On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 2:28 AM Johan Knöös <jkn...@google.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:59 PM Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 8:27 PM Tonghao Zhang <
> xiangxia.m....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:24 AM Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:16 PM Tonghao Zhang <
> xiangxia.m....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all, I send a patch to fix this. The rcu warnings disappear. I
> > > > > > don't reproduce the double free issue.
> > > > > > But I guess this patch may address this issue.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/patch/20200811011001.75690-1-xiangxia.m....@gmail.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't see how your patch address the double-free, as we still
> > > > > free mask array twice after your patch: once in
> tbl_mask_array_realloc()
> > > > > and once in ovs_flow_tbl_destroy().
> > > > Hi Cong.
> > > > Before my patch, we use the ovsl_dereference
> > > > (rcu_dereference_protected) in the rcu callback.
> > > > ovs_flow_tbl_destroy
> > > > ->table_instance_destroy
> > > > ->table_instance_flow_free
> > > > ->flow_mask_remove
> > > > ASSERT_OVSL(will print warning)
> > > > ->tbl_mask_array_del_mask
> > > > ovsl_dereference(rcu usage warning)
> > > >
> > >
> > > I understand how your patch addresses the RCU annotation issue,
> > > which is different from double-free.
> > >
> > >
> > > > so we should invoke the table_instance_destroy or others under
> > > > ovs_lock to avoid (ASSERT_OVSL and rcu usage warning).
> > >
> > > Of course... I never doubt it.
> > >
> > >
> > > > with this patch, we reallocate the mask_array under ovs_lock, and
> free
> > > > it in the rcu callback. Without it, we  reallocate and free it in the
> > > > rcu callback.
> > > > I think we may fix it with this patch.
> > >
> > > Does it matter which context tbl_mask_array_realloc() is called?
> > > Even with ovs_lock, we can still double free:
> > >
> > > ovs_lock()
> > > tbl_mask_array_realloc()
> > >  => call_rcu(&old->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb);
> > > ovs_unlock()
> > > ...
> > > ovs_flow_tbl_destroy()
> > >  => call_rcu(&old->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb);
> > >
> > > So still twice, right? To fix the double-free, we have to eliminate one
> > > of them, don't we? ;)
> > No
> > Without my patch: in rcu callback:
> > ovs_flow_tbl_destroy
> > ->call_rcu(&ma->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb);
> > ->table_instance_destroy
> > ->tbl_mask_array_realloc(Shrink the mask array if necessary)
> > ->call_rcu(&old->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb);
> >
> > With the patch:
> > ovs_lock
> > table_instance_flow_flush (free the flow)
> > tbl_mask_array_realloc(shrink the mask array if necessary, will free
> > mask_array in rcu(mask_array_rcu_cb) and rcu_assign_pointer new
> > mask_array)
> > ovs_unlock
> >
> > in rcu callback:
> > ovs_flow_tbl_destroy
> > call_rcu(&ma->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb);(that is new mask_array)
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > Have you tried my patch which is supposed to address this
> double-free?
> > > > I don't reproduce it. but your patch does not avoid ruc usage warning
> > > > and ASSERT_OVSL.
> > >
> > > Sure, I never intend to fix anything else but double-free. The
> $subject is
> > > about double free, I double checked. ;)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards, Tonghao
>
> Cong and Tonghao, thanks for your patches. I cannot repro the double
> free with either of them, and the "suspicious RCU usage" and the
> ASSERT_OVSL warnings are also gone with Tonghao's patch.
>
> Tonghao, from your sequence above it looks like it should fix the
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.5.17/source/kernel/rcu/tree.c#L2239
> warning, correct?

Yes

>
> --
Best regards, Tonghao
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