mm: memory-failure: use rcu lock instead of tasklist_lock when collect_procs()

We found a softlock issue in our test, analyzed the logs, and found that
the relevant CPU call trace as follows:

CPU0:
  _do_fork
    -> copy_process()
      -> write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock)  //Disable irq,waiting for
      					 //tasklist_lock

CPU1:
  wp_page_copy()
    ->pte_offset_map_lock()
      -> spin_lock(&page->ptl);        //Hold page->ptl
    -> ptep_clear_flush()
      -> flush_tlb_others() ...
        -> smp_call_function_many()
          -> arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask()
            -> csd_lock_wait()         //Waiting for other CPUs respond
	                               //IPI

CPU2:
  collect_procs_anon()
    -> read_lock(&tasklist_lock)       //Hold tasklist_lock
      ->for_each_process(tsk)
        -> page_mapped_in_vma()
          -> page_vma_mapped_walk()
	    -> map_pte()
              ->spin_lock(&page->ptl)  //Waiting for page->ptl

We can see that CPU1 waiting for CPU0 respond IPI，CPU0 waiting for CPU2
unlock tasklist_lock, CPU2 waiting for CPU1 unlock page->ptl. As a result,
softlockup is triggered.

For collect_procs_anon(), what we're doing is task list iteration, during
the iteration, with the help of call_rcu(), the task_struct object is freed
only after one or more grace periods elapse. the logic as follows:

release_task()
  -> __exit_signal()
    -> __unhash_process()
      -> list_del_rcu()

  -> put_task_struct_rcu_user()
    -> call_rcu(&task->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct)

delayed_put_task_struct()
  -> put_task_struct()
  -> if (refcount_sub_and_test())
     	__put_task_struct()
          -> free_task()

Therefore, under the protection of the rcu lock, we can safely use
get_task_struct() to ensure a safe reference to task_struct during the
iteration.

By removing the use of tasklist_lock in task list iteration, we can break
the softlock chain above.

The same logic can also be applied to:
 - collect_procs_file()
 - collect_procs_fsdax()
 - collect_procs_ksm()

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230828022527.241693-1-tongtiangen@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@nec.com>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 8d6aee05421d..981af9c72e7a 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ void collect_procs_ksm(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill,
 		struct anon_vma *av = rmap_item->anon_vma;
 
 		anon_vma_lock_read(av);
-		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		for_each_process(tsk) {
 			struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
 			unsigned long addr;
@@ -2944,7 +2944,7 @@ void collect_procs_ksm(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill,
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		anon_vma_unlock_read(av);
 	}
 }