On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:01:09 +0400
> From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: tytso@xxxxxxx, jack@xxxxxxx, wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx,
> Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH 4/9] ext4: punch_hole should wait for DIO writers
>
> punch_hole are the places where we have to wait for all existing writers
> (writeback, aio, dio), but currently we simply flush pended end_io request
> which is not sufficient. Even more i_mutex is not holded while punch_hole
> which obviously result in dangerous data corruption due to
> access-after-free issue.
>
> This patch performs following changes:
> - Guard punch_hole with i_mutex
> - Block all new dio readers in order to prevent information leak caused by
> read-after-free pattern.
> - punch_hole now wait for all writers in flight
> NOTE: XXX write-after-free race is still possible because there is
> no easy way to stop writeback while punch_hole is in progress.
Hi Dimitry,
Just FYI, I am carrying the punch hole i_mutex in the patch set "Add
invalidatepage_range address space operation" but I am more than
happy to drop it and let your patch fix this instead.
Thanks!
-Lukas
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/extents.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index 44e33b0..0e94485 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -4814,9 +4814,22 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
> loff_t first_page_offset, last_page_offset;
> int credits, err = 0;
>
> + /*
> + * Write out all dirty pages to avoid race conditions
> + * Then release them.
> + */
> + if (mapping->nrpages && mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
> + err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping,
> + offset, offset + length - 1);
> +
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
> +
> + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
> /* No need to punch hole beyond i_size */
> if (offset >= inode->i_size)
> - return 0;
> + goto out_mutex;
>
> /*
> * If the hole extends beyond i_size, set the hole
> @@ -4834,31 +4847,23 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
> first_page_offset = first_page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> last_page_offset = last_page << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
>
> - /*
> - * Write out all dirty pages to avoid race conditions
> - * Then release them.
> - */
> - if (mapping->nrpages && mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
> - err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping,
> - offset, offset + length - 1);
> -
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> - }
> -
> /* Now release the pages */
> if (last_page_offset > first_page_offset) {
> truncate_pagecache_range(inode, first_page_offset,
> last_page_offset - 1);
> }
>
> - /* finish any pending end_io work */
> + /* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
> + ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
> + inode_dio_wait(inode);
> ext4_flush_completed_IO(inode);
>
> credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
> handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
> - if (IS_ERR(handle))
> - return PTR_ERR(handle);
> + if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> + err = PTR_ERR(handle);
> + goto out_dio;
> + }
>
> err = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
> if (err)
> @@ -4952,6 +4957,10 @@ out:
> inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
> ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
> ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> +out_dio:
> + ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
> +out_mutex:
> + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
> return err;
> }
> int ext4_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
>
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