Re: [PATCH] fs: proc: use down_read_killable in proc_pid_cmdline_read()

[Yang Shi]

On 2/21/18 11:57 AM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 03:38:24PM -0800, Yang Shi wrote:
> > On 2/20/18 2:38 PM, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 03:49:29AM +0800, Yang Shi wrote:
> > > > When running vm-scalability with large memory (> 300GB), the below hung
> > > > task issue happens occasionally.
> > > >
> > > > INFO: task ps:14018 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> > > >          Tainted: G            E 4.9.79-009.ali3000.alios7.x86_64 #1
> > > >    "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> > > >    ps              D    0 14018      1 0x00000004
> > > >     ffff885582f84000 ffff885e8682f000 ffff880972943000 ffff885ebf499bc0
> > > >     ffff8828ee120000 ffffc900349bfca8 ffffffff817154d0 0000000000000040
> > > >     00ffffff812f872a ffff885ebf499bc0 024000d000948300 ffff880972943000
> > > >    Call Trace:
> > > >     [<ffffffff817154d0>] ? __schedule+0x250/0x730
> > > >     [<ffffffff817159e6>] schedule+0x36/0x80
> > > >     [<ffffffff81718560>] rwsem_down_read_failed+0xf0/0x150
> > > >     [<ffffffff81390a28>] call_rwsem_down_read_failed+0x18/0x30
> > > >     [<ffffffff81717db0>] down_read+0x20/0x40
> > > >     [<ffffffff812b9439>] proc_pid_cmdline_read+0xd9/0x4e0
> > > >     [<ffffffff81253c95>] ? do_filp_open+0xa5/0x100
> > > >     [<ffffffff81241d87>] __vfs_read+0x37/0x150
> > > >     [<ffffffff812f824b>] ? security_file_permission+0x9b/0xc0
> > > >     [<ffffffff81242266>] vfs_read+0x96/0x130
> > > >     [<ffffffff812437b5>] SyS_read+0x55/0xc0
> > > >     [<ffffffff8171a6da>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1a/0xc5
> > > >
> > > > When manipulating a large mapping, the process may hold the mmap_sem for
> > > > long time, so reading /proc/<pid>/cmdline may be blocked in
> > > > uninterruptible state for long time.
> > > >
> > > > down_read_trylock() sounds too aggressive, and we already have killable
> > > > version APIs for semaphore, here use down_read_killable() to improve the
> > > > responsiveness.
> > > > -	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > > > +	rv = down_read_killable(&mm->mmap_sem);
> > > > +	if (rv)
> > > > +		goto out_mmput;
> > > >    	arg_start = mm->arg_start;
> > > >    	arg_end = mm->arg_end;
> > > >    	env_start = mm->env_start;
> > > Fix is incomplete
> > Yes, it is. Since I just ran into the above splat, so I just did the
> > minimum change.
> >
> > > 1) /proc/*/cmdline only wants to read 4 values atomically,
> > >      those 4 values are basically random values and aren't
> > >      related to VM part at all (after C/R went in, they are
> > >      settable to arbitrary values)
> > Sorry, I don't get your point here. Could you please elaborate?
> I hoped there is some random spinlock those 4 values could be moved to
> but no.
>
> > > 2) access_remote_vm() et al will do the same ->mmap_sem, and
> > Yes, it does. But, __access_remote_vm() is called by access_process_vm()
> > too, which is used by much more places, i.e. ptrace, so I was not sure
> > if it is preferred to convert to killable version. So, I leave it untouched.
> Yeah, but ->mmap_sem is taken 3 times per /proc/*/cmdline read
> and your scalability tests should trigger next backtrace right away.
>
> > > 3) /proc/*/environ and get_cmdline() do the same.
> > They look suitable to use killable version.

Had a look at get_cmdline() further. It looks it is not necessary to 
convert to killable since it is called mainly by audit_exit(), which is 
called when process or syscall exit, so it might be preferred to wait 
until the mmap_sem is released. So, it sounds pointless to use 
down_read_killable().

Thanks,
Yang

> > BTW, I just realized the code should go to out_free_page instead of
> > out_mmput. Will rectify in newer version once we decide the extra places
> > to use killable version.