We recently got an Oops report:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
IP: jbd2__journal_start+0x38/0x1a2
[...]
Call Trace:
ext4_page_mkwrite+0x307/0x52b
_ext4_get_block+0xd8/0xd8
do_page_mkwrite+0x6e/0xd8
handle_mm_fault+0x686/0xf9b
mntput_no_expire+0x1f/0x21e
__do_page_fault+0x21d/0x465
dput+0x4a/0x2f7
page_fault+0x22/0x30
copy_user_generic_string+0x2c/0x40
copy_page_to_iter+0x8c/0x2b8
generic_file_read_iter+0x26e/0x845
timerqueue_del+0x31/0x90
ceph_read_iter+0x697/0xa33 [ceph]
hrtimer_cancel+0x23/0x41
futex_wait+0x1c8/0x24d
get_futex_key+0x32c/0x39a
__vfs_read+0xe0/0x130
vfs_read.part.1+0x6c/0x123
handle_mm_fault+0x831/0xf9b
__fget+0x7e/0xbf
SyS_read+0x4d/0xb5
The reason is that page fault can happen when one filesystem copies
data from/to userspace, the filesystem may set current->journal_info.
If the userspace memory is mapped to a file on another filesystem,
the later filesystem may also want to use current->journal_info.
Signed-off-by: "Yan, Zheng" <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5eb3d2524bdc..e51383cd49bf 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2347,12 +2347,22 @@ static int do_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
int ret;
struct page *page = vmf->page;
+ void *old_journal_info = current->journal_info;
unsigned int old_flags = vmf->flags;
+ /*
+ * If the fault happens during read_iter() copies data to
+ * userspace, filesystem may have set current->journal_info.
+ * If the userspace memory is mapped to a file on another
+ * filesystem, page_mkwrite() of the later filesystem may
+ * want to access/modify current->journal_info.
+ */
+ current->journal_info = NULL;
vmf->flags = FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE;
ret = vmf->vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite(vmf);
- /* Restore original flags so that caller is not surprised */
+ /* Restore original journal_info and flags */
+ current->journal_info = old_journal_info;
vmf->flags = old_flags;
if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))
return ret;
@@ -3191,9 +3201,20 @@ static int do_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
static int __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+ void *old_journal_info = current->journal_info;
int ret;
+ /*
+ * If the fault happens during write_iter() copies data from
+ * userspace, filesystem may have set current->journal_info.
+ * If the userspace memory is mapped to a file on another
+ * filesystem, fault handler of the later filesystem may want
+ * to access/modify current->journal_info.
+ */
+ current->journal_info = NULL;
ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
+ /* Restore original journal_info */
+ current->journal_info = old_journal_info;
if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))
return ret;
--
2.13.6
