Re: rb tree hrtimer lockup bug (found by perf_fuzzer)

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sat Mar 22 2014 - 16:22:12 EST


On Sat, 22 Mar 2014, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Vince Weaver wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a complete idiot. I was staring at oaddr and did not notice that
> > > descr->name is the real culprit. Sorry. Delta patch below.
> >
> > OK. The log was much longer this time, attached.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> [ 2.739858] NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> [ 2.747390] IP: [< (null)>] (null)
> [ 2.752970] PGD 0
> [ 2.755287] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
>
> So this time the CPU branched to NULL. So let me recap.
>
> First you had the explosion in the hrtimer code. After enabling debug
> stuff it went to the timer_list and now it looks different again.
>
> So that looks more like a random memory corruption.
>
> Nasty to debug. And of course it does not reproduce here. I'll throw
> your config at more machines in the hope that something will trigger
> it.

I've refined the trace_printk stuff in the hope to get a bit more info
out of it.

Thanks,

tglx

------------>

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/debugobjects.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/debugobjects.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/debugobjects.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct debug_obj {
unsigned int astate;
void *object;
struct debug_obj_descr *descr;
+ void *hint;
};

/**
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ extern void debug_object_deactivate(void
extern void debug_object_destroy (void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr);
extern void debug_object_free (void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr);
extern void debug_object_assert_init(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr);
+extern void debug_object_info(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr);

/*
* Active state:
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ static inline void
debug_object_free (void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr) { }
static inline void
debug_object_assert_init(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr) { }
+static inline void
+debug_object_info(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr) { }

static inline void debug_objects_early_init(void) { }
static inline void debug_objects_mem_init(void) { }
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/timer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/timer.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,12 @@ static int cascade(struct tvec_base *bas
* don't have to detach them individually.
*/
list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, tmp, &tv_list, entry) {
- BUG_ON(tbase_get_base(timer->base) != base);
+ if (tbase_get_base(timer->base) != base) {
+ pr_err("Invalid timer base: tmr %p tmr->base %p base %p\n",
+ timer, timer->base, base);
+ debug_object_info(timer, &timer_debug_descr);
+ BUG();
+ }
/* No accounting, while moving them */
__internal_add_timer(base, timer);
}
Index: linux-2.6/lib/debugobjects.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ linux-2.6/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>

#define ODEBUG_HASH_BITS 14
#define ODEBUG_HASH_SIZE (1 << ODEBUG_HASH_BITS)
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ alloc_object(void *addr, struct debug_bu
obj->descr = descr;
obj->state = ODEBUG_STATE_NONE;
obj->astate = 0;
+ obj->hint = NULL;
hlist_del(&obj->node);

hlist_add_head(&obj->node, &b->list);
@@ -255,9 +257,9 @@ static void debug_print_object(struct de
descr->debug_hint(obj->object) : NULL;
limit++;
WARN(1, KERN_ERR "ODEBUG: %s %s (active state %u) "
- "object type: %s hint: %pS\n",
+ "object type: %s hint: %pS %pS\n",
msg, obj_states[obj->state], obj->astate,
- descr->name, hint);
+ descr->name, hint, obj->hint);
}
debug_objects_warnings++;
}
@@ -326,6 +328,10 @@ __debug_object_init(void *addr, struct d
debug_object_is_on_stack(addr, onstack);
}

+ obj->hint = descr->debug_hint ? descr->debug_hint(addr) : NULL;
+ trace_printk("%s %p %p %pS\n", descr->name, addr, obj->hint,
+ obj->hint);
+
switch (obj->state) {
case ODEBUG_STATE_NONE:
case ODEBUG_STATE_INIT:
@@ -377,6 +383,42 @@ void debug_object_init_on_stack(void *ad
__debug_object_init(addr, descr, 1);
}

+void debug_object_info(void *addr, struct debug_obj_descr *descr)
+{
+ struct debug_bucket *db;
+ struct debug_obj *obj;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (!debug_objects_enabled)
+ return;
+
+ db = get_bucket((unsigned long) addr);
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
+
+ obj = lookup_object(addr, db);
+ if (!obj)
+ pr_err("Object unknown %p\n", addr);
+ else
+ debug_print_object(obj, "Info");
+
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
+
+ addr = container_of(addr, struct delayed_work, timer);
+
+ db = get_bucket((unsigned long) addr);
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&db->lock, flags);
+
+ obj = lookup_object(addr, db);
+ if (!obj)
+ pr_err("Object unknown %p\n", addr);
+ else
+ debug_print_object(obj, "Info");
+
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
+}
+
/**
* debug_object_activate - debug checks when an object is activated
* @addr: address of the object
@@ -403,6 +445,11 @@ int debug_object_activate(void *addr, st

obj = lookup_object(addr, db);
if (obj) {
+
+ obj->hint = descr->debug_hint ? descr->debug_hint(addr) : NULL;
+ trace_printk("%s %p %p %pS\n", descr->name, addr,
+ obj->hint, obj->hint);
+
switch (obj->state) {
case ODEBUG_STATE_INIT:
case ODEBUG_STATE_INACTIVE:
@@ -425,6 +472,7 @@ int debug_object_activate(void *addr, st
ret = 0;
break;
}
+
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&db->lock, flags);
return ret;
}
@@ -463,6 +511,10 @@ void debug_object_deactivate(void *addr,

obj = lookup_object(addr, db);
if (obj) {
+ obj->hint = descr->debug_hint ? descr->debug_hint(addr) : NULL;
+ trace_printk("%s %p %p %pS\n", descr->name, addr,
+ obj->hint, obj->hint);
+
switch (obj->state) {
case ODEBUG_STATE_INIT:
case ODEBUG_STATE_INACTIVE:
@@ -513,6 +565,10 @@ void debug_object_destroy(void *addr, st
if (!obj)
goto out_unlock;

+ obj->hint = descr->debug_hint ? descr->debug_hint(addr) : NULL;
+ trace_printk("%s %p %p %pS\n", descr->name, addr,
+ obj->hint, obj->hint);
+
switch (obj->state) {
case ODEBUG_STATE_NONE:
case ODEBUG_STATE_INIT:
@@ -559,6 +615,10 @@ void debug_object_free(void *addr, struc
if (!obj)
goto out_unlock;

+ obj->hint = descr->debug_hint ? descr->debug_hint(addr) : NULL;
+ trace_printk("%s %p %p %pS\n", descr->name, addr,
+ obj->hint, obj->hint);
+
switch (obj->state) {
case ODEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
debug_print_object(obj, "free");
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