[Devel] [PATCH] kernel: call task_work_run() before exit_task_namespaces()

Andrey Vagin avagin at virtuozzo.com
Wed Jul 19 21:36:54 MSK 2017


On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:31:28AM -0700, Stanislav Kinsburskiy wrote:
> 
> 
> 19 июля 2017 г. 9:14 PM пользователь Andrey Vagin <avagin at virtuozzo.com>
> написал:
> 
>     On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 08:04:22PM +0300, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On 07/19/2017 04:14 AM, Andrei Vagin wrote:
>     > > From: Andrei Vagin <avagin at virtuozzo.com>
>     > >
>     > > task_work_run() has to be called before exit_task_namespaces(),
>     > > because fuse_abort_conn() is called from __fput(). If it will not
>     > > be executed, we can hang in request_wait_answer(). We have seen this
>     > > situation when a process was the last member of a mount namespace
>     > > and the mount namespace has a vstorage fuse mount.
>     > >
>     >
>     > Can we pleas have a changelog that doesn't look like an output of random
>     text generator?
> 
>     Thanks!
> 
>     > The fact that "fuse_abort_conn() is called from __fput()" doesn't really
>     explain why
>     > task_work_run() needs to be called before exit_task_namespaces.
>     >
> 
>     Here is another version of my random text generator. It has to be more
>     detailed.
> 
>     This patch solves a problem for a following case. We have a container (a
>     group of processes in pid and mount namespaces) with a fuse mount. An
>     init process exits and the kernel kills all process in its pid
>     namespace. There is a fuse daemon, which handle the fuse mount.
>     Currently the kernel kills this process and closes all its file
>     descriptors, but __fput() for them is postponed and they will be
>     called from a task_work.  Then the kernel starts destroying the mount
>     namespace and the fuse mount, it sees that a control descriptor for
>     this mount is alive and sends a request to a fuse daemon:
> 
>     $ cat /proc/4353/task/4355/stack
>     [<ffffffffa04c3451>] request_wait_answer+0x91/0x270 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffffa04c36b7>] __fuse_request_send+0x87/0xe0 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffffa04c6c47>] fuse_request_check_and_send+0x27/0x30 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffffa04c6c60>] fuse_request_send+0x10/0x20 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffffa04d2f35>] fuse_put_super+0x55/0xc0 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffff81218b32>] generic_shutdown_super+0x72/0xf0
>     [<ffffffff81218f12>] kill_anon_super+0x12/0x20
>     [<ffffffffa04d2577>] fuse_kill_sb_anon+0x47/0x50 [fuse]
>     [<ffffffff812194a9>] deactivate_locked_super+0x49/0x80
>     [<ffffffff81219526>] deactivate_super+0x46/0x60
>     [<ffffffff81237145>] mntput_no_expire+0xc5/0x120
>     [<ffffffff812371c4>] mntput+0x24/0x40
>     [<ffffffff812372f8>] namespace_unlock+0x118/0x130
>     [<ffffffff81239f2b>] put_mnt_ns+0x4b/0x60
>     [<ffffffff810b786b>] free_nsproxy+0x1b/0x90
>     [<ffffffff810b7a0a>] switch_task_namespaces+0x5a/0x70
>     [<ffffffff810b7ae0>] exit_task_namespaces+0x10/0x20
>     [<ffffffff8108c883>] do_exit+0x2f3/0xb20
>     [<ffffffff8108d12f>] do_group_exit+0x3f/0xa0
>     [<ffffffff8109e760>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x1d0/0x6d0
>     [<ffffffff8102a357>] do_signal+0x57/0x6b0
>     [<ffffffff8102aa0f>] do_notify_resume+0x5f/0xb0
>     [<ffffffff8169273d>] int_signal+0x12/0x17
>     [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
> 
>     But we know that a fuse daemon is already dead and the control
>     descriptor isn't closed completely, because __fput() was postponed.
> 
>     This patch calls task_work_run() before destroying namespaces to
>     complete closing all process files.
> 
> 
> Now I have a question. Because rised questions look reasonable.
> This sounds like a generic issue.
> I.e. it's either solved in upstream likewise or otherwise. Or not solved at
> all.
> I.e. what's the status of this issue in linux-next?
> 

In the upstream kernel deactivate_super() is called from a task_work too,
so there is not this problem. But we can't backport these changes from
the upstream, because they are too big.

> 
>    
>     >
>     >
>     > > https://jira.sw.ru/browse/PSBM-68266
>     > > Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin at virtuozzo.com>
>     > > ---
>     > >  include/linux/task_work.h | 9 +++++++--
>     > >  kernel/exit.c             | 9 +++++++++
>     > >  kernel/task_work.c        | 4 ++--
>     > >  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>     > >
>     > > diff --git a/include/linux/task_work.h b/include/linux/task_work.h
>     > > index ca5a1cf..b3af76d 100644
>     > > --- a/include/linux/task_work.h
>     > > +++ b/include/linux/task_work.h
>     > > @@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ init_task_work(struct callback_head *twork,
>     task_work_func_t func)
>     > > 
>     > >  int task_work_add(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head
>     *twork, bool);
>     > >  struct callback_head *task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *,
>     task_work_func_t);
>     > > -void task_work_run(void);
>     > > +void __task_work_run(bool exiting);
>     > > +
>     > > +static inline void task_work_run(void)
>     > > +{
>     > > +   return __task_work_run(false);
>     > > +}
>     > > 
>     > >  static inline void exit_task_work(struct task_struct *task)
>     > >  {
>     > > -   task_work_run();
>     > > +   __task_work_run(true);
>     > >  }
>     > > 
>     > >  #endif     /* _LINUX_TASK_WORK_H */
>     > > diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
>     > > index 3c83db2..ea54a73 100644
>     > > --- a/kernel/exit.c
>     > > +++ b/kernel/exit.c
>     > > @@ -827,6 +827,15 @@ void do_exit(long code)
>     > >      exit_fs(tsk);
>     > >      if (group_dead)
>     > >              disassociate_ctty(1);
>     > > +
>     > > +   /*
>     > > +    * task_work_run() has to be called before exit_task_namespaces(),
>     > > +    * because fuse_abort_conn() is called from __fput(). If it will
>     not
>     > > +    * be executed, we can hang in request_wait_answer(). We have seen
>     this
>     > > +    * situation when a process was the last member of a mount
>     namespace
>     > > +    * and the mount namespace has a vstorage fuse mount.
>     > > +    */
>     > > +   task_work_run();
>     >
>     > Given that this is purely fuse's problem, maybe request_wait_answer()
>     could just call task_work_run()?
>     >
>     > Or maybe we can just call exit_task_work(tsk) before exit_task_namespaces
>     (tsk). This seems fine to me,
>     > but perhaps I'm missing something.
>     >
>     > >      exit_task_namespaces(tsk);
>     > >      exit_task_work(tsk);
>     > > 
>     > > diff --git a/kernel/task_work.c b/kernel/task_work.c
>     > > index 65bd3c9..f0000c4 100644
>     > > --- a/kernel/task_work.c
>     > > +++ b/kernel/task_work.c
>     > > @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task,
>     task_work_func_t func)
>     > >      return work;
>     > >  }
>     > > 
>     > > -void task_work_run(void)
>     > > +void __task_work_run(bool exiting)
>     > >  {
>     > >      struct task_struct *task = current;
>     > >      struct callback_head *work, *head, *next;
>     > > @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void task_work_run(void)
>     > >               */
>     > >              do {
>     > >                      work = ACCESS_ONCE(task->task_works);
>     > > -                   head = !work && (task->flags & PF_EXITING) ?
>     > > +                   head = !work && exiting ?
>     >
>     > Why we need this change? AFAIU this will allow to add more task_works in
>     exit_task_namespaces()
>     > before final exit_task_work(). What's the point of this?
>     >
>     > >                              &work_exited : NULL;
>     > >              } while (cmpxchg(&task->task_works, work, head) != work);
>     > > 
>     > >
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