On 01/03/2018 03:03 PM, Coly Li wrote: > Delayed worker dc->writeback_rate_update and kernel thread > dc->writeback_thread reference cache set data structure in their routine, > Therefor, before they are stopped, cache set should not be release. Other- > wise, NULL pointer deference will be triggered. > > Currenly delayed worker dc->writeback_rate_update and kernel thread > dc->writeback_thread are stopped in cached_dev_free(). When cache set is > retiring by too many I/O errors, cached_dev_free() is called when refcount > of bcache device's closure (disk.cl) reaches 0. In most of cases, last > refcount of disk.cl is dropped in last line of cached_dev_detach_finish(). > But in cached_dev_detach_finish() before calling closure_put(&dc->disk.cl), > bcache_device_detach() is called, and inside bcache_device_detach() > refcount of cache_set->caching is dropped by closure_put(&d->c->caching). > > It is very probably this is the last refcount of this closure, so routine > cache_set_flush() will be called (it is set in __cache_set_unregister()), > and its parent closure cache_set->cl may also drop its last refcount and > cache_set_free() is called too. In cache_set_free() the last refcount of > cache_set->kobj is dropped and then bch_cache_set_release() is called. Now > in bch_cache_set_release(), the memory of struct cache_set is freeed. > > bch_cache_set_release() is called before cached_dev_free(), then there is a > time window after cache set memory freed and before dc->writeback_thread > and dc->writeback_rate_update stopped, if one of them is scheduled to run, > a NULL pointer deference will be triggered. > > This patch fixes the above problem by stopping dc->writeback_thread and > dc->writeback_rate_update earlier in bcache_device_detach() before calling > closure_put(&d->c->caching). Because cancel_delayed_work_sync() and > kthread_stop() are synchronized operations, we can make sure cache set > is available when the delayed work and kthread are stopping. > > Because cached_dev_free() can also be called by writing 1 to sysfs file > /sys/block/bcache<N>/bcache/stop, this code path may not call > bcache_device_detach() if d-c is NULL. So stopping dc->writeback_thread > and dc->writeback_rate_update in cached_dev_free() is still necessary. In > order to avoid stop them twice, dc->rate_update_canceled is added to > indicate dc->writeback_rate_update is canceled, and dc->writeback_thread > is set to NULL to indicate it is stopped. > > Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 1 + > drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h > index 83c569942bd0..395b87942a2f 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h > +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h > @@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ struct cached_dev { > > struct bch_ratelimit writeback_rate; > struct delayed_work writeback_rate_update; > + bool rate_update_canceled; > > /* > * Internal to the writeback code, so read_dirty() can keep track of > diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c > index 5401d2356aa3..8912be4165c5 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c > +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c > @@ -696,8 +696,20 @@ static void bcache_device_link(struct bcache_device *d, struct cache_set *c, > > static void bcache_device_detach(struct bcache_device *d) > { > + struct cached_dev *dc; > + > lockdep_assert_held(&bch_register_lock); > > + dc = container_of(d, struct cached_dev, disk); > + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->writeback_thread)) { > + kthread_stop(dc->writeback_thread); > + dc->writeback_thread = NULL; > + } > + if (!dc->rate_update_canceled) { > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dc->writeback_rate_update); > + dc->rate_update_canceled = true; > + } > + > if (test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &d->flags)) { > struct uuid_entry *u = d->c->uuids + d->id; > > @@ -1071,9 +1083,14 @@ static void cached_dev_free(struct closure *cl) > { > struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(cl, struct cached_dev, disk.cl); > > - cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dc->writeback_rate_update); > - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->writeback_thread)) > + if (!dc->rate_update_canceled) { > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dc->writeback_rate_update); > + dc->rate_update_canceled = true; > + } > + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->writeback_thread)) { > kthread_stop(dc->writeback_thread); > + dc->writeback_thread = NULL; > + } > if (dc->writeback_write_wq) > destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq); > > diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c > index 745d9b2a326f..ab2ac3d72393 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c > +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c > @@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ void bch_cached_dev_writeback_init(struct cached_dev *dc) > dc->writeback_rate_i_term_inverse = 10000; > > INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dc->writeback_rate_update, update_writeback_rate); > + dc->rate_update_canceled = false; > } > > int bch_cached_dev_writeback_start(struct cached_dev *dc) > Hehe. Just as I said in the comment to the previous patch. I would suggest merge this and the previous patch :-) But in general, I don't think you need 'rate_update_canceled'. cancel_delayed_work_sync() will be a no-op if no work item has been scheduled. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)