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uprobes: Kill uprobes_mutex[]

PATCH In review Oleg Nesterov 3 participants 11 messages Nov 25, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013

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Oleg Nesterov

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#0 lore raw

cover uprobes: Kill uprobes_mutex[]

Hello.

On top of "[PATCH 0/4] uprobes: locking changes for filtering"

No functional changes. But uprobes_mutex[] must die imho. And alloc_uprobe() should be separated from __register.

Oleg.

author maintainer
#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/3 uprobes: Kill uprobe_events, use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead

uprobe_events counts the number of uprobes in uprobes_tree but it is used as a boolean. We can use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead.

Probably no_uprobe_events() added by this patch can have more callers, say, mmf_recalc_uprobes().

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   19 +++++++------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +7 -12
index 1e047f8..53dc2eb 100644
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 #define MAX_UPROBE_XOL_SLOTS		UINSNS_PER_PAGE
 
 static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
+/*
+ * allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe events active
+ * at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is better?
+ */
+#define no_uprobe_events()	RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&uprobes_tree)
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
@@ -74,13 +79,6 @@ static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 
 static struct percpu_rw_semaphore dup_mmap_sem;
 
-/*
- * uprobe_events allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe
- * events active at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is
- * better?
- */
-static atomic_t uprobe_events = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
 /* Have a copy of original instruction */
 #define UPROBE_COPY_INSN	0
 /* Can skip singlestep */
@@ -460,8 +458,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 		kfree(uprobe);
 		uprobe = cur_uprobe;
 		iput(inode);
-	} else {
-		atomic_inc(&uprobe_events);
 	}
 
 	return uprobe;
@@ -685,7 +681,6 @@ static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
-	atomic_dec(&uprobe_events);
 }
 
 struct map_info {
@@ -975,7 +970,7 @@ int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct uprobe *uprobe, *u;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, true))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, true))
 		return 0;
 
 	inode = vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -1021,7 +1016,7 @@ vma_has_uprobes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long e
  */
 void uprobe_munmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, false))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, false))
 		return;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users)) /* called by mmput() ? */
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#2 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/3] uprobes: Kill uprobe_events, use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead

Quoted 3 lines · Oleg Nesterov

uprobe_events counts the number of uprobes in uprobes_tree but it is used as a boolean. We can use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead.

Nice idea.

Quoted 5 lines

Probably no_uprobe_events() added by this patch can have more callers, say, mmf_recalc_uprobes().

---

Quoted 71 lines
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   19 +++++++------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +7 -12
index 1e047f8..53dc2eb 100644
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 #define MAX_UPROBE_XOL_SLOTS		UINSNS_PER_PAGE
 
 static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
+/*
+ * allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe events active
+ * at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is better?
+ */
+#define no_uprobe_events()	RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&uprobes_tree)
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
@@ -74,13 +79,6 @@ static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 
 static struct percpu_rw_semaphore dup_mmap_sem;
 
-/*
- * uprobe_events allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe
- * events active at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is
- * better?
- */
-static atomic_t uprobe_events = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
 /* Have a copy of original instruction */
 #define UPROBE_COPY_INSN	0
 /* Can skip singlestep */
@@ -460,8 +458,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 		kfree(uprobe);
 		uprobe = cur_uprobe;
 		iput(inode);
-	} else {
-		atomic_inc(&uprobe_events);
 	}
 
 	return uprobe;
@@ -685,7 +681,6 @@ static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
-	atomic_dec(&uprobe_events);
 }
 
 struct map_info {
@@ -975,7 +970,7 @@ int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct uprobe *uprobe, *u;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, true))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, true))
 		return 0;
 
 	inode = vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -1021,7 +1016,7 @@ vma_has_uprobes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long e
  */
 void uprobe_munmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, false))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, false))
 		return;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users)) /* called by mmput() ? */
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#3 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/3] uprobes: Kill uprobe_events, use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead

Quoted 2 lines · Srikar Dronamraju

* Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> [2012-11-25 23:33:44]:

almost month ago ;)

Quoted 1 line

Thanks!

but what about 2/3 and 3/3?

I'd like to send the final (and technically trivial) series which actually turns the filtering on.

Oleg.

Acked-by on v1 1/3
#4 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/3] uprobes: Kill uprobe_events, use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead

In reply to Oleg Nesterov
Quoted 10 lines · Oleg Nesterov

uprobe_events counts the number of uprobes in uprobes_tree but it is used as a boolean. We can use RB_EMPTY_ROOT() instead.

Probably no_uprobe_events() added by this patch can have more callers, say, mmf_recalc_uprobes().

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   19 +++++++------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Quoted 68 lines
kernel/events/uprobes.c +7 -12
index 1e047f8..53dc2eb 100644
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 #define MAX_UPROBE_XOL_SLOTS		UINSNS_PER_PAGE
 
 static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
+/*
+ * allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe events active
+ * at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is better?
+ */
+#define no_uprobe_events()	RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&uprobes_tree)
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
@@ -74,13 +79,6 @@ static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 
 static struct percpu_rw_semaphore dup_mmap_sem;
 
-/*
- * uprobe_events allows us to skip the uprobe_mmap if there are no uprobe
- * events active at this time.  Probably a fine grained per inode count is
- * better?
- */
-static atomic_t uprobe_events = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
 /* Have a copy of original instruction */
 #define UPROBE_COPY_INSN	0
 /* Can skip singlestep */
@@ -460,8 +458,6 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 		kfree(uprobe);
 		uprobe = cur_uprobe;
 		iput(inode);
-	} else {
-		atomic_inc(&uprobe_events);
 	}
 
 	return uprobe;
@@ -685,7 +681,6 @@ static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
-	atomic_dec(&uprobe_events);
 }
 
 struct map_info {
@@ -975,7 +970,7 @@ int uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct uprobe *uprobe, *u;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, true))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, true))
 		return 0;
 
 	inode = vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -1021,7 +1016,7 @@ vma_has_uprobes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long e
  */
 void uprobe_munmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	if (!atomic_read(&uprobe_events) || !valid_vma(vma, false))
+	if (no_uprobe_events() || !valid_vma(vma, false))
 		return;
 
 	if (!atomic_read(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users)) /* called by mmput() ? */
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#5 lore raw

PATCH 2/3 uprobes: Introduce uprobe_is_active()

In reply to Oleg Nesterov

The lifetime of uprobe->rb_node and uprobe->inode is not refcounted, delete_uprobe() is called when we detect that uprobe has no consumers, and it would be deadly wrong to do this twice.

Change delete_uprobe() to WARN() if it was already called. We use RB_CLEAR_NODE() to mark uprobe "inactive", then RB_EMPTY_NODE() can be used to detect this case.

RB_EMPTY_NODE() is not used directly, we add the trivial helper for the next change.

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +8 -0
index 53dc2eb..2886c82 100644
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
 	return set_orig_insn(&uprobe->arch, mm, vaddr);
 }
 
+static inline bool uprobe_is_active(struct uprobe *uprobe)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node);
+}
 /*
  * There could be threads that have already hit the breakpoint. They
  * will recheck the current insn and restart if find_uprobe() fails.
@@ -676,9 +680,13 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
  */
 static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(!uprobe_is_active(uprobe)))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
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#6 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 2/3] uprobes: Introduce uprobe_is_active()

Quoted 8 lines · Oleg Nesterov

The lifetime of uprobe->rb_node and uprobe->inode is not refcounted, delete_uprobe() is called when we detect that uprobe has no consumers, and it would be deadly wrong to do this twice.

Change delete_uprobe() to WARN() if it was already called. We use RB_CLEAR_NODE() to mark uprobe "inactive", then RB_EMPTY_NODE() can be used to detect this case.

Quoted 7 lines

RB_EMPTY_NODE() is not used directly, we add the trivial helper for the next change.

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Quoted 32 lines
kernel/events/uprobes.c +8 -0
index 53dc2eb..2886c82 100644
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
 	return set_orig_insn(&uprobe->arch, mm, vaddr);
 }
 
+static inline bool uprobe_is_active(struct uprobe *uprobe)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node);
+}
 /*
  * There could be threads that have already hit the breakpoint. They
  * will recheck the current insn and restart if find_uprobe() fails.
@@ -676,9 +680,13 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
  */
 static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(!uprobe_is_active(uprobe)))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
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#7 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 2/3] uprobes: Introduce uprobe_is_active()

In reply to Oleg Nesterov
Quoted 4 lines · Oleg Nesterov

The lifetime of uprobe->rb_node and uprobe->inode is not refcounted, delete_uprobe() is called when we detect that uprobe has no consumers, and it would be deadly wrong to do this twice.

Quoted 8 lines

Change delete_uprobe() to WARN() if it was already called. We use RB_CLEAR_NODE() to mark uprobe "inactive", then RB_EMPTY_NODE() can be used to detect this case.

RB_EMPTY_NODE() is not used directly, we add the trivial helper for the next change.

Quoted 36 lines
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +8 -0
index 53dc2eb..2886c82 100644
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
 	return set_orig_insn(&uprobe->arch, mm, vaddr);
 }
 
+static inline bool uprobe_is_active(struct uprobe *uprobe)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node);
+}
 /*
  * There could be threads that have already hit the breakpoint. They
  * will recheck the current insn and restart if find_uprobe() fails.
@@ -676,9 +680,13 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
  */
 static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(!uprobe_is_active(uprobe)))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
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#8 lore raw

PATCH 3/3 uprobes: Kill uprobes_mutex[], separate alloc_uprobe() and __uprobe_register()

In reply to Oleg Nesterov

uprobe_register() and uprobe_unregister() are the only users of mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode)), and the only reason why we can't simply remove it is that we need to ensure that delete_uprobe() is not possible after alloc_uprobe() and before consumer_add().

IOW, we need to ensure that when we take uprobe->register_rwsem this uprobe is still valid and we didn't race with _unregister() which called delete_uprobe() in between.

With this patch uprobe_register() simply checks uprobe_is_active() and retries if it hits this very unlikely race. uprobes_mutex[] is no longer needed and can be removed.

There is another reason for this change, prepare_uprobe() should be folded into alloc_uprobe() and we do not want to hold the extra locks around read_mapping_page/etc.

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   51 +++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +15 -36
index 2886c82..105ac0d 100644
@@ -50,29 +50,6 @@ static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
 #define UPROBES_HASH_SZ	13
-
-/*
- * We need separate register/unregister and mmap/munmap lock hashes because
- * of mmap_sem nesting.
- *
- * uprobe_register() needs to install probes on (potentially) all processes
- * and thus needs to acquire multiple mmap_sems (consequtively, not
- * concurrently), whereas uprobe_mmap() is called while holding mmap_sem
- * for the particular process doing the mmap.
- *
- * uprobe_register()->register_for_each_vma() needs to drop/acquire mmap_sem
- * because of lock order against i_mmap_mutex. This means there's a hole in
- * the register vma iteration where a mmap() can happen.
- *
- * Thus uprobe_register() can race with uprobe_mmap() and we can try and
- * install a probe where one is already installed.
- */
-
-/* serialize (un)register */
-static struct mutex uprobes_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
-
-#define uprobes_hash(v)		(&uprobes_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
-
 /* serialize uprobe->pending_list */
 static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 #define uprobes_mmap_hash(v)	(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
@@ -865,20 +842,26 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consumer *
 	if (offset > i_size_read(inode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
+ retry:
 	uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset);
-	if (uprobe) {
-		down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	if (!uprobe)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * We can race with uprobe_unregister()->delete_uprobe().
+	 * Check uprobe_is_active() and retry if it is false.
+	 */
+	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	ret = -EAGAIN;
+	if (likely(uprobe_is_active(uprobe))) {
 		ret = __uprobe_register(uprobe, uc);
 		if (ret)
 			__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
-		up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
-	if (uprobe)
-		put_uprobe(uprobe);
+	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 
+	if (unlikely(ret == -EAGAIN))
+		goto retry;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -896,11 +879,9 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consume
 	if (!uprobe)
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
 	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
 
@@ -1609,10 +1590,8 @@ static int __init init_uprobes(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++) {
-		mutex_init(&uprobes_mutex[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++)
 		mutex_init(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[i]);
-	}
 
 	if (percpu_init_rwsem(&dup_mmap_sem))
 		return -ENOMEM;
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#9 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 3/3] uprobes: Kill uprobes_mutex[], separate alloc_uprobe() and __uprobe_register()

Quoted 13 lines · Oleg Nesterov

uprobe_register() and uprobe_unregister() are the only users of mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode)), and the only reason why we can't simply remove it is that we need to ensure that delete_uprobe() is not possible after alloc_uprobe() and before consumer_add().

IOW, we need to ensure that when we take uprobe->register_rwsem this uprobe is still valid and we didn't race with _unregister() which called delete_uprobe() in between.

With this patch uprobe_register() simply checks uprobe_is_active() and retries if it hits this very unlikely race. uprobes_mutex[] is no longer needed and can be removed.

Quoted 8 lines

There is another reason for this change, prepare_uprobe() should be folded into alloc_uprobe() and we do not want to hold the extra locks around read_mapping_page/etc.

---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   51 +++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
Quoted 96 lines
kernel/events/uprobes.c +15 -36
index 2886c82..105ac0d 100644
@@ -50,29 +50,6 @@ static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
 #define UPROBES_HASH_SZ	13
-
-/*
- * We need separate register/unregister and mmap/munmap lock hashes because
- * of mmap_sem nesting.
- *
- * uprobe_register() needs to install probes on (potentially) all processes
- * and thus needs to acquire multiple mmap_sems (consequtively, not
- * concurrently), whereas uprobe_mmap() is called while holding mmap_sem
- * for the particular process doing the mmap.
- *
- * uprobe_register()->register_for_each_vma() needs to drop/acquire mmap_sem
- * because of lock order against i_mmap_mutex. This means there's a hole in
- * the register vma iteration where a mmap() can happen.
- *
- * Thus uprobe_register() can race with uprobe_mmap() and we can try and
- * install a probe where one is already installed.
- */
-
-/* serialize (un)register */
-static struct mutex uprobes_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
-
-#define uprobes_hash(v)		(&uprobes_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
-
 /* serialize uprobe->pending_list */
 static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 #define uprobes_mmap_hash(v)	(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
@@ -865,20 +842,26 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consumer *
 	if (offset > i_size_read(inode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
+ retry:
 	uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset);
-	if (uprobe) {
-		down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	if (!uprobe)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * We can race with uprobe_unregister()->delete_uprobe().
+	 * Check uprobe_is_active() and retry if it is false.
+	 */
+	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	ret = -EAGAIN;
+	if (likely(uprobe_is_active(uprobe))) {
 		ret = __uprobe_register(uprobe, uc);
 		if (ret)
 			__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
-		up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
-	if (uprobe)
-		put_uprobe(uprobe);
+	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 
+	if (unlikely(ret == -EAGAIN))
+		goto retry;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -896,11 +879,9 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consume
 	if (!uprobe)
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
 	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
 
@@ -1609,10 +1590,8 @@ static int __init init_uprobes(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++) {
-		mutex_init(&uprobes_mutex[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++)
 		mutex_init(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[i]);
-	}
 
 	if (percpu_init_rwsem(&dup_mmap_sem))
 		return -ENOMEM;
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#10 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 3/3] uprobes: Kill uprobes_mutex[], separate alloc_uprobe() and __uprobe_register()

In reply to Oleg Nesterov
Quoted 13 lines · Oleg Nesterov

uprobe_register() and uprobe_unregister() are the only users of mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode)), and the only reason why we can't simply remove it is that we need to ensure that delete_uprobe() is not possible after alloc_uprobe() and before consumer_add().

IOW, we need to ensure that when we take uprobe->register_rwsem this uprobe is still valid and we didn't race with _unregister() which called delete_uprobe() in between.

With this patch uprobe_register() simply checks uprobe_is_active() and retries if it hits this very unlikely race. uprobes_mutex[] is no longer needed and can be removed.

Quoted 5 lines

There is another reason for this change, prepare_uprobe() should be folded into alloc_uprobe() and we do not want to hold the extra locks around read_mapping_page/etc.

Quoted 100 lines
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   51 +++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
kernel/events/uprobes.c +15 -36
index 2886c82..105ac0d 100644
@@ -50,29 +50,6 @@ static struct rb_root uprobes_tree = RB_ROOT;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uprobes_treelock);	/* serialize rbtree access */
 
 #define UPROBES_HASH_SZ	13
-
-/*
- * We need separate register/unregister and mmap/munmap lock hashes because
- * of mmap_sem nesting.
- *
- * uprobe_register() needs to install probes on (potentially) all processes
- * and thus needs to acquire multiple mmap_sems (consequtively, not
- * concurrently), whereas uprobe_mmap() is called while holding mmap_sem
- * for the particular process doing the mmap.
- *
- * uprobe_register()->register_for_each_vma() needs to drop/acquire mmap_sem
- * because of lock order against i_mmap_mutex. This means there's a hole in
- * the register vma iteration where a mmap() can happen.
- *
- * Thus uprobe_register() can race with uprobe_mmap() and we can try and
- * install a probe where one is already installed.
- */
-
-/* serialize (un)register */
-static struct mutex uprobes_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
-
-#define uprobes_hash(v)		(&uprobes_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
-
 /* serialize uprobe->pending_list */
 static struct mutex uprobes_mmap_mutex[UPROBES_HASH_SZ];
 #define uprobes_mmap_hash(v)	(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[((unsigned long)(v)) % UPROBES_HASH_SZ])
@@ -865,20 +842,26 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consumer *
 	if (offset > i_size_read(inode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
+ retry:
 	uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset);
-	if (uprobe) {
-		down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	if (!uprobe)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * We can race with uprobe_unregister()->delete_uprobe().
+	 * Check uprobe_is_active() and retry if it is false.
+	 */
+	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	ret = -EAGAIN;
+	if (likely(uprobe_is_active(uprobe))) {
 		ret = __uprobe_register(uprobe, uc);
 		if (ret)
 			__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
-		up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
-	if (uprobe)
-		put_uprobe(uprobe);
+	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
+	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 
+	if (unlikely(ret == -EAGAIN))
+		goto retry;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -896,11 +879,9 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consume
 	if (!uprobe)
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	down_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
 	__uprobe_unregister(uprobe, uc);
 	up_write(&uprobe->register_rwsem);
-	mutex_unlock(uprobes_hash(inode));
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
 
@@ -1609,10 +1590,8 @@ static int __init init_uprobes(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++) {
-		mutex_init(&uprobes_mutex[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < UPROBES_HASH_SZ; i++)
 		mutex_init(&uprobes_mmap_mutex[i]);
-	}
 
 	if (percpu_init_rwsem(&dup_mmap_sem))
 		return -ENOMEM;
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