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Frederic Barrat c1edd3b19f cxl: Fix possible deadlock when processing page faults from cxllib 
commit ad7b4e8022 upstream.

cxllib_handle_fault() is called by an external driver when it needs to
have the host resolve page faults for a buffer. The buffer can cover
several pages and VMAs. The function iterates over all the pages used
by the buffer, based on the page size of the VMA.

To ensure some stability while processing the faults, the thread T1
grabs the mm->mmap_sem semaphore with read access (R1). However, when
processing a page fault for a single page, one of the underlying
functions, copro_handle_mm_fault(), also grabs the same semaphore with
read access (R2). So the thread T1 takes the semaphore twice.

If another thread T2 tries to access the semaphore in write mode W1
(say, because it wants to allocate memory and calls 'brk'), then that
thread T2 will have to wait because there's a reader (R1). If the
thread T1 is processing a new page at that time, it won't get an
automatic grant at R2, because there's now a writer thread
waiting (T2). And we have a deadlock.

The timeline is:
1. thread T1 owns the semaphore with read access R1
2. thread T2 requests write access W1 and waits
3. thread T1 requests read access R2 and waits

The fix is for the thread T1 to release the semaphore R1 once it got
the information it needs from the current VMA. The address space/VMAs
could evolve while T1 iterates over the full buffer, but in the
unlikely case where T1 misses a page, the external driver will raise a
new page fault when retrying the memory access.

Fixes: 3ced8d7300 ("cxl: Export library to support IBM XSL")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.13+
Signed-off-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2018-04-24 09:36:32 +02:00
arch powerpc/powernv: Fix OPAL NVRAM driver OPAL_BUSY loops 2018-04-24 09:36:28 +02:00
block blk-mq: don't keep offline CPUs mapped to hctx 0 2018-04-19 08:56:20 +02:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto crypto: aes-generic - build with -Os on gcc-7+ 2018-04-12 12:32:20 +02:00
Documentation serial: 8250: Add Nuvoton NPCM UART 2018-04-08 14:26:30 +02:00
drivers cxl: Fix possible deadlock when processing page faults from cxllib 2018-04-24 09:36:32 +02:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs ext4: add extra checks to ext4_xattr_block_get() 2018-04-24 09:36:31 +02:00
include block: use 32-bit blk_status_t on Alpha 2018-04-24 09:36:29 +02:00
init kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2018-02-22 15:42:23 +01:00
ipc ipc/shm: fix use-after-free of shm file via remap_file_pages() 2018-04-24 09:36:23 +02:00
kernel resource: fix integer overflow at reallocation 2018-04-24 09:36:22 +02:00
lib lib: fix stall in __bitmap_parselist() 2018-04-19 08:56:20 +02:00
mm mm, slab: reschedule cache_reap() on the same CPU 2018-04-24 09:36:23 +02:00
net sunrpc: remove incorrect HMAC request initialization 2018-04-19 08:56:20 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: adjust rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK for xdp1 2017-12-20 10:10:31 +01:00
scripts kbuild: fix linker feature test macros when cross compiling with Clang 2018-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
security apparmor: fix resource audit messages when auditing peer 2018-04-19 08:56:18 +02:00
sound ALSA: pcm: Fix UAF at PCM release via PCM timer access 2018-04-24 09:36:31 +02:00
tools perf intel-pt: Fix timestamp following overflow 2018-04-19 08:56:17 +02:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix potential overrun in vgic_copy_lpi_list 2018-04-24 09:36:23 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: rpm-pkg: keep spec file until make mrproper 2018-02-13 10:19:46 +01:00
.mailmap .mailmap: Add Maciej W. Rozycki's Imagination e-mail address 2017-11-10 12:16:15 -08:00
COPYING [PATCH] update FSF address in COPYING 2005-09-10 10:06:29 -07:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS dt-bindings: Document mti,mips-cpc binding 2018-03-15 10:54:35 +01:00
Makefile Linux 4.14.35 2018-04-19 08:56:21 +02:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.