locking/rwsem: Prevent non-first waiter from spinning in down_write() slowpath
authorWaiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:36:25 +0000 (19:36 -0500)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:46:45 +0000 (11:46 +0100)
commitb613c7f31476c44316bfac1af7cac714b7d6bef9
treea3e162c5237b4a1b9cb6a66fe6b767cd105aabda
parent6397859c8e9d87190f49dabbb835114ad0ea9fcb
locking/rwsem: Prevent non-first waiter from spinning in down_write() slowpath

A non-first waiter can potentially spin in the for loop of
rwsem_down_write_slowpath() without sleeping but fail to acquire the
lock even if the rwsem is free if the following sequence happens:

  Non-first RT waiter    First waiter      Lock holder
  -------------------    ------------      -----------
  Acquire wait_lock
  rwsem_try_write_lock():
    Set handoff bit if RT or
      wait too long
    Set waiter->handoff_set
  Release wait_lock
                         Acquire wait_lock
                         Inherit waiter->handoff_set
                         Release wait_lock
   Clear owner
                                           Release lock
  if (waiter.handoff_set) {
    rwsem_spin_on_owner(();
    if (OWNER_NULL)
      goto trylock_again;
  }
  trylock_again:
  Acquire wait_lock
  rwsem_try_write_lock():
     if (first->handoff_set && (waiter != first))
return false;
  Release wait_lock

A non-first waiter cannot really acquire the rwsem even if it mistakenly
believes that it can spin on OWNER_NULL value. If that waiter happens
to be an RT task running on the same CPU as the first waiter, it can
block the first waiter from acquiring the rwsem leading to live lock.
Fix this problem by making sure that a non-first waiter cannot spin in
the slowpath loop without sleeping.

Fixes: d257cc8cb8d5 ("locking/rwsem: Make handoff bit handling more consistent")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126003628.365092-2-longman@redhat.com
kernel/locking/rwsem.c