[PATCH 5/8] membarrier, kthread: Use _ONCE accessors for task->mm

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Tue Jun 15 2021 - 23:21:37 EST


membarrier reads cpu_rq(remote cpu)->curr->mm without locking. Use
READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() to remove the data races.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
kernel/kthread.c | 4 ++--
kernel/sched/membarrier.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 18594f11c31f..2e63dea83411 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
local_irq_disable();
active_mm = tsk->active_mm;
tsk->active_mm = mm;
- tsk->mm = mm;
+ WRITE_ONCE(tsk->mm, mm); /* membarrier reads this without locks */
/*
* This prevents preemption while active_mm is being loaded and
* it and mm are being updated, which could cause problems for
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 8275b415acec..4962794e02d5 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
mmgrab(mm);
tsk->active_mm = mm;
}
- tsk->mm = mm;
+ WRITE_ONCE(tsk->mm, mm); /* membarrier reads this without locks */
membarrier_update_current_mm(mm);
switch_mm_irqs_off(active_mm, mm, tsk);
membarrier_finish_switch_mm(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state));
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
smp_mb__after_spinlock();
sync_mm_rss(mm);
local_irq_disable();
- tsk->mm = NULL;
+ WRITE_ONCE(tsk->mm, NULL); /* membarrier reads this without locks */
membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
/* active_mm is still 'mm' */
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 3173b063d358..c32c32a2441e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags, int cpu_id)
goto out;
rcu_read_lock();
p = rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu_id)->curr);
- if (!p || p->mm != mm) {
+ if (!p || READ_ONCE(p->mm) != mm) {
rcu_read_unlock();
goto out;
}
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags, int cpu_id)
struct task_struct *p;

p = rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
- if (p && p->mm == mm)
+ if (p && READ_ONCE(p->mm) == mm)
__cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int sync_runqueues_membarrier_state(struct mm_struct *mm)
struct task_struct *p;

p = rcu_dereference(rq->curr);
- if (p && p->mm == mm)
+ if (p && READ_ONCE(p->mm) == mm)
__cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
--
2.31.1