/*
* deadlock_detector.c Detects potential deadlocks in a running process.
* For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. See .py file.
*
* Copyright 2017 Facebook, Inc.
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
*
* 1-Feb-2016 Kenny Yu Created this.
*/
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
// Maximum number of mutexes a single thread can hold at once.
// If the number is too big, the unrolled loops wil cause the stack
// to be too big, and the bpf verifier will fail.
#define MAX_HELD_MUTEXES 16
// Info about held mutexes. `mutex` will be 0 if not held.
struct held_mutex_t {
u64 mutex;
u64 stack_id;
};
// List of mutexes that a thread is holding. Whenever we loop over this array,
// we need to force the compiler to unroll the loop, otherwise the bcc verifier
// will fail because the loop will create a backwards edge.
struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t {
struct held_mutex_t held_mutexes[MAX_HELD_MUTEXES];
};
// Map of thread ID -> array of (mutex addresses, stack id)
BPF_HASH(thread_to_held_mutexes, u32, struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t, 2097152);
// Key type for edges. Represents an edge from mutex1 => mutex2.
struct edges_key_t {
u64 mutex1;
u64 mutex2;
};
// Leaf type for edges. Holds information about where each mutex was acquired.
struct edges_leaf_t {
u64 mutex1_stack_id;
u64 mutex2_stack_id;
u32 thread_pid;
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
};
// Represents all edges currently in the mutex wait graph.
BPF_HASH(edges, struct edges_key_t, struct edges_leaf_t, 2097152);
// Info about parent thread when a child thread is created.
struct thread_created_leaf_t {
u64 stack_id;
u32 parent_pid;
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
};
// Map of child thread pid -> info about parent thread.
BPF_HASH(thread_to_parent, u32, struct thread_created_leaf_t);
// Stack traces when threads are created and when mutexes are locked/unlocked.
BPF_STACK_TRACE(stack_traces, 655360);
// The first argument to the user space function we are tracing
// is a pointer to the mutex M held by thread T.
//
// For all mutexes N held by mutexes_held[T]
// add edge N => M (held by T)
// mutexes_held[T].add(M)
int trace_mutex_acquire(struct pt_regs *ctx, void *mutex_addr) {
// Higher 32 bits is process ID, Lower 32 bits is thread ID
u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
u64 mutex = (u64)mutex_addr;
struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t empty_leaf = {};
struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t *leaf =
thread_to_held_mutexes.lookup_or_init(&pid, &empty_leaf);
if (!leaf) {
bpf_trace_printk(
"could not add thread_to_held_mutex key, thread: %d, mutex: %p\n", pid,
mutex);
return 1; // Could not insert, no more memory
}
// Recursive mutexes lock the same mutex multiple times. We cannot tell if
// the mutex is recursive after the mutex is already created. To avoid noisy
// reports, disallow self edges. Do one pass to check if we are already
// holding the mutex, and if we are, do nothing.
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_HELD_MUTEXES; ++i) {
if (leaf->held_mutexes[i].mutex == mutex) {
return 1; // Disallow self edges
}
}
u64 stack_id =
stack_traces.get_stackid(ctx, BPF_F_USER_STACK | BPF_F_REUSE_STACKID);
int added_mutex = 0;
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_HELD_MUTEXES; ++i) {
// If this is a free slot, see if we can insert.
if (!leaf->held_mutexes[i].mutex) {
if (!added_mutex) {
leaf->held_mutexes[i].mutex = mutex;
leaf->held_mutexes[i].stack_id = stack_id;
added_mutex = 1;
}
continue; // Nothing to do for a free slot
}
// Add edges from held mutex => current mutex
struct edges_key_t edge_key = {};
edge_key.mutex1 = leaf->held_mutexes[i].mutex;
edge_key.mutex2 = mutex;
struct edges_leaf_t edge_leaf = {};
edge_leaf.mutex1_stack_id = leaf->held_mutexes[i].stack_id;
edge_leaf.mutex2_stack_id = stack_id;
edge_leaf.thread_pid = pid;
bpf_get_current_comm(&edge_leaf.comm, sizeof(edge_leaf.comm));
// Returns non-zero on error
int result = edges.update(&edge_key, &edge_leaf);
if (result) {
bpf_trace_printk("could not add edge key %p, %p, error: %d\n",
edge_key.mutex1, edge_key.mutex2, result);
continue; // Could not insert, no more memory
}
}
// There were no free slots for this mutex.
if (!added_mutex) {
bpf_trace_printk("could not add mutex %p, added_mutex: %d\n", mutex,
added_mutex);
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
// The first argument to the user space function we are tracing
// is a pointer to the mutex M held by thread T.
//
// mutexes_held[T].remove(M)
int trace_mutex_release(struct pt_regs *ctx, void *mutex_addr) {
// Higher 32 bits is process ID, Lower 32 bits is thread ID
u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
u64 mutex = (u64)mutex_addr;
struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t *leaf =
thread_to_held_mutexes.lookup(&pid);
if (!leaf) {
// If the leaf does not exist for the pid, then it means we either missed
// the acquire event, or we had no more memory and could not add it.
bpf_trace_printk(
"could not find thread_to_held_mutex, thread: %d, mutex: %p\n", pid,
mutex);
return 1;
}
// For older kernels without "Bpf: allow access into map value arrays"
// (https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/30/287) the bpf verifier will fail with an
// invalid memory access on `leaf->held_mutexes[i]` below. On newer kernels,
// we can avoid making this extra copy in `value` and use `leaf` directly.
struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t value = {};
bpf_probe_read(&value, sizeof(struct thread_to_held_mutex_leaf_t), leaf);
#pragma unroll
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_HELD_MUTEXES; ++i) {
// Find the current mutex (if it exists), and clear it.
// Note: Can't use `leaf->` in this if condition, see comment above.
if (value.held_mutexes[i].mutex == mutex) {
leaf->held_mutexes[i].mutex = 0;
leaf->held_mutexes[i].stack_id = 0;
}
}
return 0;
}
// Trace return from clone() syscall in the child thread (return value > 0).
int trace_clone(struct pt_regs *ctx, unsigned long flags, void *child_stack,
void *ptid, void *ctid, struct pt_regs *regs) {
u32 child_pid = PT_REGS_RC(ctx);
if (child_pid <= 0) {
return 1;
}
struct thread_created_leaf_t thread_created_leaf = {};
thread_created_leaf.parent_pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
thread_created_leaf.stack_id =
stack_traces.get_stackid(ctx, BPF_F_USER_STACK | BPF_F_REUSE_STACKID);
bpf_get_current_comm(&thread_created_leaf.comm,
sizeof(thread_created_leaf.comm));
struct thread_created_leaf_t *insert_result =
thread_to_parent.lookup_or_init(&child_pid, &thread_created_leaf);
if (!insert_result) {
bpf_trace_printk(
"could not add thread_created_key, child: %d, parent: %d\n", child_pid,
thread_created_leaf.parent_pid);
return 1; // Could not insert, no more memory
}
return 0;
}