On 07/20/2012 07:41 PM, Sage Weil wrote: > Previously, we were opportunistically initializing the bio_iter if it > appeared to be uninitialized in the middle of the read path. The problem > is that a sequence like: > > - start reading message > - initialize bio_iter > - read half a message > - messenger fault, reconnect > - restart reading message > - ** bio_iter now non-NULL, not reinitialized ** > - read past end of bio, crash > > Instead, initialize the bio_iter unconditionally when we allocate/claim > the message for read. > > Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxx> This seems to be similar to this recent change to the writing side of things: commit 43643528cce60ca184fe8197efa8e8da7c89a037 Author: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@xxxxxxxxx> rbd: Clear ceph_msg->bio_iter for retransmitted message In any case, this is the place where a new message is being initialized, so it makes sense that this is where you re-init the bio_iter pointer. Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/ceph/messenger.c | 11 ++++++----- > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c > index e24310e..efa369f 100644 > --- a/net/ceph/messenger.c > +++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c > @@ -1876,6 +1876,11 @@ static int read_partial_message(struct ceph_connection *con) > else > con->in_msg_pos.page_pos = 0; > con->in_msg_pos.data_pos = 0; > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK > + if (m->bio) > + init_bio_iter(m->bio, &m->bio_iter, &m->bio_seg); > +#endif > } > > /* front */ > @@ -1892,10 +1897,6 @@ static int read_partial_message(struct ceph_connection *con) > if (ret <= 0) > return ret; > } > -#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK > - if (m->bio && !m->bio_iter) > - init_bio_iter(m->bio, &m->bio_iter, &m->bio_seg); > -#endif > > /* (page) data */ > while (con->in_msg_pos.data_pos < data_len) { > @@ -1906,7 +1907,7 @@ static int read_partial_message(struct ceph_connection *con) > return ret; > #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK > } else if (m->bio) { > - > + BUG_ON(!m->bio_iter); > ret = read_partial_message_bio(con, > &m->bio_iter, &m->bio_seg, > data_len, do_datacrc); > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html