Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: Fix switched_from_dl

[Juri Lelli]

On 01/08/18 23:19, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:29:48 +0200
> Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Mark noticed that syzkaller is able to reliably trigger the following
> > 
> >   dl_rq->running_bw > dl_rq->this_bw
> >   WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 153 at kernel/sched/deadline.c:124 switched_from_dl+0x454/0x608
> >   Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
> > 
> >   CPU: 1 PID: 153 Comm: syz-executor253 Not tainted 4.18.0-rc3+ #29
> >   Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> >   Call trace:
> >    dump_backtrace+0x0/0x458
> >    show_stack+0x20/0x30
> >    dump_stack+0x180/0x250
> >    panic+0x2dc/0x4ec
> >    __warn_printk+0x0/0x150
> >    report_bug+0x228/0x2d8
> >    bug_handler+0xa0/0x1a0
> >    brk_handler+0x2f0/0x568
> >    do_debug_exception+0x1bc/0x5d0
> >    el1_dbg+0x18/0x78
> >    switched_from_dl+0x454/0x608
> >    __sched_setscheduler+0x8cc/0x2018
> >    sys_sched_setattr+0x340/0x758
> >    el0_svc_naked+0x30/0x34
> > 
> > syzkaller reproducer runs a bunch of threads that constantly switch
> > between DEADLINE and NORMAL classes while interacting through futexes.
> > 
> > The splat above is caused by the fact that if a DEADLINE task is setattr
> > back to NORMAL while in non_contending state (blocked on a futex -
> > inactive timer armed), its contribution to running_bw is not removed
> > before sub_rq_bw() gets called (!task_on_rq_queued() branch) and the
> > latter sees running_bw > this_bw.
> > 
> > Fix it by removing a task contribution from running_bw if the task is
> > not queued and in non_contending state while switched to a different
> > class.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/sched/deadline.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > index fbfc3f1d368a..10c7b51c0d1f 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > @@ -2290,8 +2290,17 @@ static void switched_from_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
> >  	if (task_on_rq_queued(p) && p->dl.dl_runtime)
> >  		task_non_contending(p);
> >  
> > -	if (!task_on_rq_queued(p))
> > +	if (!task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Inactive timer is armed. However, p is leaving DEADLINE and
> > +		 * might migrate away from this rq while continuing to run on
> > +		 * some other class. We need to remove its contribution from
> > +		 * this rq running_bw now, or sub_rq_bw (below) will complain.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (p->dl.dl_non_contending)
> > +			sub_running_bw(&p->dl, &rq->dl);
> >  		sub_rq_bw(&p->dl, &rq->dl);
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * We cannot use inactive_task_timer() to invoke sub_running_bw()
> 
> Looking at this code:
> 
> 	if (!task_on_rq_queued(p)) {
> 		/*
> 		 * Inactive timer is armed. However, p is leaving DEADLINE and
> 		 * might migrate away from this rq while continuing to run on
> 		 * some other class. We need to remove its contribution from
> 		 * this rq running_bw now, or sub_rq_bw (below) will complain.
> 		 */
> 		if (p->dl.dl_non_contending)
> 			sub_running_bw(&p->dl, &rq->dl);
> 		sub_rq_bw(&p->dl, &rq->dl);
> 	}
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * We cannot use inactive_task_timer() to invoke sub_running_bw()
> 	 * at the 0-lag time, because the task could have been migrated
> 	 * while SCHED_OTHER in the meanwhile.
> 	 */
> 	if (p->dl.dl_non_contending)
> 		p->dl.dl_non_contending = 0;
> 
> Question. Is the "dl_non_contending" only able to be set
> if !task_on_rq_queued(p) is true? In that case, we could just clear it
> in the first if block.

Code right before the if block does

	if (task_on_rq_queued(p) && p->dl.dl_runtime)
		task_non_contending(p);

So we can end up with dl_non_contending being set even if task_on_rq_
queued(p) is true.

> If it's not true, I would think the subtraction
> is needed regardless.

And if we do sub_running_bw unconditionally we might end up subtracting
twice if inactive timer fired (resetting dl_non_contending) before we
end up here, no?

Thanks,

- Juri