linux.git/fs/nilfs2/segment.c, branch v6.10

nilfs2: fix potential kernel bug due to lack of writeback flag waiting

2024-06-06T02:19:24+00:00

Destructive writes to a block device on which nilfs2 is mounted can cause
a kernel bug in the folio/page writeback start routine or writeback end
routine (__folio_start_writeback in the log below):

 kernel BUG at mm/page-writeback.c:3070!
 Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
 ...
 RIP: 0010:__folio_start_writeback+0xbaa/0x10e0
 Code: 25 ff 0f 00 00 0f 84 18 01 00 00 e8 40 ca c6 ff e9 17 f6 ff ff
  e8 36 ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 80 c0 12 84 e8 e7 b3 0f 00 90 <0f>
  0b e8 1f ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 a0 c6 12 84 e8 d0 b3 0f 00
 ...
 Call Trace:
  
  nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x4654/0x69d0 [nilfs2]
  nilfs_segctor_construct+0x181/0x6b0 [nilfs2]
  nilfs_segctor_thread+0x548/0x11c0 [nilfs2]
  kthread+0x2f0/0x390
  ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  

This is because when the log writer starts a writeback for segment summary
blocks or a super root block that use the backing device's page cache, it
does not wait for the ongoing folio/page writeback, resulting in an
inconsistent writeback state.

Fix this issue by waiting for ongoing writebacks when putting
folios/pages on the backing device into writeback state.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240530141556.4411-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Fixes: 9ff05123e3bf ("nilfs2: segment constructor")
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: fix potential hang in nilfs_detach_log_writer()

2024-05-24T18:55:07+00:00

Syzbot has reported a potential hang in nilfs_detach_log_writer() called
during nilfs2 unmount.

Analysis revealed that this is because nilfs_segctor_sync(), which
synchronizes with the log writer thread, can be called after
nilfs_segctor_destroy() terminates that thread, as shown in the call trace
below:

nilfs_detach_log_writer
  nilfs_segctor_destroy
    nilfs_segctor_kill_thread  --> Shut down log writer thread
    flush_work
      nilfs_iput_work_func
        nilfs_dispose_list
          iput
            nilfs_evict_inode
              nilfs_transaction_commit
                nilfs_construct_segment (if inode needs sync)
                  nilfs_segctor_sync  --> Attempt to synchronize with
                                          log writer thread
                           *** DEADLOCK ***

Fix this issue by changing nilfs_segctor_sync() so that the log writer
thread returns normally without synchronizing after it terminates, and by
forcing tasks that are already waiting to complete once after the thread
terminates.

The skipped inode metadata flushout will then be processed together in the
subsequent cleanup work in nilfs_segctor_destroy().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240520132621.4054-4-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Reported-by: syzbot+e3973c409251e136fdd0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e3973c409251e136fdd0
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: 
Cc: "Bai, Shuangpeng" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: fix unexpected freezing of nilfs_segctor_sync()

2024-05-24T18:55:07+00:00

A potential and reproducible race issue has been identified where
nilfs_segctor_sync() would block even after the log writer thread writes a
checkpoint, unless there is an interrupt or other trigger to resume log
writing.

This turned out to be because, depending on the execution timing of the
log writer thread running in parallel, the log writer thread may skip
responding to nilfs_segctor_sync(), which causes a call to schedule()
waiting for completion within nilfs_segctor_sync() to lose the opportunity
to wake up.

The reason why waking up the task waiting in nilfs_segctor_sync() may be
skipped is that updating the request generation issued using a shared
sequence counter and adding an wait queue entry to the request wait queue
to the log writer, are not done atomically.  There is a possibility that
log writing and request completion notification by nilfs_segctor_wakeup()
may occur between the two operations, and in that case, the wait queue
entry is not yet visible to nilfs_segctor_wakeup() and the wake-up of
nilfs_segctor_sync() will be carried over until the next request occurs.

Fix this issue by performing these two operations simultaneously within
the lock section of sc_state_lock.  Also, following the memory barrier
guidelines for event waiting loops, move the call to set_current_state()
in the same location into the event waiting loop to ensure that a memory
barrier is inserted just before the event condition determination.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240520132621.4054-3-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Fixes: 9ff05123e3bf ("nilfs2: segment constructor")
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: 
Cc: "Bai, Shuangpeng" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: fix use-after-free of timer for log writer thread

2024-05-24T18:55:07+00:00

Patch series "nilfs2: fix log writer related issues".

This bug fix series covers three nilfs2 log writer-related issues,
including a timer use-after-free issue and potential deadlock issue on
unmount, and a potential freeze issue in event synchronization found
during their analysis.  Details are described in each commit log.


This patch (of 3):

A use-after-free issue has been reported regarding the timer sc_timer on
the nilfs_sc_info structure.

The problem is that even though it is used to wake up a sleeping log
writer thread, sc_timer is not shut down until the nilfs_sc_info structure
is about to be freed, and is used regardless of the thread's lifetime.

Fix this issue by limiting the use of sc_timer only while the log writer
thread is alive.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240520132621.4054-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240520132621.4054-2-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Fixes: fdce895ea5dd ("nilfs2: change sc_timer from a pointer to an embedded one in struct nilfs_sc_info")
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Reported-by: "Bai, Shuangpeng" 
Closes: https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller/c/MK_LYqtt8ko/m/8rgdWeseAwAJ
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge tag 'pull-bd_inode-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2024-05-21T16:51:42+00:00

Pull bdev bd_inode updates from Al Viro:
 "Replacement of bdev->bd_inode with sane(r) set of primitives by me and
  Yu Kuai"

* tag 'pull-bd_inode-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  RIP ->bd_inode
  dasd_format(): killing the last remaining user of ->bd_inode
  nilfs_attach_log_writer(): use ->bd_mapping->host instead of ->bd_inode
  block/bdev.c: use the knowledge of inode/bdev coallocation
  gfs2: more obvious initializations of mapping->host
  fs/buffer.c: massage the remaining users of ->bd_inode to ->bd_mapping
  blk_ioctl_{discard,zeroout}(): we only want ->bd_inode->i_mapping here...
  grow_dev_folio(): we only want ->bd_inode->i_mapping there
  use ->bd_mapping instead of ->bd_inode->i_mapping
  block_device: add a pointer to struct address_space (page cache of bdev)
  missing helpers: bdev_unhash(), bdev_drop()
  block: move two helpers into bdev.c
  block2mtd: prevent direct access of bd_inode
  dm-vdo: use bdev_nr_bytes(bdev) instead of i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode)
  blkdev_write_iter(): saner way to get inode and bdev
  bcachefs: remove dead function bdev_sectors()
  ext4: remove block_device_ejected()
  erofs_buf: store address_space instead of inode
  erofs: switch erofs_bread() to passing offset instead of block number

nilfs2: remove calls to folio_set_error() and folio_clear_error()

2024-05-11T22:51:43+00:00

Nobody checks this flag on nilfs2 folios, stop setting and clearing it. 
That lets us simplify nilfs_end_folio_io() slightly.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240420025029.2166544-17-willy@infradead.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240430050901.3239-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) 
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Cc: kernel test robot 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Song Liu 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs_attach_log_writer(): use ->bd_mapping->host instead of ->bd_inode

2024-05-03T06:36:55+00:00

I suspect that inode_attach_wb() use is rather unidiomatic, but
that's a separate story - in any case, its use is a few times
per mount *and* the route by which we access that inode is
"the host of address_space a page belongs to".

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

nilfs2: localize highmem mapping for checkpoint finalization within cpfile

2024-02-22T23:38:53+00:00

Move the checkpoint finalization routine to the cpfile side, and make the
page mapping local and temporary.  And use kmap_local instead of kmap to
access the checkpoint entry page when finalizing a checkpoint.

In this conversion, some of the information on the checkpoint entry being
rewritten is passed through the arguments of the newly added method
nilfs_cpfile_finalize_checkpoint().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240122140202.6950-13-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: localize highmem mapping for checkpoint creation within cpfile

2024-02-22T23:38:53+00:00

In order to convert kmap() used in cpfile to kmap_local, first move the
checkpoint creation routine, which is one of the places where kmap is
used, to the cpfile side and make the page mapping local and temporary. 
And use kmap_local instead of kmap to access the checkpoint entry page
(and header block page) when generating a checkpoint.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240122140202.6950-12-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: convert ifile to use kmap_local

2024-02-22T23:38:53+00:00

Convert deprecated kmap() and kmap_atomic() to use kmap_local for the
ifile metadata file used to manage disk inodes.

In some usages, calls to kmap_local and kunmap_local are split into
different helpers, but those usages can be safely changed to local thread
kmap.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240122140202.6950-11-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton