From 60d65f1f07a7d81d3eb3b91fc13fca80f2fdbb12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler Hicks Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:21:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] eCryptfs: Fix lockdep warning in miscdev operations Don't grab the daemon mutex while holding the message context mutex. Addresses this lockdep warning: ecryptfsd/2141 is trying to acquire lock: (&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux){+.+.+.}, at: [] ecryptfs_miscdev_read+0x143/0x470 [ecryptfs] but task is already holding lock: (&(*daemon)->mux){+.+...}, at: [] ecryptfs_miscdev_read+0x21c/0x470 [ecryptfs] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&(*daemon)->mux){+.+...}: [] lock_acquire+0x9d/0x220 [] __mutex_lock_common+0x5a/0x4b0 [] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x50 [] ecryptfs_send_miscdev+0x97/0x120 [ecryptfs] [] ecryptfs_send_message+0x134/0x1e0 [ecryptfs] [] ecryptfs_generate_key_packet_set+0x2fe/0xa80 [ecryptfs] [] ecryptfs_write_metadata+0x108/0x250 [ecryptfs] [] ecryptfs_create+0x130/0x250 [ecryptfs] [] vfs_create+0xb4/0x120 [] do_last+0x8c5/0xa10 [] path_openat+0xd9/0x460 [] do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [] do_sys_open+0xf8/0x1d0 [] sys_open+0x21/0x30 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b -> #0 (&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux){+.+.+.}: [] __lock_acquire+0x1bf8/0x1c50 [] lock_acquire+0x9d/0x220 [] __mutex_lock_common+0x5a/0x4b0 [] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x50 [] ecryptfs_miscdev_read+0x143/0x470 [ecryptfs] [] vfs_read+0xb3/0x180 [] sys_read+0x4d/0x90 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks --- fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c b/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c index 3a06f4043df4..3c632ec412ec 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c @@ -191,31 +191,32 @@ int ecryptfs_send_miscdev(char *data, size_t data_size, struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type, u16 msg_flags, struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon) { - int rc = 0; + struct ecryptfs_message *msg; - mutex_lock(&msg_ctx->mux); - msg_ctx->msg = kmalloc((sizeof(*msg_ctx->msg) + data_size), - GFP_KERNEL); - if (!msg_ctx->msg) { - rc = -ENOMEM; + msg = kmalloc((sizeof(*msg) + data_size), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!msg) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Out of memory whilst attempting " "to kmalloc(%zd, GFP_KERNEL)\n", __func__, - (sizeof(*msg_ctx->msg) + data_size)); - goto out_unlock; + (sizeof(*msg) + data_size)); + return -ENOMEM; } + + mutex_lock(&msg_ctx->mux); + msg_ctx->msg = msg; msg_ctx->msg->index = msg_ctx->index; msg_ctx->msg->data_len = data_size; msg_ctx->type = msg_type; memcpy(msg_ctx->msg->data, data, data_size); msg_ctx->msg_size = (sizeof(*msg_ctx->msg) + data_size); - mutex_lock(&daemon->mux); list_add_tail(&msg_ctx->daemon_out_list, &daemon->msg_ctx_out_queue); + mutex_unlock(&msg_ctx->mux); + + mutex_lock(&daemon->mux); daemon->num_queued_msg_ctx++; wake_up_interruptible(&daemon->wait); mutex_unlock(&daemon->mux); -out_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&msg_ctx->mux); - return rc; + + return 0; } /* -- 2.34.1