[PATCH-tip v3] sched: Use kfree_rcu() in do_set_cpus_allowed()
From: Waiman Long
Date: Mon Dec 05 2022 - 11:43:07 EST
Commit 851a723e45d1 ("sched: Always clear user_cpus_ptr in
do_set_cpus_allowed()") may call kfree() if user_cpus_ptr was previously
set. Unfortunately, some of the callers of do_set_cpus_allowed()
may have pi_lock held when calling it. So the following splats may be
printed especially when running with a PREEMPT_RT kernel:
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
To avoid these problems, kfree_rcu() is used instead. An internal
cpumask_rcuhead union is created for the sole purpose of facilitating
the use of kfree_rcu() to free the cpumask.
Fixes: 851a723e45d1 ("sched: Always clear user_cpus_ptr in do_set_cpus_allowed()")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[v3: Fix build problem reported by kernel test robot]
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 57e5932f81a9..155b6cfe119a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2604,9 +2604,19 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
.user_mask = NULL,
.flags = SCA_USER, /* clear the user requested mask */
};
+ union cpumask_rcuhead {
+ cpumask_t cpumask;
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
+ };
__do_set_cpus_allowed(p, &ac);
- kfree(ac.user_mask);
+
+ /*
+ * Because this is called with p->pi_lock held, it is not possible
+ * to use kfree() here (when PREEMPT_RT=y), therefore punt to using
+ * kfree_rcu().
+ */
+ kfree_rcu((union cpumask_rcuhead *)ac.user_mask, rcu);
}
int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src,
@@ -8220,7 +8230,7 @@ long sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *in_mask)
struct affinity_context ac;
struct cpumask *user_mask;
struct task_struct *p;
- int retval;
+ int retval, size;
rcu_read_lock();
@@ -8253,7 +8263,11 @@ long sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *in_mask)
if (retval)
goto out_put_task;
- user_mask = kmalloc(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL);
+ /*
+ * See do_set_cpus_allowed() for the rcu_head usage.
+ */
+ size = max_t(int, cpumask_size(), sizeof(struct rcu_head));
+ user_mask = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!user_mask) {
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto out_put_task;
--
2.31.1