On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Michael Holzheu <holz...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > We must not hold locks when calling copy_to_user(): > > BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/memory.c:3732 > in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 671, name: test_maps > 1 lock held by test_maps/671: > #0: (rcu_read_lock){......}, at: [<0000000000264190>] > map_lookup_elem+0xe8/0x260 > Preemption disabled at:[<00000000001be3b6>] vprintk_default+0x56/0x68 > > CPU: 0 PID: 671 Comm: test_maps Not tainted 3.19.0-rc5-00117-g5eb11d6-dirty > #424 > 000000001e447bb0 000000001e447c40 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 > 000000001e447ce0 000000001e447c58 000000001e447c58 0000000000115c8a > 0000000000000000 0000000000c08246 0000000000c27e8a 000000000000000b > 000000001e447ca0 000000001e447c40 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > 0000000000000000 0000000000115c8a 000000001e447c40 000000001e447ca0 > Call Trace: > ([<0000000000115b7e>] show_trace+0x12e/0x150) > [<0000000000115c40>] show_stack+0xa0/0x100 > [<00000000009b163c>] dump_stack+0x74/0xc8 > [<000000000017424a>] ___might_sleep+0x23a/0x248 > [<00000000002b58e8>] might_fault+0x70/0xe8 > [<0000000000264230>] map_lookup_elem+0x188/0x260 > [<0000000000264716>] SyS_bpf+0x20e/0x840 > [<00000000009bbe3a>] system_call+0xd6/0x24c > [<000003fffd15f566>] 0x3fffd15f566 > 1 lock held by test_maps/671: > #0: (rcu_read_lock){......}, at: [<0000000000264190>] > map_lookup_elem+0xe8/0x260 > > So call rcu_read_unlock() before copy_to_user(). We can > release the lock earlier because it is not needed for copy_to_user().
we cannot move the rcu unlock this way, since it protects the value. So we need to copy the value while still under rcu. I'm puzzled how I missed this warning. I guess you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y ? and if (in_atomic()) return; as part of might_fault() hid it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/