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[V2] mm/userfaultfd: Replace kmap/kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()

Message ID 20221025220136.2366143-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
State New
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Series [V2] mm/userfaultfd: Replace kmap/kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() |

Commit Message

Ira Weiny Oct. 25, 2022, 10:01 p.m. UTC 
  From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of
kmap_local_page() which is appropriate for any thread local context.[1]

A recent locking bug report with userfaultfd showed that the conversion
of the kmap_atomic()'s in those code flows requires care with regard to
the prevention of deadlock.[2]

git archaeology implied that the recursion may not be an actual bug.[3]
However, depending on the implementation of the mmap_lock and the
condition of the call there may still be a deadlock.[4]  So this is not
purely a lockdep issue.  Considering a single threaded call stack there
are 3 options.

	1) Different mm's are in play (no issue)
	2) Readlock implementation is recursive and same mm is in play
	   (no issue)
	3) Readlock implementation is _not_ recursive (issue)

The mmap_lock is recursive so with a single thread there is no issue.

However, Matthew pointed out a deadlock scenario when you consider
additional process' and threads thusly.

"The readlock implementation is only recursive if nobody else has taken
a write lock.  If you have a multithreaded process, one of the other
threads can call mmap() and that will prevent recursion (due to
fairness).  Even if it's a different process that you're trying to
acquire the mmap read lock on, you can still get into a deadly embrace.
eg:

process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A

Now all four threads are blocked waiting for each other."

Regardless using pagefault_disable() ensures that no matter what locking
implementation is used a deadlock will not occur.

Complete kmap conversion in userfaultfd by replacing the kmap() and
kmap_atomic() calls with kmap_local_page().  When replacing the
kmap_atomic() call ensure page faults continue to be disabled to support
the correct fall back behavior and add a comment to inform future souls
of the requirement.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@intel.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y1Mh2S7fUGQ%2FiKFR@iweiny-desk3/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y1MymJ%2FINb45AdaY@iweiny-desk3/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y1bXBtGTCym77%2FoD@casper.infradead.org/

Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

---
Changes from V1
	Update the commit message and comment based on additional
	discussion

	Thanks to Matt for pointing out the deadlock potential despite
	recursive reads.
---
 mm/userfaultfd.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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Patch

diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index e24e8a47ce8a..3d0fef3980b3 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -157,11 +157,28 @@  static int mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 		if (!page)
 			goto out;
 
-		page_kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
+		page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+		/*
+		 * The read mmap_lock is held here.  Despite the
+		 * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still
+		 * possible if a writer has taken a lock.  For example:
+		 *
+		 * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock
+		 * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+		 * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock
+		 * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock
+		 * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B
+		 * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A
+		 *
+		 * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock
+		 * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock.
+		 */
+		pagefault_disable();
 		ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr,
 				     (const void __user *) src_addr,
 				     PAGE_SIZE);
-		kunmap_atomic(page_kaddr);
+		pagefault_enable();
+		kunmap_local(page_kaddr);
 
 		/* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_lock */
 		if (unlikely(ret)) {
@@ -646,11 +663,11 @@  static __always_inline ssize_t __mcopy_atomic(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 			mmap_read_unlock(dst_mm);
 			BUG_ON(!page);
 
-			page_kaddr = kmap(page);
+			page_kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
 			err = copy_from_user(page_kaddr,
 					     (const void __user *) src_addr,
 					     PAGE_SIZE);
-			kunmap(page);
+			kunmap_local(page_kaddr);
 			if (unlikely(err)) {
 				err = -EFAULT;
 				goto out;