hugetlb: prevent deadlock in __unmap_hugepage_range() when alloc_huge…

…_page() fails

hugetlb_fault() takes the mm->page_table_lock spinlock then calls
hugetlb_cow().  If the alloc_huge_page() in hugetlb_cow() fails due to an
insufficient huge page pool it calls unmap_ref_private() with the
mm->page_table_lock held.  unmap_ref_private() then calls
unmap_hugepage_range() which tries to acquire the mm->page_table_lock.

[<ffffffff810928c3>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x80/0x9f
 [<ffffffff8109280b>] ? check_noncircular+0xb0/0xe8
 [<ffffffff810935e0>] __lock_acquire+0x956/0xc0e
 [<ffffffff81093986>] lock_acquire+0xee/0x12e
 [<ffffffff8111a7a6>] ? unmap_hugepage_range+0x3e/0x84
 [<ffffffff8111a7a6>] ? unmap_hugepage_range+0x3e/0x84
 [<ffffffff814c348d>] _spin_lock+0x40/0x89
 [<ffffffff8111a7a6>] ? unmap_hugepage_range+0x3e/0x84
 [<ffffffff8111afee>] ? alloc_huge_page+0x218/0x318
 [<ffffffff8111a7a6>] unmap_hugepage_range+0x3e/0x84
 [<ffffffff8111b2d0>] hugetlb_cow+0x1e2/0x3f4
 [<ffffffff8111b935>] ? hugetlb_fault+0x453/0x4f6
 [<ffffffff8111b962>] hugetlb_fault+0x480/0x4f6
 [<ffffffff8111baee>] follow_hugetlb_page+0x116/0x2d9
 [<ffffffff814c31a7>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x3a/0x5c
 [<ffffffff81107b4d>] __get_user_pages+0x2a3/0x427
 [<ffffffff81107d0f>] get_user_pages+0x3e/0x54
 [<ffffffff81040b8b>] get_user_pages_fast+0x170/0x1b5
 [<ffffffff81160352>] dio_get_page+0x64/0x14a
 [<ffffffff8116112a>] __blockdev_direct_IO+0x4b7/0xb31
 [<ffffffff8115ef91>] blkdev_direct_IO+0x58/0x6e
 [<ffffffff8115e0a4>] ? blkdev_get_blocks+0x0/0xb8
 [<ffffffff810ed2c5>] generic_file_aio_read+0xdd/0x528
 [<ffffffff81219da3>] ? avc_has_perm+0x66/0x8c
 [<ffffffff81132842>] do_sync_read+0xf5/0x146
 [<ffffffff8107da00>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x5a
 [<ffffffff81211857>] ? security_file_permission+0x24/0x3a
 [<ffffffff81132fd8>] vfs_read+0xb5/0x126
 [<ffffffff81133f6b>] ? fget_light+0x5e/0xf8
 [<ffffffff81133131>] sys_read+0x54/0x8c
 [<ffffffff81011e42>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This can be fixed by dropping the mm->page_table_lock around the call to
unmap_ref_private() if alloc_huge_page() fails, its dropped right below in
the normal path anyway.  However, earlier in the that function, it's also
possible to call into the page allocator with the same spinlock held.

What this patch does is drop the spinlock before the page allocator is
potentially entered.  The check for page allocation failure can be made
without the page_table_lock as well as the copy of the huge page.  Even if
the PTE changed while the spinlock was held, the consequence is that a
huge page is copied unnecessarily.  This resolves both the double taking
of the lock and sleeping with the spinlock held.

[[email protected]: Cover also the case where process can sleep with spinlock]
Signed-off-by: Larry Woodman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Adam Litke <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]>
Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <[email protected]>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
Cc: David Gibson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

mm/hugetlb.c

@@ -2293,6 +2293,9 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		outside_reserve = 1;
 
 	page_cache_get(old_page);
+
+	/* Drop page_table_lock as buddy allocator may be called */
+	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	new_page = alloc_huge_page(vma, address, outside_reserve);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(new_page)) {
@@ -2310,19 +2313,25 @@ static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			if (unmap_ref_private(mm, vma, old_page, address)) {
 				BUG_ON(page_count(old_page) != 1);
 				BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
+				spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 				goto retry_avoidcopy;
 			}
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		}
 
+		/* Caller expects lock to be held */
+		spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 		return -PTR_ERR(new_page);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	copy_huge_page(new_page, old_page, address, vma);
 	__SetPageUptodate(new_page);
-	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Retake the page_table_lock to check for racing updates
+	 * before the page tables are altered
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	ptep = huge_pte_offset(mm, address & huge_page_mask(h));
 	if (likely(pte_same(huge_ptep_get(ptep), pte))) {
 		/* Break COW */