[PATCH] powerpc/qspinlock: Fix deadlock in MCS queue

Nysal Jan K.A. nysal at linux.ibm.com
Mon Aug 26 18:12:48 AEST 2024


If an interrupt occurs in queued_spin_lock_slowpath() after we increment
qnodesp->count and before node->lock is initialized, another CPU might
see stale lock values in get_tail_qnode(). If the stale lock value happens
to match the lock on that CPU, then we write to the "next" pointer of
the wrong qnode. This causes a deadlock as the former CPU, once it becomes
the head of the MCS queue, will spin indefinitely until it's "next" pointer
is set by its successor in the queue. This results in lockups similar to
the following.

   watchdog: CPU 15 Hard LOCKUP
   ......
   NIP [c0000000000b78f4] queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1184/0x1490
   LR [c000000001037c5c] _raw_spin_lock+0x6c/0x90
   Call Trace:
    0xc000002cfffa3bf0 (unreliable)
    _raw_spin_lock+0x6c/0x90
    raw_spin_rq_lock_nested.part.135+0x4c/0xd0
    sched_ttwu_pending+0x60/0x1f0
    __flush_smp_call_function_queue+0x1dc/0x670
    smp_ipi_demux_relaxed+0xa4/0x100
    xive_muxed_ipi_action+0x20/0x40
    __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x80/0x240
    handle_irq_event_percpu+0x2c/0x80
    handle_percpu_irq+0x84/0xd0
    generic_handle_irq+0x54/0x80
    __do_irq+0xac/0x210
    __do_IRQ+0x74/0xd0
    0x0
    do_IRQ+0x8c/0x170
    hardware_interrupt_common_virt+0x29c/0x2a0
   --- interrupt: 500 at queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x4b8/0x1490
   ......
   NIP [c0000000000b6c28] queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x4b8/0x1490
   LR [c000000001037c5c] _raw_spin_lock+0x6c/0x90
   --- interrupt: 500
    0xc0000029c1a41d00 (unreliable)
    _raw_spin_lock+0x6c/0x90
    futex_wake+0x100/0x260
    do_futex+0x21c/0x2a0
    sys_futex+0x98/0x270
    system_call_exception+0x14c/0x2f0
    system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec

The following code flow illustrates how the deadlock occurs:

        CPU0                                   CPU1
        ----                                   ----
  spin_lock_irqsave(A)                          |
  spin_unlock_irqrestore(A)                     |
    spin_lock(B)                                |
         |                                      |
         ▼                                      |
   id = qnodesp->count++;                       |
  (Note that nodes[0].lock == A)                |
         |                                      |
         ▼                                      |
      Interrupt                                 |
  (happens before "nodes[0].lock = B")          |
         |                                      |
         ▼                                      |
  spin_lock_irqsave(A)                          |
         |                                      |
         ▼                                      |
   id = qnodesp->count++                        |
   nodes[1].lock = A                            |
         |                                      |
         ▼                                      |
  Tail of MCS queue                             |
         |                             spin_lock_irqsave(A)
         ▼                                      |
  Head of MCS queue                             ▼
         |                             CPU0 is previous tail
         ▼                                      |
   Spin indefinitely                            ▼
  (until "nodes[1].next != NULL")      prev = get_tail_qnode(A, CPU0)
                                                |
                                                ▼
                                       prev == &qnodes[CPU0].nodes[0]
                                     (as qnodes[CPU0].nodes[0].lock == A)
                                                |
                                                ▼
                                       WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, node)
                                                |
                                                ▼
                                        Spin indefinitely
                                     (until nodes[0].locked == 1)

Thanks to Saket Kumar Bhaskar for help with recreating the issue

Fixes: 84990b169557 ("powerpc/qspinlock: add mcs queueing for contended waiters")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v6.2+
Reported-by: Geetika Moolchandani <geetika at linux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Vaishnavi Bhat <vaish123 at in.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Jijo Varghese <vargjijo at in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nysal Jan K.A. <nysal at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
index 5de4dd549f6e..59861c665cef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
@@ -697,6 +697,12 @@ static __always_inline void queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(struct qspinlock *lock, b
 	}
 
 release:
+	/*
+	 * Clear the lock, as another CPU might see stale values if an
+	 * interrupt occurs after we increment qnodesp->count but before
+	 * node->lock is initialized
+	 */
+	node->lock = NULL;
 	qnodesp->count--; /* release the node */
 }
 
-- 
2.46.0



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