[PATCH] ALSA: seq: Fix RCU stall in snd_seq_write()

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:41:57 +0100,
Zqiang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021/11/2 下午4:33, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 04:32:22 +0100,
> > Zqiang wrote:
> >> If we have a lot of cell object, this cycle may take a long time, and
> >> trigger RCU stall. insert a conditional reschedule point to fix it.
> >>
> >> rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
> >> rcu: 	1-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=9f5/1/0x4000000000000000
> >> 	softirq=16474/16475 fqs=4916
> >> 	(t=10500 jiffies g=19249 q=192515)
> >> NMI backtrace for cpu 1
> >> ......
> >> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt
> >> RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x70
> >> spin_unlock_irqrestore
> >> snd_seq_prioq_cell_out+0x1dc/0x360
> >> snd_seq_check_queue+0x1a6/0x3f0
> >> snd_seq_enqueue_event+0x1ed/0x3e0
> >> snd_seq_client_enqueue_event.constprop.0+0x19a/0x3c0
> >> snd_seq_write+0x2db/0x510
> >> vfs_write+0x1c4/0x900
> >> ksys_write+0x171/0x1d0
> >> do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0
> >>
> >> Reported-by: syzbot+bb950e68b400ab4f65f8 at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> >> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211 at gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>   sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c | 2 ++
> >>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
> >> index d6c02dea976c..f5b1e4562a64 100644
> >> --- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
> >> +++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
> >> @@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_queue *q, int atomic, int hop)
> >>   		if (!cell)
> >>   			break;
> >>   		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
> >> +		cond_resched();
> >>   	}
> >>     	/* Process time queue... */
> >> @@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_queue *q, int atomic, int hop)
> >>   		if (!cell)
> >>   			break;
> >>   		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
> >> +		cond_resched();
> >
> > It's good to have cond_resched() in those places but it must be done
> > more carefully, as the code path may be called from the non-atomic
> > context, too.  That is, it must have a check of atomic argument, and
> > cond_resched() is applied only when atomic==false.
> >
> > But I still wonder how this gets a RCU stall out of sudden.  Looking
> > through https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bb950e68b400ab4f65f8
> > it's triggered by many cases since the end of September...
> 
> I did not find useful information from the log,  through calltrace, I
> guess it may be triggered by the long cycle time, which caused the
> static state of the RCU to
> 
> not be reported in time.

Yes, I understand that logic.  But I wonder why this gets triggered
*now* out of sudden.  The code has been present over decades, and I
don't think the similar test case must have been performed by fuzzer.

> I ignore the atomic parameter check,  I will resend v2 .   in
> no-atomic context, we can insert
> 
> cond_resched() to avoid this situation, but in atomic context,
> 
> the RCU stall maybe still trigger.

Right, so maybe it's better to have an upper limit for the processed
cells, something like below (totally untested).

Could you reproduce the problem locally?  Otherwise it's all nothing
but a guess...


thanks,

Takashi

---

diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
index d6c02dea976c..7f796ee62ee7 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
@@ -235,12 +235,15 @@ struct snd_seq_queue *snd_seq_queue_find_name(char *name)
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+#define MAX_CELL_PROCESSES_IN_QUEUE	1000
+
 void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_queue *q, int atomic, int hop)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct snd_seq_event_cell *cell;
 	snd_seq_tick_time_t cur_tick;
 	snd_seq_real_time_t cur_time;
+	int processed = 0;
 
 	if (q == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -263,6 +266,8 @@ void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_queue *q, int atomic, int hop)
 		if (!cell)
 			break;
 		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
+		if (++processed >= MAX_CELL_PROCESSES_IN_QUEUE)
+			return; /* the rest processed at the next batch */
 	}
 
 	/* Process time queue... */
@@ -272,6 +277,8 @@ void snd_seq_check_queue(struct snd_seq_queue *q, int atomic, int hop)
 		if (!cell)
 			break;
 		snd_seq_dispatch_event(cell, atomic, hop);
+		if (++processed >= MAX_CELL_PROCESSES_IN_QUEUE)
+			return; /* the rest processed at the next batch */
 	}
 
 	/* free lock */