x86 mmiotrace: fix race with release_kmmio_fault_page()
authorPekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:44:15 +0000 (21:44 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:20:37 +0000 (10:20 +0100)
There was a theoretical possibility to a race between arming a page in
post_kmmio_handler() and disarming the page in
release_kmmio_fault_page():

cpu0                             cpu1
------------------------------------------------------------------
mmiotrace shutdown
enter release_kmmio_fault_page
                                 fault on the page
                                 disarm the page
disarm the page
                                 handle the MMIO access
                                 re-arm the page
put the page on release list
remove_kmmio_fault_pages()
                                 fault on the page
                                 page not known to mmiotrace
                                 fall back to do_page_fault()
                                 *KABOOM*

(This scenario also shows the double disarm case which is allowed.)

Fixed by acquiring kmmio_lock in post_kmmio_handler() and checking
if the page is being released from mmiotrace.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>
Cc: Stuart Bennett <stuart@freedesktop.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c

index 4c66bd3a240d93f9d4436187e014cea7a63b2428..9f205030d9aac6a6dbdb6f620b47fcba8b4acb2f 100644 (file)
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ struct kmmio_fault_page {
        /*
         * Number of times this page has been registered as a part
         * of a probe. If zero, page is disarmed and this may be freed.
-        * Used only by writers (RCU).
+        * Used only by writers (RCU) and post_kmmio_handler().
+        * Protected by kmmio_lock, when linked into kmmio_page_table.
         */
        int count;
 };
@@ -317,7 +318,11 @@ static int post_kmmio_handler(unsigned long condition, struct pt_regs *regs)
        if (ctx->probe && ctx->probe->post_handler)
                ctx->probe->post_handler(ctx->probe, condition, regs);
 
-       arm_kmmio_fault_page(ctx->fpage);
+       /* Prevent racing against release_kmmio_fault_page(). */
+       spin_lock(&kmmio_lock);
+       if (ctx->fpage->count)
+               arm_kmmio_fault_page(ctx->fpage);
+       spin_unlock(&kmmio_lock);
 
        regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
        regs->flags |= ctx->saved_flags;