[PATCH v2 1/1] binder: fix freeze race

[Li Li]

From: Li Li <dualli@xxxxxxxxxx>

Currently cgroup freezer is used to freeze the application threads, and
BINDER_FREEZE is used to freeze the corresponding binder interface.
There's already a mechanism in ioctl(BINDER_FREEZE) to wait for any
existing transactions to drain out before actually freezing the binder
interface.

But freezing an app requires 2 steps, freezing the binder interface with
ioctl(BINDER_FREEZE) and then freezing the application main threads with
cgroupfs. This is not an atomic operation. The following race issue
might happen.

1) Binder interface is frozen by ioctl(BINDER_FREEZE);
2) Main thread A initiates a new sync binder transaction to process B;
3) Main thread A is frozen by "echo 1 > cgroup.freeze";
4) The response from process B reaches the frozen thread, which will
unexpectedly fail.

This patch provides a mechanism to check if there's any new pending
transaction happening between ioctl(BINDER_FREEZE) and freezing the
main thread. If there's any, the main thread freezing operation can
be rolled back to finish the pending transaction.

Furthermore, the response might reach the binder driver before the
rollback actually happens. That will still cause failed transaction.

As the other process doesn't wait for another response of the response,
the response transaction failure can be fixed by treating the response
transaction like an oneway/async one, allowing it to reach the frozen
thread. And it will be consumed when the thread gets unfrozen later.

Fixes: 432ff1e91694 ("binder: BINDER_FREEZE ioctl")
Signed-off-by: Li Li <dualli@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/android/binder.c            | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 drivers/android/binder_internal.h   |  2 ++
 include/uapi/linux/android/binder.h |  7 ++++++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index d9030cb6b1e4..eaffdf5f692c 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -3038,9 +3038,8 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 	if (reply) {
 		binder_enqueue_thread_work(thread, tcomplete);
 		binder_inner_proc_lock(target_proc);
-		if (target_thread->is_dead || target_proc->is_frozen) {
-			return_error = target_thread->is_dead ?
-				BR_DEAD_REPLY : BR_FROZEN_REPLY;
+		if (target_thread->is_dead) {
+			return_error = BR_DEAD_REPLY;
 			binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
 			goto err_dead_proc_or_thread;
 		}
@@ -4648,6 +4647,22 @@ static int binder_ioctl_get_node_debug_info(struct binder_proc *proc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int binder_txns_pending_ilocked(struct binder_proc *proc)
+{
+	struct rb_node *n;
+	struct binder_thread *thread;
+
+	if (proc->outstanding_txns > 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	for (n = rb_first(&proc->threads); n; n = rb_next(n)) {
+		thread = rb_entry(n, struct binder_thread, rb_node);
+		if (thread->transaction_stack)
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int binder_ioctl_freeze(struct binder_freeze_info *info,
 			       struct binder_proc *target_proc)
 {
@@ -4682,6 +4697,14 @@ static int binder_ioctl_freeze(struct binder_freeze_info *info,
 	if (!ret && target_proc->outstanding_txns)
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 
+	/* Also check pending transactions that wait for reply */
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		binder_inner_proc_lock(target_proc);
+		if (binder_txns_pending_ilocked(target_proc))
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+		binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
+	}
+
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		binder_inner_proc_lock(target_proc);
 		target_proc->is_frozen = false;
@@ -4696,6 +4719,7 @@ static int binder_ioctl_get_freezer_info(
 {
 	struct binder_proc *target_proc;
 	bool found = false;
+	int txns_pending;
 
 	info->sync_recv = 0;
 	info->async_recv = 0;
@@ -4705,7 +4729,9 @@ static int binder_ioctl_get_freezer_info(
 		if (target_proc->pid == info->pid) {
 			found = true;
 			binder_inner_proc_lock(target_proc);
-			info->sync_recv |= target_proc->sync_recv;
+			txns_pending = binder_txns_pending_ilocked(target_proc);
+			info->sync_recv |= target_proc->sync_recv |
+					(txns_pending << 1);
 			info->async_recv |= target_proc->async_recv;
 			binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
index 810c0b84d3f8..402c4d4362a8 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ struct binder_ref {
  *                        binder transactions
  *                        (protected by @inner_lock)
  * @sync_recv:            process received sync transactions since last frozen
+ *                        bit 0: received sync transaction after being frozen
+ *                        bit 1: new pending sync transaction during freezing
  *                        (protected by @inner_lock)
  * @async_recv:           process received async transactions since last frozen
  *                        (protected by @inner_lock)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/android/binder.h b/include/uapi/linux/android/binder.h
index 20e435fe657a..3246f2c74696 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/android/binder.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/android/binder.h
@@ -225,7 +225,14 @@ struct binder_freeze_info {
 
 struct binder_frozen_status_info {
 	__u32            pid;
+
+	/* process received sync transactions since last frozen
+	 * bit 0: received sync transaction after being frozen
+	 * bit 1: new pending sync transaction during freezing
+	 */
 	__u32            sync_recv;
+
+	/* process received async transactions since last frozen */
 	__u32            async_recv;
 };
 
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2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog