memory-failure.c') diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c index 881c35ef1daa..d06b0fba09fb 100644 --- a/mm/memory-failure.c +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c @@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ static void kill_procs(struct list_head *to_kill, int forcekill, bool fail, * on behalf of the thread group. Return task_struct of the (first found) * dedicated thread if found, and return NULL otherwise. * - * We already hold read_lock(&tasklist_lock) in the caller, so we don't - * have to call rcu_read_lock/unlock() in this function. + * We already hold rcu lock in the caller, so we don't have to call + * rcu_read_lock/unlock() in this function. */ static struct task_struct *find_early_kill_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) { @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, return; pgoff = page_to_pgoff(page); - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); for_each_process(tsk) { struct anon_vma_chain *vmac; struct task_struct *t = task_early_kill(tsk, force_early); @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, add_to_kill_anon_file(t, page, vma, to_kill); } } - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); anon_vma_unlock_read(av); } @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static void collect_procs_file(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, pgoff_t pgoff; i_mmap_lock_read(mapping); - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); pgoff = page_to_pgoff(page); for_each_process(tsk) { struct task_struct *t = task_early_kill(tsk, force_early); @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void collect_procs_file(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, add_to_kill_anon_file(t, page, vma, to_kill); } } - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping); } @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static void collect_procs_fsdax(struct page *page, struct task_struct *tsk; i_mmap_lock_read(mapping); - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_lock(); for_each_process(tsk) { struct task_struct *t = task_early_kill(tsk, true); @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static void collect_procs_fsdax(struct page *page, add_to_kill_fsdax(t, page, vma, to_kill, pgoff); } } - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + rcu_read_unlock(); i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping); } #endif /* CONFIG_FS_DAX */ -- cgit