Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/11] Fix a potential infinite loop in RT futex-pi scenarios

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 08:53:25PM -0400, Joe Korty wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 09:46:13PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
> > Commit 73d786bd043e "futex: Rework inconsistent rt_mutex/futex_q state"
> > mentions that it could cause an infinite loop, and will fix it in the later
> > patches:
> > bebe5b514345f09 futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism
> > cfafcd117da0216 futex: Rework futex_lock_pi() to use rt_mutex_*_proxy_lock()
> > 
> > But at the moment they're not backported. In a single-core environment, the
> > probability of triggering is high.
> > 
> > I also backported commit b4abf91047cf ("rtmutex: Make wait_lock irq safe"),
> > it fixes a potential deadlock problem. Although it hasn't actually been
> > triggered in our environment at the moment.
> > 
> > Other patches are used to resolve conflicts or fix problems caused by new
> > patches.
> > 
> > 
> > Anna-Maria Gleixner (1):
> >   rcu: Update documentation of rcu_read_unlock()
> > 
> > Mike Galbraith (1):
> >   futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly
> > 
> > Peter Zijlstra (6):
> >   futex: Cleanup refcounting
> >   futex,rt_mutex: Introduce rt_mutex_init_waiter()
> >   futex: Pull rt_mutex_futex_unlock() out from under hb->lock
> >   futex: Rework futex_lock_pi() to use rt_mutex_*_proxy_lock()
> >   futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism
> >   futex,rt_mutex: Fix rt_mutex_cleanup_proxy_lock()
> > 
> > Thomas Gleixner (3):
> >   futex: Rename free_pi_state() to put_pi_state()
> >   rtmutex: Make wait_lock irq safe
> >   futex: Avoid freeing an active timer
> > 
> >  include/linux/rcupdate.h        |   4 +-
> >  kernel/futex.c                  | 245 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  kernel/locking/rtmutex.c        | 185 +++++++++++++-----------
> >  kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h |   2 +-
> >  4 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> To all concerned,
> 
> I have verified that this series of patches, when applied
> to 4.4.277, passes the futex-unlock-pi replicator I posted
> to lkml on July 19.
> 
>   Subject: [BUG] 4.4.262: infinite loop in futex_unlock_pi (EAGAIN loop)
> 
> Acked-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

Thanks for testing and the series, all now queued up.

I'll go do a -rc release with just this set of patches in it so that
people can test it well.

greg k-h