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padata: use smp_mb in padata_reorder to avoid orphaned padata jobs
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Testing padata with the tcrypt module on a 5.2 kernel...

    # modprobe tcrypt alg="pcrypt(rfc4106(gcm(aes)))" type=3
    # modprobe tcrypt mode=211 sec=1

...produces this splat:

    INFO: task modprobe:10075 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
          Not tainted 5.2.0-base+ #16
    modprobe        D    0 10075  10064 0x80004080
    Call Trace:
     ? __schedule+0x4dd/0x610
     ? ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x23/0x100
     schedule+0x6c/0x90
     schedule_timeout+0x3b/0x320
     ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x4f/0x1f0
     wait_for_common+0x160/0x1a0
     ? wake_up_q+0x80/0x80
     { crypto_wait_req }             # entries in braces added by hand
     { do_one_aead_op }
     { test_aead_jiffies }
     test_aead_speed.constprop.17+0x681/0xf30 [tcrypt]
     do_test+0x4053/0x6a2b [tcrypt]
     ? 0xffffffffa00f4000
     tcrypt_mod_init+0x50/0x1000 [tcrypt]
     ...

The second modprobe command never finishes because in padata_reorder,
CPU0's load of reorder_objects is executed before the unlocking store in
spin_unlock_bh(pd->lock), causing CPU0 to miss CPU1's increment:

CPU0                                 CPU1

padata_reorder                       padata_do_serial
  LOAD reorder_objects  // 0
                                       INC reorder_objects  // 1
                                       padata_reorder
                                         TRYLOCK pd->lock   // failed
  UNLOCK pd->lock

CPU0 deletes the timer before returning from padata_reorder and since no
other job is submitted to padata, modprobe waits indefinitely.

Add a pair of full barriers to guarantee proper ordering:

CPU0                                 CPU1

padata_reorder                       padata_do_serial
  UNLOCK pd->lock
  smp_mb()
  LOAD reorder_objects
                                       INC reorder_objects
                                       smp_mb__after_atomic()
                                       padata_reorder
                                         TRYLOCK pd->lock

smp_mb__after_atomic is needed so the read part of the trylock operation
comes after the INC, as Andrea points out.   Thanks also to Andrea for
help with writing a litmus test.

Fixes: 16295be ("padata: Generic parallelization/serialization interface")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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danieljordan10 authored and herbertx committed Jul 18, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -267,7 +267,12 @@ static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
* The next object that needs serialization might have arrived to
* the reorder queues in the meantime, we will be called again
* from the timer function if no one else cares for it.
*
* Ensure reorder_objects is read after pd->lock is dropped so we see
* an increment from another task in padata_do_serial. Pairs with
* smp_mb__after_atomic in padata_do_serial.
*/
smp_mb();
if (atomic_read(&pd->reorder_objects)
&& !(pinst->flags & PADATA_RESET))
mod_timer(&pd->timer, jiffies + HZ);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -387,6 +392,13 @@ void padata_do_serial(struct padata_priv *padata)
list_add_tail(&padata->list, &pqueue->reorder.list);
spin_unlock(&pqueue->reorder.lock);

/*
* Ensure the atomic_inc of reorder_objects above is ordered correctly
* with the trylock of pd->lock in padata_reorder. Pairs with smp_mb
* in padata_reorder.
*/
smp_mb__after_atomic();

put_cpu();

/* If we're running on the wrong CPU, call padata_reorder() via a
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