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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kmmio/mmiotrace: fix double free of kmmio_fault_pages
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:49:42 +0200
Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> wrote:

> After every iounmap mmiotrace has to free kmmio_fault_pages, but
> it can't do it directly, so it defers freeing by RCU.
>
> It usually works, but when mmiotraced code calls ioremap-iounmap
> multiple times without sleeping between (so RCU won't kick in and
> start freeing) it can be given the same virtual address, so at
> every iounmap mmiotrace will schedule the same pages for release.
> Obviously it will explode on second free.
>
> Fix it by marking kmmio_fault_pages which are scheduled for
> release and not adding them second time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> Cc: Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>
> Cc: Stuart Bennett <stuart@freedesktop.org>

Excellent work! Unfortunately I cannot review this patch
right now, I am sick. The description sounds good, though,
and I have no objections.


Thank you very much!

> ---
> arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
> 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c b/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
> index 5d0e67f..e5d5e2c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/kmmio.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct kmmio_fault_page {
> * Protected by kmmio_lock, when linked into
> kmmio_page_table. */
> int count;
> +
> + bool scheduled_for_release;
> };
>
> struct kmmio_delayed_release {
> @@ -398,8 +400,11 @@ static void
> release_kmmio_fault_page(unsigned long page, BUG_ON(f->count < 0);
> if (!f->count) {
> disarm_kmmio_fault_page(f);
> - f->release_next = *release_list;
> - *release_list = f;
> + if (!f->scheduled_for_release) {
> + f->release_next = *release_list;
> + *release_list = f;
> + f->scheduled_for_release = true;
> + }
> }
> }
>
> @@ -471,8 +476,10 @@ static void remove_kmmio_fault_pages(struct
> rcu_head *head) prevp = &f->release_next;
> } else {
> *prevp = f->release_next;
> + f->release_next = NULL;
> + f->scheduled_for_release = false;
> }
> - f = f->release_next;
> + f = *prevp;
> }
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kmmio_lock, flags);
>
> @@ -510,6 +517,9 @@ void unregister_kmmio_probe(struct
> kmmio_probe *p) kmmio_count--;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kmmio_lock, flags);
>
> + if (!release_list)
> + return;
> +
> drelease = kmalloc(sizeof(*drelease), GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (!drelease) {
> pr_crit("leaking kmmio_fault_page objects.\n");
> --
> 1.7.1
>
>


--
Pekka Paalanen
http://www.iki.fi/pq/


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