CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: an...@cvs.openbsd.org 2020/10/26 13:48:19
Modified files: sys/uvm : uvm_vnode.c uvm_vnode.h Log message: Fix a deadlock between uvn_io() and uvn_flush(). While faulting on a page backed by a vnode, uvn_io() will end up being called in order to populate newly allocated pages using I/O on the backing vnode. Before performing the I/O, newly allocated pages are flagged as busy by uvn_get(), that is before uvn_io() tries to lock the vnode. Such pages could then end up being flushed by uvn_flush() which already has acquired the vnode lock. Since such pages are flagged as busy, uvn_flush() will wait for them to be flagged as not busy. This will never happens as uvn_io() cannot make progress until the vnode lock is released. Instead, grab the vnode lock before allocating and flagging pages as busy in uvn_get(). This does extend the scope in uvn_get() in which the vnode is locked but resolves the deadlock. ok mpi@ Reported-by: syzbot+e63407b35dff08dbe...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com