Re: [PATCH] futex: robust futex maybe never be awaked, on rare situation.

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>]

[Cc more futex people]

On Mon 23-09-19 11:18:20, Yunfeng Cui wrote:
> I use model checker find a issue of robust and pi futex. On below
> situation, the owner can't find something in pi_state_list, while
> the requester will be blocked, never be awaked.
> 
> CPU0                       CPU1
>                            futex_lock_pi
>                            /*some cs code*/
> futex_lock_pi
>   futex_lock_pi_atomic
>     ...
>     newval = uval | FUTEX_WAITERS;
>     ret = lock_pi_update_atomic(uaddr, uval, newval);
>     ...
>     attach_to_pi_owner
>      ....
>      p = find_get_task_by_vpid(pid);
>      if (!p)
>        return handle_exit_race(uaddr, uval, NULL);
>        ....
>        raw_spin_lock_irq(&p->pi_lock);
>        ....
>        pi_state = alloc_pi_state();
>        ....
>                            do_exit->mm_release
>                            if (unlikely(tsk->robust_list)) {
>                              exit_robust_list(tsk);
>                              tsk->robust_list = NULL;
>                            }
>                            if (unlikely(!list_empty(&tsk->pi_state_list)))
>                              exit_pi_state_list(tsk); /*WILL MISS*/
>       list_add(&pi_state->list, &p->pi_state_list);
>     WILL BLOCKED, NEVER WAKEUP!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Cui <cui.yunfeng@zte.com.cn>
> Reviewed-by: Bo Wang <wang.bo116@zte.com.cn>
> Reviewed-by: Yi Wang <wang.yi59@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>  kernel/fork.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 53e780748fe3..58b90f21dac4 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1277,15 +1277,16 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
>  	if (unlikely(tsk->robust_list)) {
>  		exit_robust_list(tsk);
>  		tsk->robust_list = NULL;
> +		/*Check pi_state_list of task on pi_lock be acquired*/
> +		exit_pi_state_list(tsk);
>  	}
>  #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>  	if (unlikely(tsk->compat_robust_list)) {
>  		compat_exit_robust_list(tsk);
>  		tsk->compat_robust_list = NULL;
> +		exit_pi_state_list(tsk);
>  	}
>  #endif
> -	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&tsk->pi_state_list)))
> -		exit_pi_state_list(tsk);
>  #endif
>  
>  	uprobe_free_utask(tsk);
> -- 
> 2.15.2
> 

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs