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Subject[PATCH v2 2/2] workqueue: ignore dead tasks in a workqueue sleep hook
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If panic_on_oops is not set and oops happens inside workqueue kthread,
kernel kills this kthread. Current patch fixes recursive GPF which
happens when wq_worker_sleeping() function unconditionally accesses
the NULL kthread->vfork_done ptr trhu kthread_data() -> to_kthread().

The stack is the following:

[<ffffffff81397f75>] dump_stack+0x68/0x93
[<ffffffff8106954b>] ? do_exit+0x7ab/0xc10
[<ffffffff8108fd73>] __schedule_bug+0x83/0xe0
[<ffffffff81716d5a>] __schedule+0x7ea/0xba0
[<ffffffff810c864f>] ? vprintk_default+0x1f/0x30
[<ffffffff8116a63c>] ? printk+0x48/0x50
[<ffffffff81717150>] schedule+0x40/0x90
[<ffffffff8106976a>] do_exit+0x9ca/0xc10
[<ffffffff810c8e3d>] ? kmsg_dump+0x11d/0x190
[<ffffffff810c8d37>] ? kmsg_dump+0x17/0x190
[<ffffffff81021ee9>] oops_end+0x99/0xd0
[<ffffffff81052da5>] no_context+0x185/0x3e0
[<ffffffff81053083>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x83/0x1c0
[<ffffffff810c820e>] ? vprintk_emit+0x25e/0x530
[<ffffffff810531d4>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x14/0x20
[<ffffffff8105355c>] __do_page_fault+0xac/0x570
[<ffffffff810c66fe>] ? console_trylock+0x1e/0xe0
[<ffffffff81002036>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_thunk+0x1a/0x1c
[<ffffffff81053a2c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10
[<ffffffff8171f812>] page_fault+0x22/0x30
[<ffffffff81089bc3>] ? kthread_data+0x33/0x40
[<ffffffff8108427e>] ? wq_worker_sleeping+0xe/0x80
[<ffffffff817169eb>] __schedule+0x47b/0xba0
[<ffffffff81717150>] schedule+0x40/0x90
[<ffffffff8106957d>] do_exit+0x7dd/0xc10
[<ffffffff81021ee9>] oops_end+0x99/0xd0

kthread->vfork_done is zeroed out on the following path:

do_exit()
exit_mm()
mm_release()
complete_vfork_done()

In order to fix a bug dead tasks must be ignored.

Signed-off-by: Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@profitbricks.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
v2:
o put a task->state check directly into a wq_worker_sleeping() function
instead of changing the __schedule().

kernel/workqueue.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 9dc7ac5..b19dcb6 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -875,9 +875,31 @@ void wq_worker_waking_up(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
*/
struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task)
{
- struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task), *to_wakeup = NULL;
+ struct worker *worker, *to_wakeup = NULL;
struct worker_pool *pool;

+
+ if (task->state == TASK_DEAD)
+ /* Here we try to catch the following path before
+ * accessing NULL kthread->vfork_done ptr thru
+ * kthread_data():
+ *
+ * oops_end()
+ * do_exit()
+ * schedule()
+ *
+ * If panic_on_oops is not set and oops happens on
+ * a workqueue execution path, thread will be killed.
+ * That is definitly sad, but not to make the situation
+ * even worse we have to ignore dead tasks in order not
+ * to step on zeroed out members (e.g. t->vfork_done is
+ * already NULL on that path, since we were called by
+ * do_exit())).
+ */
+ return NULL;
+
+ worker = kthread_data(task);
+
/*
* Rescuers, which may not have all the fields set up like normal
* workers, also reach here, let's not access anything before
--
2.9.3
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