Re: [PATCH v2] binder: Don't use mmput() from shrinker function.

[Todd Kjos]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 8:18 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri 17-07-20 00:12:15, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > syzbot is reporting that mmput() from shrinker function has a risk of
> > deadlock [1], for delayed_uprobe_add() from update_ref_ctr() calls
> > kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) with delayed_uprobe_lock held, and
> > uprobe_clear_state() from __mmput() also holds delayed_uprobe_lock.
> >
> > Commit a1b2289cef92ef0e ("android: binder: drop lru lock in isolate
> > callback") replaced mmput() with mmput_async() in order to avoid sleeping
> > with spinlock held. But this patch replaces mmput() with mmput_async() in
> > order not to start __mmput() from shrinker context.
> >
> > [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bc9e7303f537c41b2b0cc2dfcea3fc42964c2d45
> >
> > Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+1068f09c44d151250c33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+e5344baa319c9a96edec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Thanks!
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> > index 42c672f1584e..cbe6aa77d50d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> > @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
> >               trace_binder_unmap_user_end(alloc, index);
> >       }
> >       mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> > -     mmput(mm);
> > +     mmput_async(mm);
> >
> >       trace_binder_unmap_kernel_start(alloc, index);
> >
> > --
> > 2.18.4
>
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs