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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc3] Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid().
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 01:08:19AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> find_task_by_vpid() says "Must be called under rcu_read_lock().". But due to
> commit 3120438 "rcu: Disable lockdep checking in RCU list-traversal primitives",
> we are currently unable to catch "find_task_by_vpid() with tasklist_lock held
> but RCU lock not held" errors.
>
> ===================================================
> [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> ---------------------------------------------------
> kernel/pid.c:386 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
>
> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> 1 lock held by rc.sysinit/1102:
> #0: (tasklist_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<c1048340>] sys_setpgid+0x40/0x160
>
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 1102, comm: rc.sysinit Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3-dirty #1
> Call Trace:
> [<c105e714>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x94/0xb0
> [<c104b4cd>] find_task_by_pid_ns+0x6d/0x70
> [<c104b4e8>] find_task_by_vpid+0x18/0x20
> [<c1048347>] sys_setpgid+0x47/0x160
> [<c1002b50>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x36
>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index e9fd8c1..a257471 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
> */
> struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
> {
> +#ifdef __do_rcu_dereference_check
> + __do_rcu_dereference_check(rcu_read_lock_held());
> +#endif

How about the following?

WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());

> return pid_task(find_pid_ns(nr, ns), PIDTYPE_PID);
> }
>


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