[PATCH] uacce: fix concurrency of fops_open and uacce_remove

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Jun 21 17:44:11 AEST 2022


On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 03:37:31PM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2022/6/20 下午9:36, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 02:05:21PM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
> > > > > The refcount only ensures that the uacce_device object is not freed as
> > > > > long as there are open fds. But uacce_remove() can run while there are
> > > > > open fds, or fds in the process of being opened. And atfer uacce_remove()
> > > > > runs, the uacce_device object still exists but is mostly unusable. For
> > > > > example once the module is freed, uacce->ops is not valid anymore. But
> > > > > currently uacce_fops_open() may dereference the ops in this case:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	uacce_fops_open()
> > > > > 	 if (!uacce->parent->driver)
> > > > > 	 /* Still valid, keep going */		
> > > > > 	 ...					rmmod
> > > > > 						 uacce_remove()
> > > > > 	 ...					 free_module()
> > > > > 	 uacce->ops->get_queue() /* BUG */
> > > > uacce_remove should wait for uacce->queues_lock, until fops_open release the
> > > > lock.
> > > > If open happen just after the uacce_remove: unlock, uacce_bind_queue in open
> > > > should fail.
> > > Ah yes sorry, I lost sight of what this patch was adding. But we could
> > > have the same issue with the patch, just in a different order, no?
> > > 
> > > 	uacce_fops_open()
> > > 	 uacce = xa_load()
> > > 	 ...					rmmod
> > Um, how is rmmod called if the file descriptor is open?
> > 
> > That should not be possible if the owner of the file descriptor is
> > properly set.  Please fix that up.
> Thanks Greg
> 
> Set cdev owner or use module_get/put can block rmmod once fops_open.
> -       uacce->cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> +       uacce->cdev->owner = uacce->parent->driver->owner;
> 
> However, still not find good method to block removing parent pci device.
> 
> $ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/remove &
> 
> [   32.563350]  uacce_remove+0x6c/0x148
> [   32.563353]  hisi_qm_uninit+0x12c/0x178
> [   32.563356]  hisi_zip_remove+0xa0/0xd0 [hisi_zip]
> [   32.563361]  pci_device_remove+0x44/0xd8
> [   32.563364]  device_remove+0x54/0x88
> [   32.563367]  device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x1a0
> [   32.563370]  device_release_driver+0x20/0x30
> [   32.563372]  pci_stop_bus_device+0x8c/0xe0
> [   32.563375]  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x28/0x60
> [   32.563378]  remove_store+0x9c/0xb0
> [   32.563379]  dev_attr_store+0x20/0x38

Removing the parent pci device does not remove the module code, it
removes the device itself.  Don't confuse code vs. data here.

thanks,

greg k-h


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