Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] ext4: fix race between writepages and enabling EXT4_EXTENTS_FL

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On Wed 19-02-20 10:30:47, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If EXT4_EXTENTS_FL is set on an inode while ext4_writepages() is running
> on it, the following warning in ext4_add_complete_io() can be hit:
> 
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at fs/ext4/page-io.c:234 ext4_put_io_end_defer+0xf0/0x120
> 
> Here's a minimal reproducer (not 100% reliable) (root isn't required):
> 
>         while true; do
>                 sync
>         done &
>         while true; do
>                 rm -f file
>                 touch file
>                 chattr -e file
>                 echo X >> file
>                 chattr +e file
>         done
> 
> The problem is that in ext4_writepages(), ext4_should_dioread_nolock()
> (which only returns true on extent-based files) is checked once to set
> the number of reserved journal credits, and also again later to select
> the flags for ext4_map_blocks() and copy the reserved journal handle to
> ext4_io_end::handle.  But if EXT4_EXTENTS_FL is being concurrently set,
> the first check can see dioread_nolock disabled while the later one can
> see it enabled, causing the reserved handle to unexpectedly be NULL.
> 
> Since changing EXT4_EXTENTS_FL is uncommon, and there may be other races
> related to doing so as well, fix this by synchronizing changing
> EXT4_EXTENTS_FL with ext4_writepages() via the existing
> s_writepages_rwsem (previously called s_journal_flag_rwsem).
> 
> This was originally reported by syzbot without a reproducer at
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2202a584a00fffd19fbf,
> but now that dioread_nolock is the default I also started seeing this
> when running syzkaller locally.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+2202a584a00fffd19fbf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 6b523df4fb5a ("ext4: use transaction reservation for extent conversion in ext4_end_io")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h    |  5 ++++-
>  fs/ext4/migrate.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 487a7b430b9dd..0a59006c621a0 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -1552,7 +1552,10 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
>  	struct ratelimit_state s_warning_ratelimit_state;
>  	struct ratelimit_state s_msg_ratelimit_state;
>  
> -	/* Barrier between changing inodes' journal flags and writepages ops. */
> +	/*
> +	 * Barrier between writepages ops and changing any inode's JOURNAL_DATA
> +	 * or EXTENTS flag.
> +	 */
>  	struct percpu_rw_semaphore s_writepages_rwsem;
>  	struct dax_device *s_daxdev;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> index 89725fa425732..fb6520f371355 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> @@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static int free_ext_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
>  
>  int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  {
> +	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  	int retval = 0, i;
>  	__le32 *i_data;
> @@ -431,6 +432,8 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  		 */
>  		return retval;
>  
> +	percpu_down_write(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Worst case we can touch the allocation bitmaps, a bgd
>  	 * block, and a block to link in the orphan list.  We do need
> @@ -441,7 +444,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		retval = PTR_ERR(handle);
> -		return retval;
> +		goto out_unlock;
>  	}
>  	goal = (((inode->i_ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) *
>  		EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) + 1;
> @@ -452,7 +455,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  	if (IS_ERR(tmp_inode)) {
>  		retval = PTR_ERR(tmp_inode);
>  		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> -		return retval;
> +		goto out_unlock;
>  	}
>  	i_size_write(tmp_inode, i_size_read(inode));
>  	/*
> @@ -494,7 +497,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  		 */
>  		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, tmp_inode);
>  		retval = PTR_ERR(handle);
> -		goto out;
> +		goto out_tmp_inode;
>  	}
>  
>  	ei = EXT4_I(inode);
> @@ -576,10 +579,11 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  	ext4_ext_tree_init(handle, tmp_inode);
>  out_stop:
>  	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> -out:
> +out_tmp_inode:
>  	unlock_new_inode(tmp_inode);
>  	iput(tmp_inode);
> -
> +out_unlock:
> +	percpu_up_write(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
>  	return retval;
>  }
>  
> @@ -589,7 +593,8 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	struct ext4_extent_header	*eh;
> -	struct ext4_super_block		*es = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es;
> +	struct ext4_sb_info		*sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
> +	struct ext4_super_block		*es = sbi->s_es;
>  	struct ext4_inode_info		*ei = EXT4_I(inode);
>  	struct ext4_extent		*ex;
>  	unsigned int			i, len;
> @@ -613,9 +618,13 @@ int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC))
>  		ext4_alloc_da_blocks(inode);
>  
> +	percpu_down_write(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
> +
>  	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE, 1);
> -	if (IS_ERR(handle))
> -		return PTR_ERR(handle);
> +	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
> +		goto out_unlock;
> +	}
>  
>  	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
>  	ret = ext4_ext_check_inode(inode);
> @@ -650,5 +659,7 @@ int ext4_ind_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  errout:
>  	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
>  	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
> +out_unlock:
> +	percpu_up_write(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.25.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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