Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 2/6] bpf: prevent deadlock from recursive bpf_task_storage_[get|delete]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 03:43:15PM -0800, Song Liu wrote:

BPF helpers bpf_task_storage_[get|delete] could hold two locks:
bpf_local_storage_map_bucket->lock and bpf_local_storage->lock. Calling
these helpers from fentry/fexit programs on functions in bpf_*_storage.c
may cause deadlock on either locks.

Prevent such deadlock with a per cpu counter, bpf_task_storage_busy. We
need this counter to be global, because the two locks here belong to two
different objects: bpf_local_storage_map and bpf_local_storage. If we
pick one of them as the owner of the counter, it is still possible to
trigger deadlock on the other lock. For example, if bpf_local_storage_map
owns the counters, it cannot prevent deadlock on bpf_local_storage->lock
when two maps are used.

Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <redacted>