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SubjectStrong kernel lock with linux-2.5.59 : futex in Huge Pages
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Hello

I found a way to lock a linux-2.5.59 in all cases, in using futexes landing
in a HugeTLB page.

You need to be root to be able to obtain HugePages (or CAP_IPC_LOCK
capability)

I suspect that the kernel/futex.c:__pin_page(unsigned long addr) or
mm/memory.c:follow_page() are not HugeTLB page aware.

How you can reproduce it. (dont do it of course, unless you really want to
debug the thing)

# grep TLB .config
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE=y
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y

# mount -t hugetlbfs none /huge
# echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
# ./prog
Before futex() call
*********** HANG *********

# cat prog.c

#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#ifndef __NR_futex
#define __NR_futex 240
#endif
_syscall4(int, futex, unsigned long, uaddr, int, op, int, val, struct
timespec *,utime)
res = futex((unsigned long)ptr, /*FUTEX_WAIT*/0, 3, 0) ;

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int res ;
int fd = open("/huge/futex_bug", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644) ;
char *ptr ;
if (fd == -1) { perror("/huge/futex_bug") ; exit(1);}
ptr = mmap(0x30000000, 4*1024*1024, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd,
0) ;
if (ptr == -1) { perror("mmap") ; exit(1);}
*(int *)ptr = 2 ; /* init the futex with value 2 */
printf("Before futex() call\n") ;
res = futex((unsigned long)ptr, /*FUTEX_WAIT*/0, 3, 0) ;
printf("futex->%d errno=%d\n", res, errno) ;
}

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 801.570
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1585.15


Thanks

Eric Dumazet

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