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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-09-01 09:14:56 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-09-01 09:14:56 -0700
commitd330076e1d4b0cbaec477e1214f6f8df27da2bb8 (patch)
treef13147b38a934b5af5417e6b01b13db6d5dcad50 /mm
parent2880e1a175b9f31798f9d9482ee49187f61b5539 (diff)
parent0495e337b7039191dfce6e03f5f830454b1fae6b (diff)
Merge tag 'slab-for-6.0-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
Pull slab fix from Vlastimil Babka: - A fix from Waiman Long to avoid a theoretical deadlock reported by lockdep. * tag 'slab-for-6.0-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab: mm/slab_common: Deleting kobject in kmem_cache_destroy() without holding slab_mutex/cpu_hotplug_lock
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/slab_common.c45
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 17996649cfe3..07b948288f84 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -392,6 +392,28 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
+#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
+/*
+ * For a given kmem_cache, kmem_cache_destroy() should only be called
+ * once or there will be a use-after-free problem. The actual deletion
+ * and release of the kobject does not need slab_mutex or cpu_hotplug_lock
+ * protection. So they are now done without holding those locks.
+ *
+ * Note that there will be a slight delay in the deletion of sysfs files
+ * if kmem_cache_release() is called indrectly from a work function.
+ */
+static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+ sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
+ sysfs_slab_release(s);
+}
+#else
+static void kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+ slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
+}
+#endif
+
static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
{
LIST_HEAD(to_destroy);
@@ -418,11 +440,7 @@ static void slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
list_for_each_entry_safe(s, s2, &to_destroy, list) {
debugfs_slab_release(s);
kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
- sysfs_slab_release(s);
-#else
- slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
-#endif
+ kmem_cache_release(s);
}
}
@@ -437,20 +455,11 @@ static int shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s)
list_del(&s->list);
if (s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) {
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
- sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
-#endif
list_add_tail(&s->list, &slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy);
schedule_work(&slab_caches_to_rcu_destroy_work);
} else {
kfence_shutdown_cache(s);
debugfs_slab_release(s);
-#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
- sysfs_slab_unlink(s);
- sysfs_slab_release(s);
-#else
- slab_kmem_cache_release(s);
-#endif
}
return 0;
@@ -465,14 +474,16 @@ void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s)
void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
{
+ int refcnt;
+
if (unlikely(!s) || !kasan_check_byte(s))
return;
cpus_read_lock();
mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
- s->refcount--;
- if (s->refcount)
+ refcnt = --s->refcount;
+ if (refcnt)
goto out_unlock;
WARN(shutdown_cache(s),
@@ -481,6 +492,8 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
cpus_read_unlock();
+ if (!refcnt && !(s->flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU))
+ kmem_cache_release(s);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);