On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:12:04 -0700 Shakeel Butt <[email protected]> wrote:

> The memcg kmem cache creation and deactivation (SLUB only) is
> asynchronous. If a root kmem cache is destroyed whose memcg cache is in
> the process of creation or deactivation, the kernel may crash.
> 
> Example of one such crash:
>       general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
>       CPU: 1 PID: 1721 Comm: kworker/14:1 Not tainted 4.17.0-smp
>       ...
>       Workqueue: memcg_kmem_cache kmemcg_deactivate_workfn
>       RIP: 0010:has_cpu_slab
>       ...
>       Call Trace:
>       ? on_each_cpu_cond
>       __kmem_cache_shrink
>       kmemcg_cache_deact_after_rcu
>       kmemcg_deactivate_workfn
>       process_one_work
>       worker_thread
>       kthread
>       ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
> 
> To fix this race, on root kmem cache destruction, mark the cache as
> dying and flush the workqueue used for memcg kmem cache creation and
> deactivation.

We have a distinct lack of reviewers and testers on this one.  Please.

Vladimir, v3 replaced the refcounting with workqueue flushing, as you
suggested...


From: Shakeel Butt <[email protected]>
Subject: mm: fix race between kmem_cache destroy, create and deactivate

The memcg kmem cache creation and deactivation (SLUB only) is
asynchronous.  If a root kmem cache is destroyed whose memcg cache is in
the process of creation or deactivation, the kernel may crash.

Example of one such crash:
        general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
        CPU: 1 PID: 1721 Comm: kworker/14:1 Not tainted 4.17.0-smp
        ...
        Workqueue: memcg_kmem_cache kmemcg_deactivate_workfn
        RIP: 0010:has_cpu_slab
        ...
        Call Trace:
        ? on_each_cpu_cond
        __kmem_cache_shrink
        kmemcg_cache_deact_after_rcu
        kmemcg_deactivate_workfn
        process_one_work
        worker_thread
        kthread
        ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40

To fix this race, on root kmem cache destruction, mark the cache as dying
and flush the workqueue used for memcg kmem cache creation and
deactivation.

[[email protected]: add more documentation, rename fields for readability]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[[email protected]: fix build, per Shakeel]
[[email protected]: v3.  Instead of refcount, flush the workqueue]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Shakeel Butt <[email protected]>
Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Thelen <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
Cc: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <[email protected]>
Cc: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

 include/linux/slab.h |    1 +
 mm/slab_common.c     |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN 
include/linux/slab_def.h~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate
 include/linux/slab_def.h
diff -puN 
include/linux/slab.h~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate
 include/linux/slab.h
--- 
a/include/linux/slab.h~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate
+++ a/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ struct memcg_cache_params {
                        struct memcg_cache_array __rcu *memcg_caches;
                        struct list_head __root_caches_node;
                        struct list_head children;
+                       bool dying;
                };
                struct {
                        struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
diff -puN 
include/linux/slub_def.h~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate
 include/linux/slub_def.h
diff -puN 
mm/memcontrol.c~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate 
mm/memcontrol.c
diff -puN 
mm/slab.c~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate mm/slab.c
diff -puN 
mm/slab_common.c~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate 
mm/slab_common.c
--- 
a/mm/slab_common.c~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate
+++ a/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void slab_init_memcg_params(struct kmem_
        s->memcg_params.root_cache = NULL;
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(s->memcg_params.memcg_caches, NULL);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->memcg_params.children);
+       s->memcg_params.dying = false;
 }
 
 static int init_memcg_params(struct kmem_cache *s,
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ void memcg_create_kmem_cache(struct mem_
         * The memory cgroup could have been offlined while the cache
         * creation work was pending.
         */
-       if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE)
+       if (memcg->kmem_state != KMEM_ONLINE || root_cache->memcg_params.dying)
                goto out_unlock;
 
        idx = memcg_cache_id(memcg);
@@ -712,6 +713,9 @@ void slab_deactivate_memcg_cache_rcu_sch
            WARN_ON_ONCE(s->memcg_params.deact_fn))
                return;
 
+       if (s->memcg_params.root_cache->memcg_params.dying)
+               return;
+
        /* pin memcg so that @s doesn't get destroyed in the middle */
        css_get(&s->memcg_params.memcg->css);
 
@@ -823,11 +827,24 @@ static int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct
                return -EBUSY;
        return 0;
 }
+
+static void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+       mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+       s->memcg_params.dying = true;
+       mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+
+       flush_workqueue(memcg_kmem_cache_wq);
+}
 #else
 static inline int shutdown_memcg_caches(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
        return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void flush_memcg_workqueue(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG && !CONFIG_SLOB */
 
 void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -845,6 +862,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cach
        if (unlikely(!s))
                return;
 
+       flush_memcg_workqueue(s);
+
        get_online_cpus();
        get_online_mems();
 
diff -puN 
mm/slab.h~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate mm/slab.h
diff -puN 
mm/slub.c~mm-fix-race-between-kmem_cache-destroy-create-and-deactivate mm/slub.c
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