Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 3/4] bpf: fix lockdep false positive in bpf_prog_register

From: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:04:57 -0800

Lockdep warns about false positive:
[   13.007000] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[   13.007587] 5.0.0-rc3-00018-g2fa53f892422-dirty #477 Not tainted
[   13.008124] ------------------------------------------------------
[   13.008624] test_progs/246 is trying to acquire lock:
[   13.009030] 0000000094160d1d (tracepoints_mutex){+.+.}, at: tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.009770]
[   13.009770] but task is already holding lock:
[   13.010239] 00000000d663ef86 (bpf_event_mutex){+.+.}, at: bpf_probe_register+0x1d/0x60
[   13.010877]
[   13.010877] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[   13.010877]
[   13.011532]
[   13.011532] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[   13.012129]
[   13.012129] -> #4 (bpf_event_mutex){+.+.}:
[   13.012582]        perf_event_query_prog_array+0x9b/0x130
[   13.013016]        _perf_ioctl+0x3aa/0x830
[   13.013354]        perf_ioctl+0x2e/0x50
[   13.013668]        do_vfs_ioctl+0x8f/0x6a0
[   13.014003]        ksys_ioctl+0x70/0x80
[   13.014320]        __x64_sys_ioctl+0x16/0x20
[   13.014668]        do_syscall_64+0x4a/0x180
[   13.015007]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
[   13.015469]
[   13.015469] -> #3 (&cpuctx_mutex){+.+.}:
[   13.015910]        perf_event_init_cpu+0x5a/0x90
[   13.016291]        perf_event_init+0x1b2/0x1de
[   13.016654]        start_kernel+0x2b8/0x42a
[   13.016995]        secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0
[   13.017382]
[   13.017382] -> #2 (pmus_lock){+.+.}:
[   13.017794]        perf_event_init_cpu+0x21/0x90
[   13.018172]        cpuhp_invoke_callback+0xb3/0x960
[   13.018573]        _cpu_up+0xa7/0x140
[   13.018871]        do_cpu_up+0xa4/0xc0
[   13.019178]        smp_init+0xcd/0xd2
[   13.019483]        kernel_init_freeable+0x123/0x24f
[   13.019878]        kernel_init+0xa/0x110
[   13.020201]        ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30
[   13.020541]
[   13.020541] -> #1 (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}:
[   13.021051]        static_key_slow_inc+0xe/0x20
[   13.021424]        tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x28c/0x300
[   13.021891]        perf_trace_event_init+0x11f/0x250
[   13.022297]        perf_trace_init+0x6b/0xa0
[   13.022644]        perf_tp_event_init+0x25/0x40
[   13.023011]        perf_try_init_event+0x6b/0x90
[   13.023386]        perf_event_alloc+0x9a8/0xc40
[   13.023754]        __do_sys_perf_event_open+0x1dd/0xd30
[   13.024173]        do_syscall_64+0x4a/0x180
[   13.024519]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
[   13.024968]
[   13.024968] -> #0 (tracepoints_mutex){+.+.}:
[   13.025434]        __mutex_lock+0x86/0x970
[   13.025764]        tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.026215]        bpf_probe_register+0x40/0x60
[   13.026584]        bpf_raw_tracepoint_open.isra.34+0xa4/0x130
[   13.027042]        __do_sys_bpf+0x94f/0x1a90
[   13.027389]        do_syscall_64+0x4a/0x180
[   13.027727]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
[   13.028171]
[   13.028171] other info that might help us debug this:
[   13.028171]
[   13.028807] Chain exists of:
[   13.028807]   tracepoints_mutex --> &cpuctx_mutex --> bpf_event_mutex
[   13.028807]
[   13.029666]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[   13.029666]
[   13.030140]        CPU0                    CPU1
[   13.030510]        ----                    ----
[   13.030875]   lock(bpf_event_mutex);
[   13.031166]                                lock(&cpuctx_mutex);
[   13.031645]                                lock(bpf_event_mutex);
[   13.032135]   lock(tracepoints_mutex);
[   13.032441]
[   13.032441]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[   13.032441]
[   13.032911] 1 lock held by test_progs/246:
[   13.033239]  #0: 00000000d663ef86 (bpf_event_mutex){+.+.}, at: bpf_probe_register+0x1d/0x60
[   13.033909]
[   13.033909] stack backtrace:
[   13.034258] CPU: 1 PID: 246 Comm: test_progs Not tainted 5.0.0-rc3-00018-g2fa53f892422-dirty #477
[   13.034964] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014
[   13.035657] Call Trace:
[   13.035859]  dump_stack+0x5f/0x8b
[   13.036130]  print_circular_bug.isra.37+0x1ce/0x1db
[   13.036526]  __lock_acquire+0x1158/0x1350
[   13.036852]  ? lock_acquire+0x98/0x190
[   13.037154]  lock_acquire+0x98/0x190
[   13.037447]  ? tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.037876]  __mutex_lock+0x86/0x970
[   13.038167]  ? tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.038600]  ? tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.039028]  ? __mutex_lock+0x86/0x970
[   13.039337]  ? __mutex_lock+0x24a/0x970
[   13.039649]  ? bpf_probe_register+0x1d/0x60
[   13.039992]  ? __bpf_trace_sched_wake_idle_without_ipi+0x10/0x10
[   13.040478]  ? tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.040906]  tracepoint_probe_register_prio+0x2d/0x300
[   13.041325]  bpf_probe_register+0x40/0x60
[   13.041649]  bpf_raw_tracepoint_open.isra.34+0xa4/0x130
[   13.042068]  ? __might_fault+0x3e/0x90
[   13.042374]  __do_sys_bpf+0x94f/0x1a90
[   13.042678]  do_syscall_64+0x4a/0x180
[   13.042975]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
[   13.043382] RIP: 0033:0x7f23b10a07f9
[   13.045155] RSP: 002b:00007ffdef42fdd8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
[   13.045759] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffdef42ff70 RCX: 00007f23b10a07f9
[   13.046326] RDX: 0000000000000070 RSI: 00007ffdef42fe10 RDI: 0000000000000011
[   13.046893] RBP: 00007ffdef42fdf0 R08: 0000000000000038 R09: 00007ffdef42fe10
[   13.047462] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
[   13.048029] R13: 0000000000000016 R14: 00007f23b1db4690 R15: 0000000000000000

Lockdep seems to be confusing different mutexes.
Such deadlock is not possible.
Since tracepoints_mutex will be taken in tracepoint_probe_register/unregister()
there is no need to take bpf_event_mutex too.
bpf_event_mutex is protecting modifications to prog array used in kprobe/perf bpf progs.
bpf_raw_tracepoints don't need to take this mutex.

Fixes: c4f6699dfcb8 ("bpf: introduce BPF_RAW_TRACEPOINT")
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>
---
 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 8b068adb9da1..f1a86a0d881d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -1204,22 +1204,12 @@ static int __bpf_probe_register(struct bpf_raw_event_map *btp, struct bpf_prog *
 
 int bpf_probe_register(struct bpf_raw_event_map *btp, struct bpf_prog *prog)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	mutex_lock(&bpf_event_mutex);
-	err = __bpf_probe_register(btp, prog);
-	mutex_unlock(&bpf_event_mutex);
-	return err;
+	return __bpf_probe_register(btp, prog);
 }
 
 int bpf_probe_unregister(struct bpf_raw_event_map *btp, struct bpf_prog *prog)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	mutex_lock(&bpf_event_mutex);
-	err = tracepoint_probe_unregister(btp->tp, (void *)btp->bpf_func, prog);
-	mutex_unlock(&bpf_event_mutex);
-	return err;
+	return tracepoint_probe_unregister(btp->tp, (void *)btp->bpf_func, prog);
 }
 
 int bpf_get_perf_event_info(const struct perf_event *event, u32 *prog_id,
-- 
2.20.0