The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x a91c8096590bd7801a26454789f2992094fe36da # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025102625-cringing-unstuck-790a@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..
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thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From a91c8096590bd7801a26454789f2992094fe36da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maarten Lankhorst dev@lankhorst.se Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:24:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] devcoredump: Fix circular locking dependency with devcd->mutex.
The original code causes a circular locking dependency found by lockdep.
====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.16.0-rc6-lgci-xe-xe-pw-151626v3+ #1 Tainted: G S U ------------------------------------------------------ xe_fault_inject/5091 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888156815688 ((work_completion)(&(&devcd->del_wk)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __flush_work+0x25d/0x660
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888156815620 (&devcd->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_coredump_put+0x3f/0xa0 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&devcd->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}: mutex_lock_nested+0x4e/0xc0 devcd_data_write+0x27/0x90 sysfs_kf_bin_write+0x80/0xf0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x169/0x220 vfs_write+0x293/0x560 ksys_write+0x72/0xf0 __x64_sys_write+0x19/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x2bf/0x2660 do_syscall_64+0x93/0xb60 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e -> #1 (kn->active#236){++++}-{0:0}: kernfs_drain+0x1e2/0x200 __kernfs_remove+0xae/0x400 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x5d/0xc0 remove_files+0x54/0x70 sysfs_remove_group+0x3d/0xa0 sysfs_remove_groups+0x2e/0x60 device_remove_attrs+0xc7/0x100 device_del+0x15d/0x3b0 devcd_del+0x19/0x30 process_one_work+0x22b/0x6f0 worker_thread+0x1e8/0x3d0 kthread+0x11c/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x26c/0x2e0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 -> #0 ((work_completion)(&(&devcd->del_wk)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}: __lock_acquire+0x1661/0x2860 lock_acquire+0xc4/0x2f0 __flush_work+0x27a/0x660 flush_delayed_work+0x5d/0xa0 dev_coredump_put+0x63/0xa0 xe_driver_devcoredump_fini+0x12/0x20 [xe] devm_action_release+0x12/0x30 release_nodes+0x3a/0x120 devres_release_all+0x8a/0xd0 device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80 device_release_driver_internal+0x23a/0x280 device_driver_detach+0x14/0x20 unbind_store+0xaf/0xc0 drv_attr_store+0x21/0x50 sysfs_kf_write+0x4a/0x80 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x169/0x220 vfs_write+0x293/0x560 ksys_write+0x72/0xf0 __x64_sys_write+0x19/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x2bf/0x2660 do_syscall_64+0x93/0xb60 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: (work_completion)(&(&devcd->del_wk)->work) --> kn->active#236 --> &devcd->mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&devcd->mutex); lock(kn->active#236); lock(&devcd->mutex); lock((work_completion)(&(&devcd->del_wk)->work)); *** DEADLOCK *** 5 locks held by xe_fault_inject/5091: #0: ffff8881129f9488 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x72/0xf0 #1: ffff88810c755078 (&of->mutex#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x123/0x220 #2: ffff8881054811a0 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0x55/0x280 #3: ffff888156815620 (&devcd->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_coredump_put+0x3f/0xa0 #4: ffffffff8359e020 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __flush_work+0x72/0x660 stack backtrace: CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 5091 Comm: xe_fault_inject Tainted: G S U 6.16.0-rc6-lgci-xe-xe-pw-151626v3+ #1 PREEMPT_{RT,(lazy)} Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [U]=USER Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D25/PRO Z690-A DDR4(MS-7D25), BIOS 1.10 12/13/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 print_circular_bug+0x285/0x360 check_noncircular+0x135/0x150 ? register_lock_class+0x48/0x4a0 __lock_acquire+0x1661/0x2860 lock_acquire+0xc4/0x2f0 ? __flush_work+0x25d/0x660 ? mark_held_locks+0x46/0x90 ? __flush_work+0x25d/0x660 __flush_work+0x27a/0x660 ? __flush_work+0x25d/0x660 ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1e/0xd0 ? __pfx_wq_barrier_func+0x10/0x10 flush_delayed_work+0x5d/0xa0 dev_coredump_put+0x63/0xa0 xe_driver_devcoredump_fini+0x12/0x20 [xe] devm_action_release+0x12/0x30 release_nodes+0x3a/0x120 devres_release_all+0x8a/0xd0 device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80 device_release_driver_internal+0x23a/0x280 ? bus_find_device+0xa8/0xe0 device_driver_detach+0x14/0x20 unbind_store+0xaf/0xc0 drv_attr_store+0x21/0x50 sysfs_kf_write+0x4a/0x80 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x169/0x220 vfs_write+0x293/0x560 ksys_write+0x72/0xf0 __x64_sys_write+0x19/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x2bf/0x2660 do_syscall_64+0x93/0xb60 ? __f_unlock_pos+0x15/0x20 ? __x64_sys_getdents64+0x9b/0x130 ? __pfx_filldir64+0x10/0x10 ? do_syscall_64+0x1a2/0xb60 ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80 ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x76e292edd574 Code: c7 00 16 00 00 00 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d d5 ea 0e 00 00 74 13 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 20 48 89 RSP: 002b:00007fffe247a828 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000076e292edd574 RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 00006267f6306063 RDI: 000000000000000b RBP: 000000000000000c R08: 000076e292fc4b20 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00006267f6306063 R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00006267e6859c00 R15: 000076e29322a000 </TASK> xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm] Xe device coredump has been deleted.
Fixes: 01daccf74832 ("devcoredump : Serialize devcd_del work") Cc: Mukesh Ojha quic_mojha@quicinc.com Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: Johannes Berg johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki rafael@kernel.org Cc: Danilo Krummrich dakr@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.1+ Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst dev@lankhorst.se Cc: Matthew Brost matthew.brost@intel.com Acked-by: Mukesh Ojha mukesh.ojha@oss.qualcomm.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250723142416.1020423-1-dev@lankhorst.se Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c index 37faf6156d7c..55bdc7f5e59d 100644 --- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c +++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c @@ -23,50 +23,46 @@ struct devcd_entry { void *data; size_t datalen; /* - * Here, mutex is required to serialize the calls to del_wk work between - * user/kernel space which happens when devcd is added with device_add() - * and that sends uevent to user space. User space reads the uevents, - * and calls to devcd_data_write() which try to modify the work which is - * not even initialized/queued from devcoredump. + * There are 2 races for which mutex is required. * + * The first race is between device creation and userspace writing to + * schedule immediately destruction. * + * This race is handled by arming the timer before device creation, but + * when device creation fails the timer still exists. * - * cpu0(X) cpu1(Y) + * To solve this, hold the mutex during device_add(), and set + * init_completed on success before releasing the mutex. * - * dev_coredump() uevent sent to user space - * device_add() ======================> user space process Y reads the - * uevents writes to devcd fd - * which results into writes to + * That way the timer will never fire until device_add() is called, + * it will do nothing if init_completed is not set. The timer is also + * cancelled in that case. * - * devcd_data_write() - * mod_delayed_work() - * try_to_grab_pending() - * timer_delete() - * debug_assert_init() - * INIT_DELAYED_WORK() - * schedule_delayed_work() - * - * - * Also, mutex alone would not be enough to avoid scheduling of - * del_wk work after it get flush from a call to devcd_free() - * mentioned as below. - * - * disabled_store() - * devcd_free() - * mutex_lock() devcd_data_write() - * flush_delayed_work() - * mutex_unlock() - * mutex_lock() - * mod_delayed_work() - * mutex_unlock() - * So, delete_work flag is required. + * The second race involves multiple parallel invocations of devcd_free(), + * add a deleted flag so only 1 can call the destructor. */ struct mutex mutex; - bool delete_work; + bool init_completed, deleted; struct module *owner; ssize_t (*read)(char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count, void *data, size_t datalen); void (*free)(void *data); + /* + * If nothing interferes and device_add() was returns success, + * del_wk will destroy the device after the timer fires. + * + * Multiple userspace processes can interfere in the working of the timer: + * - Writing to the coredump will reschedule the timer to run immediately, + * if still armed. + * + * This is handled by using "if (cancel_delayed_work()) { + * schedule_delayed_work() }", to prevent re-arming after having + * been previously fired. + * - Writing to /sys/class/devcoredump/disabled will destroy the + * coredump synchronously. + * This is handled by using disable_delayed_work_sync(), and then + * checking if deleted flag is set with &devcd->mutex held. + */ struct delayed_work del_wk; struct device *failing_dev; }; @@ -95,14 +91,27 @@ static void devcd_dev_release(struct device *dev) kfree(devcd); }
+static void __devcd_del(struct devcd_entry *devcd) +{ + devcd->deleted = true; + device_del(&devcd->devcd_dev); + put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); +} + static void devcd_del(struct work_struct *wk) { struct devcd_entry *devcd; + bool init_completed;
devcd = container_of(wk, struct devcd_entry, del_wk.work);
- device_del(&devcd->devcd_dev); - put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); + /* devcd->mutex serializes against dev_coredumpm_timeout */ + mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); + init_completed = devcd->init_completed; + mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + + if (init_completed) + __devcd_del(devcd); }
static ssize_t devcd_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, @@ -122,12 +131,12 @@ static ssize_t devcd_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj); struct devcd_entry *devcd = dev_to_devcd(dev);
- mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); - if (!devcd->delete_work) { - devcd->delete_work = true; - mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &devcd->del_wk, 0); - } - mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + /* + * Although it's tempting to use mod_delayed work here, + * that will cause a reschedule if the timer already fired. + */ + if (cancel_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk)) + schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, 0);
return count; } @@ -151,11 +160,21 @@ static int devcd_free(struct device *dev, void *data) { struct devcd_entry *devcd = dev_to_devcd(dev);
+ /* + * To prevent a race with devcd_data_write(), disable work and + * complete manually instead. + * + * We cannot rely on the return value of + * disable_delayed_work_sync() here, because it might be in the + * middle of a cancel_delayed_work + schedule_delayed_work pair. + * + * devcd->mutex here guards against multiple parallel invocations + * of devcd_free(). + */ + disable_delayed_work_sync(&devcd->del_wk); mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); - if (!devcd->delete_work) - devcd->delete_work = true; - - flush_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk); + if (!devcd->deleted) + __devcd_del(devcd); mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); return 0; } @@ -179,12 +198,10 @@ static ssize_t disabled_show(const struct class *class, const struct class_attri * put_device() <- last reference * error = fn(dev, data) devcd_dev_release() * devcd_free(dev, data) kfree(devcd) - * mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); * * * In the above diagram, it looks like disabled_store() would be racing with parallelly - * running devcd_del() and result in memory abort while acquiring devcd->mutex which - * is called after kfree of devcd memory after dropping its last reference with + * running devcd_del() and result in memory abort after dropping its last reference with * put_device(). However, this will not happens as fn(dev, data) runs * with its own reference to device via klist_node so it is not its last reference. * so, above situation would not occur. @@ -374,7 +391,7 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner, devcd->read = read; devcd->free = free; devcd->failing_dev = get_device(dev); - devcd->delete_work = false; + devcd->deleted = false;
mutex_init(&devcd->mutex); device_initialize(&devcd->devcd_dev); @@ -383,8 +400,14 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner, atomic_inc_return(&devcd_count)); devcd->devcd_dev.class = &devcd_class;
- mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, true); + + /* devcd->mutex prevents devcd_del() completing until init finishes */ + mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex); + devcd->init_completed = false; + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del); + schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, timeout); + if (device_add(&devcd->devcd_dev)) goto put_device;
@@ -401,13 +424,20 @@ void dev_coredumpm_timeout(struct device *dev, struct module *owner,
dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, false); kobject_uevent(&devcd->devcd_dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD); - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del); - schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, timeout); + + /* + * Safe to run devcd_del() now that we are done with devcd_dev. + * Alternatively we could have taken a ref on devcd_dev before + * dropping the lock. + */ + devcd->init_completed = true; mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); return; put_device: - put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&devcd->del_wk); + put_device(&devcd->devcd_dev); + put_module: module_put(owner); free: