2022-05-14 03:57:45

by Yajun Deng

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Subject: [PATCH v2] sched/rt: fix the case where sched_rt_period_us is negative

The proc_dointvec() is for integer, but sysctl_sched_rt_period is a
unsigned integer, proc_dointvec() would convert negative number into
positive number. So both proc_dointvec() and sched_rt_global_validate()
aren't return error even if we set a negative number.

Use proc_dointvec_minmax() instead of proc_dointvec() and use extra1
limit the minimum value for sched_rt_period_us/sched_rt_runtime_us.

Fixes: 391e43da797a ("sched: Move all scheduler bits into kernel/sched/")
Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <[email protected]>
---
kernel/sched/rt.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index b491a0f8c25d..3add32679885 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
{
.procname = "sched_rt_runtime_us",
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
+ .extra2 = (void *)&sysctl_sched_rt_period,
},
{
.procname = "sched_rr_timeslice_ms",
@@ -2959,9 +2962,6 @@ static int sched_rt_global_constraints(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)
{
- if (sysctl_sched_rt_period <= 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
if ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime != RUNTIME_INF) &&
((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||
((u64)sysctl_sched_rt_runtime *
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ static int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
old_period = sysctl_sched_rt_period;
old_runtime = sysctl_sched_rt_runtime;

- ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);

if (!ret && write) {
ret = sched_rt_global_validate();
--
2.25.1



2022-05-16 20:43:46

by Valentin Schneider

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/rt: fix the case where sched_rt_period_us is negative

On 12/05/22 08:39, Yajun Deng wrote:
> The proc_dointvec() is for integer, but sysctl_sched_rt_period is a
> unsigned integer, proc_dointvec() would convert negative number into
> positive number. So both proc_dointvec() and sched_rt_global_validate()
> aren't return error even if we set a negative number.
>
> Use proc_dointvec_minmax() instead of proc_dointvec() and use extra1
> limit the minimum value for sched_rt_period_us/sched_rt_runtime_us.
>
> Fixes: 391e43da797a ("sched: Move all scheduler bits into kernel/sched/")

That's just the last apparent change of the incriminated variable. AFAICT
the issue stems from:

- sysctl_sched_rt_period being unsigned int
- the ctl entry using proc_dointvec()
- the bounds check on sysctl_sched_rt_period being just <= 0 which doesn't
actually respect the [1, INT_MAX] stated in
Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst

The <= thing was added by:

ec5d498991e8 ("sched: fix deadlock in setting scheduler parameter to zero")

but AFAICT the unsigned int vs proc_dointvec() thing dates back to:

d0b27fa77854 ("sched: rt-group: synchonised bandwidth period")

> Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <[email protected]>
> ---

In the absence of a cover letter (e.g. single-patch submission), this is
where you should write patch version changelogs (see
Documentation/process).

> kernel/sched/rt.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
> index b491a0f8c25d..3add32679885 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
> .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
> .mode = 0644,
> .proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
> + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,

Per earlier comment, the Documentation says that this needs to be within
[1, INT_MAX], which you do get by excluding negative values when casting to
int...

How about we make sysctl_sched_rt_period int on top of this, then all variables
modified by the sched_rt_handler() proc_dointvec() are *actually* int, and
the upper bound requires less mental gymnastics to be figured out?

> },
> {
> .procname = "sched_rt_runtime_us",
> @@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
> .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> .mode = 0644,
> .proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
> + .extra1 = SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
> + .extra2 = (void *)&sysctl_sched_rt_period,

Per this, you could also remove the

((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||

from sched_rt_global_validate(), no?

> },
> {
> .procname = "sched_rr_timeslice_ms",
> @@ -2959,9 +2962,6 @@ static int sched_rt_global_constraints(void)
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)
> {
> - if (sysctl_sched_rt_period <= 0)
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> if ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime != RUNTIME_INF) &&
> ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||
> ((u64)sysctl_sched_rt_runtime *
> @@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ static int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
> old_period = sysctl_sched_rt_period;
> old_runtime = sysctl_sched_rt_runtime;
>
> - ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>
> if (!ret && write) {
> ret = sched_rt_global_validate();
> --
> 2.25.1


2022-05-17 15:25:13

by Yajun Deng

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/rt: fix the case where sched_rt_period_us is negative

May 16, 2022 11:04 PM, "Valentin Schneider" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/05/22 08:39, Yajun Deng wrote:
>
>> The proc_dointvec() is for integer, but sysctl_sched_rt_period is a
>> unsigned integer, proc_dointvec() would convert negative number into
>> positive number. So both proc_dointvec() and sched_rt_global_validate()
>> aren't return error even if we set a negative number.
>>
>> Use proc_dointvec_minmax() instead of proc_dointvec() and use extra1
>> limit the minimum value for sched_rt_period_us/sched_rt_runtime_us.
>>
>> Fixes: 391e43da797a ("sched: Move all scheduler bits into kernel/sched/")
>
> That's just the last apparent change of the incriminated variable. AFAICT
> the issue stems from:
>
> - sysctl_sched_rt_period being unsigned int
> - the ctl entry using proc_dointvec()
> - the bounds check on sysctl_sched_rt_period being just <= 0 which doesn't
> actually respect the [1, INT_MAX] stated in
> Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.rst
>
> The <= thing was added by:
>
> ec5d498991e8 ("sched: fix deadlock in setting scheduler parameter to zero")
>
> but AFAICT the unsigned int vs proc_dointvec() thing dates back to:
>
> d0b27fa77854 ("sched: rt-group: synchonised bandwidth period")
>

I know that, but I didn't find out the source. Thank you for helping me find out it.

>> Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <[email protected]>
>> ---
>
> In the absence of a cover letter (e.g. single-patch submission), this is
> where you should write patch version changelogs (see
> Documentation/process).
>

Got it, I will add it to the next version.

>> kernel/sched/rt.c | 8 ++++----
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
>> index b491a0f8c25d..3add32679885 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
>> .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
>> .mode = 0644,
>> .proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
>> + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
>
> Per earlier comment, the Documentation says that this needs to be within
> [1, INT_MAX], which you do get by excluding negative values when casting to
> int...
>
> How about we make sysctl_sched_rt_period int on top of this, then all variables
> modified by the sched_rt_handler() proc_dointvec() are *actually* int, and
> the upper bound requires less mental gymnastics to be figured out?
>

Yes, we can make sysctl_sched_rt_period int.
>> },
>> {
>> .procname = "sched_rt_runtime_us",
>> @@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
>> .maxlen = sizeof(int),
>> .mode = 0644,
>> .proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
>> + .extra1 = SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
>> + .extra2 = (void *)&sysctl_sched_rt_period,
>
> Per this, you could also remove the
>
> ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||
>
> from sched_rt_global_validate(), no?
>

No, the extra2 just limit the maximum value of sysctl_sched_rt_runtime is sysctl_sched_rt_period, but not limit the minimum value of sysctl_sched_rt_period is sysctl_sched_rt_runtime. (sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) can do both.
Its purpose is to return error earlier. Perhaps I should remove extra2 to avoid ambiguity.

>> },
>> {
>> .procname = "sched_rr_timeslice_ms",
>> @@ -2959,9 +2962,6 @@ static int sched_rt_global_constraints(void)
>> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
>> static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)
>> {
>> - if (sysctl_sched_rt_period <= 0)
>> - return -EINVAL;
>> -
>> if ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime != RUNTIME_INF) &&
>> ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||
>> ((u64)sysctl_sched_rt_runtime *
>> @@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ static int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
>> old_period = sysctl_sched_rt_period;
>> old_runtime = sysctl_sched_rt_runtime;
>>
>> - ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>> + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>>
>> if (!ret && write) {
>> ret = sched_rt_global_validate();
>> --
>> 2.25.1

2022-05-18 03:27:57

by Valentin Schneider

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched/rt: fix the case where sched_rt_period_us is negative

On 17/05/22 01:55, Yajun Deng wrote:
> May 16, 2022 11:04 PM, "Valentin Schneider" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> },
>>> {
>>> .procname = "sched_rt_runtime_us",
>>> @@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ static struct ctl_table sched_rt_sysctls[] = {
>>> .maxlen = sizeof(int),
>>> .mode = 0644,
>>> .proc_handler = sched_rt_handler,
>>> + .extra1 = SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
>>> + .extra2 = (void *)&sysctl_sched_rt_period,
>>
>> Per this, you could also remove the
>>
>> ((sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) ||
>>
>> from sched_rt_global_validate(), no?
>>
>
> No, the extra2 just limit the maximum value of sysctl_sched_rt_runtime is sysctl_sched_rt_period, but not limit the minimum value of sysctl_sched_rt_period is sysctl_sched_rt_runtime. (sysctl_sched_rt_runtime > sysctl_sched_rt_period) can do both.

Gotcha.

> Its purpose is to return error earlier. Perhaps I should remove extra2 to avoid ambiguity.
>

It's probably better to only have the "pure" bounds in there yes.