Revision 6f6acb00514c10be35529402f36ad7a288f08c2e authored by Michal Hocko on 22 May 2014, 18:54:19 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 23 May 2014, 16:37:29 UTC
Commit 284f39afeaa4 ("mm: memcg: push !mm handling out to page cache charge function") explicitly checks for page cache charges without any mm context (from kernel thread context[1]). This seemed to be the only possible case where memory could be charged without mm context so commit 03583f1a631c ("memcg: remove unnecessary !mm check from try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm()") removed the mm check from get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(). This however caused another NULL ptr dereference during early boot when loopback kernel thread splices to tmpfs as reported by Stephan Kulow: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000360 IP: get_mem_cgroup_from_mm.isra.42+0x2b/0x60 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: btrfs dm_multipath dm_mod scsi_dh multipath raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_tx raid1 raid0 md_mod parport_pc parport nls_utf8 isofs usb_storage iscsi_ibft iscsi_boot_sysfs arc4 ecb fan thermal nfs lockd fscache nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 sg st hid_generic usbhid af_packet sunrpc sr_mod cdrom ata_generic uhci_hcd virtio_net virtio_blk ehci_hcd usbcore ata_piix floppy processor button usb_common virtio_pci virtio_ring virtio edd squashfs loop ppa] CPU: 0 PID: 97 Comm: loop1 Not tainted 3.15.0-rc5-5-default #1 Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin+0x40/0xe0 mem_cgroup_charge_file+0x8b/0xd0 shmem_getpage_gfp+0x66b/0x7b0 shmem_file_splice_read+0x18f/0x430 splice_direct_to_actor+0xa2/0x1c0 do_lo_receive+0x5a/0x60 [loop] loop_thread+0x298/0x720 [loop] kthread+0xc6/0xe0 ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 Also Branimir Maksimovic reported the following oops which is tiggered for the swapcache charge path from the accounting code for kernel threads: CPU: 1 PID: 160 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Tainted: P OE 3.15.0-rc5-core2-custom #159 Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/MAXIMUSV GENE, BIOS 1903 08/19/2013 task: ffff880404e349b0 ti: ffff88040486a000 task.ti: ffff88040486a000 RIP: get_mem_cgroup_from_mm.isra.42+0x2b/0x60 Call Trace: __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin+0x45/0xf0 mem_cgroup_charge_file+0x9c/0xe0 shmem_getpage_gfp+0x62c/0x770 shmem_write_begin+0x38/0x40 generic_perform_write+0xc5/0x1c0 __generic_file_aio_write+0x1d1/0x3f0 generic_file_aio_write+0x4f/0xc0 do_sync_write+0x5a/0x90 do_acct_process+0x4b1/0x550 acct_process+0x6d/0xa0 do_exit+0x827/0xa70 kthread+0xc3/0xf0 This patch fixes the issue by reintroducing mm check into get_mem_cgroup_from_mm. We could do the same trick in __mem_cgroup_try_charge_swapin as we do for the regular page cache path but it is not worth troubles. The check is not that expensive and it is better to have get_mem_cgroup_from_mm more robust. [1] - http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=139463617808941&w=2 Fixes: 03583f1a631c ("memcg: remove unnecessary !mm check from try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm()") Reported-and-tested-by: Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com> Reported-by: Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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freezer.c
/*
* kernel/freezer.c - Function to freeze a process
*
* Originally from kernel/power/process.c
*/
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
/* total number of freezing conditions in effect */
atomic_t system_freezing_cnt = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_freezing_cnt);
/* indicate whether PM freezing is in effect, protected by pm_mutex */
bool pm_freezing;
bool pm_nosig_freezing;
/*
* Temporary export for the deadlock workaround in ata_scsi_hotplug().
* Remove once the hack becomes unnecessary.
*/
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_freezing);
/* protects freezing and frozen transitions */
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(freezer_lock);
/**
* freezing_slow_path - slow path for testing whether a task needs to be frozen
* @p: task to be tested
*
* This function is called by freezing() if system_freezing_cnt isn't zero
* and tests whether @p needs to enter and stay in frozen state. Can be
* called under any context. The freezers are responsible for ensuring the
* target tasks see the updated state.
*/
bool freezing_slow_path(struct task_struct *p)
{
if (p->flags & (PF_NOFREEZE | PF_SUSPEND_TASK))
return false;
if (pm_nosig_freezing || cgroup_freezing(p))
return true;
if (pm_freezing && !(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
return true;
return false;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(freezing_slow_path);
/* Refrigerator is place where frozen processes are stored :-). */
bool __refrigerator(bool check_kthr_stop)
{
/* Hmm, should we be allowed to suspend when there are realtime
processes around? */
bool was_frozen = false;
long save = current->state;
pr_debug("%s entered refrigerator\n", current->comm);
for (;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_lock_irq(&freezer_lock);
current->flags |= PF_FROZEN;
if (!freezing(current) ||
(check_kthr_stop && kthread_should_stop()))
current->flags &= ~PF_FROZEN;
spin_unlock_irq(&freezer_lock);
if (!(current->flags & PF_FROZEN))
break;
was_frozen = true;
schedule();
}
pr_debug("%s left refrigerator\n", current->comm);
/*
* Restore saved task state before returning. The mb'd version
* needs to be used; otherwise, it might silently break
* synchronization which depends on ordered task state change.
*/
set_current_state(save);
return was_frozen;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__refrigerator);
static void fake_signal_wake_up(struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
if (lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
signal_wake_up(p, 0);
unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
}
}
/**
* freeze_task - send a freeze request to given task
* @p: task to send the request to
*
* If @p is freezing, the freeze request is sent either by sending a fake
* signal (if it's not a kernel thread) or waking it up (if it's a kernel
* thread).
*
* RETURNS:
* %false, if @p is not freezing or already frozen; %true, otherwise
*/
bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
/*
* This check can race with freezer_do_not_count, but worst case that
* will result in an extra wakeup being sent to the task. It does not
* race with freezer_count(), the barriers in freezer_count() and
* freezer_should_skip() ensure that either freezer_count() sees
* freezing == true in try_to_freeze() and freezes, or
* freezer_should_skip() sees !PF_FREEZE_SKIP and freezes the task
* normally.
*/
if (freezer_should_skip(p))
return false;
spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
if (!freezing(p) || frozen(p)) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
return false;
}
if (!(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
fake_signal_wake_up(p);
else
wake_up_state(p, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
return true;
}
void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
/*
* Clear freezing and kick @p if FROZEN. Clearing is guaranteed to
* be visible to @p as waking up implies wmb. Waking up inside
* freezer_lock also prevents wakeups from leaking outside
* refrigerator.
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
if (frozen(p))
wake_up_process(p);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
}
/**
* set_freezable - make %current freezable
*
* Mark %current freezable and enter refrigerator if necessary.
*/
bool set_freezable(void)
{
might_sleep();
/*
* Modify flags while holding freezer_lock. This ensures the
* freezer notices that we aren't frozen yet or the freezing
* condition is visible to try_to_freeze() below.
*/
spin_lock_irq(&freezer_lock);
current->flags &= ~PF_NOFREEZE;
spin_unlock_irq(&freezer_lock);
return try_to_freeze();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_freezable);
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