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author | Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com> | 2025-05-05 14:12:00 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-05-21 14:23:13 +0200 |
commit | 071d8e4c2a3b0999a9b822e2eb8854784a350f8a (patch) | |
tree | a8afbc6f47b0fc196a7063c8dbea5956cb0d5ef3 /tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | |
parent | 282582820ed7f60addd15223674fd6b99251e233 (diff) |
kernfs: Relax constraint in draining guard
The active reference lifecycle provides the break/unbreak mechanism but
the active reference is not truly active after unbreak -- callers don't
use it afterwards but it's important for proper pairing of kn->active
counting. Assuming this mechanism is in place, the WARN check in
kernfs_should_drain_open_files() is too sensitive -- it may transiently
catch those (rightful) callers between
kernfs_unbreak_active_protection() and kernfs_put_active() as found out by Chen
Ridong:
kernfs_remove_by_name_ns kernfs_get_active // active=1
__kernfs_remove // active=0x80000002
kernfs_drain ...
wait_event
//waiting (active == 0x80000001)
kernfs_break_active_protection
// active = 0x80000001
// continue
kernfs_unbreak_active_protection
// active = 0x80000002
...
kernfs_should_drain_open_files
// warning occurs
kernfs_put_active
To avoid the false positives (mind panic_on_warn) remove the check altogether.
(This is meant as quick fix, I think active reference break/unbreak may be
simplified with larger rework.)
Fixes: bdb2fd7fc56e1 ("kernfs: Skip kernfs_drain_open_files() more aggressively")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/kmmrseckjctb4gxcx2rdminrjnq2b4ipf7562nvfd432ld5v5m@2byj5eedkb2o/
Cc: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250505121201.879823-1-mkoutny@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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