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From: Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@nutanix.com>
To: paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, audit@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@nutanix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] audit: refactor and fix for potential deadlock
Date: Mon,  8 May 2023 07:58:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230508075812.76077-1-eiichi.tsukata@nutanix.com> (raw)

Commit 7ffb8e317bae ("audit: we don't need to
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING)") accidentally moved queue full check
before add_wait_queue_exclusive() which introduced the following race:

    CPU1                           CPU2
  ========                       ========
  (in audit_log_start())         (in kauditd_thread())

  queue is full
                                 wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait)
                                 wait_event_freezable()
  add_wait_queue_exclusive()
  ...
  schedule_timeout()

Once this happens, both audit_log_start() and kauditd_thread() can cause
deadlock for up to backlog_wait_time waiting for each other. To prevent
the race, this patch adds queue full check after
prepare_to_wait_exclusive().

This patchset consists of the following parts:

Patch 1-3: Refactorings and a small fix preferable for deadlock fix
Patch 4: Actual deadlock fix

Eiichi Tsukata (4):
  audit: refactor queue full checks
  audit: account backlog waiting time in audit_receive()
  audit: convert DECLARE_WAITQUEUE to DEFINE_WAIT
  audit: check if queue is full after prepare_to_wait_exclusive()

 kernel/audit.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

-- 
2.40.0


             reply	other threads:[~2023-05-08  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-08  7:58 Eiichi Tsukata [this message]
2023-05-08  7:58 ` [PATCH 1/4] audit: refactor queue full checks Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-10  6:54   ` Rinat Gadelshin
2023-05-10  7:17     ` Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-10  7:28       ` Rinat Gadelshin
2023-05-08  7:58 ` [PATCH 2/4] audit: account backlog waiting time in audit_receive() Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-08  7:58 ` [PATCH 3/4] audit: convert DECLARE_WAITQUEUE to DEFINE_WAIT Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-08  7:58 ` [PATCH 4/4] audit: check if queue is full after prepare_to_wait_exclusive() Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-08 17:13   ` kernel test robot
2023-05-09  1:44     ` Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-08 14:07 ` [PATCH 0/4] audit: refactor and fix for potential deadlock Paul Moore
2023-05-09  1:34   ` Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-10  8:09     ` Eiichi Tsukata
2023-05-17 16:15       ` Paul Moore
2023-05-17 16:03     ` Paul Moore

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