Re: [PATCH 3/4] ext4: fix a potential assertion failure due to improperly dirtied buffer

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On Fri 30-08-24 13:37:38, zhangshida wrote:
> From: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> On an old kernel version(4.19, ext3, data=journal, pagesize=64k),
> an assertion failure will occasionally be triggered by the line below:
> -----------
> jbd2_journal_commit_transaction
> {
> ...
> J_ASSERT_BH(bh, !buffer_dirty(bh));
> /*
> * The buffer on BJ_Forget list and not jbddirty means
> ...
> }
> -----------
> 
> The same condition may also be applied to the lattest kernel version.
> 
> When blocksize < pagesize and we truncate a file, there can be buffers in
> the mapping tail page beyond i_size. These buffers will be filed to
> transaction's BJ_Forget list by ext4_journalled_invalidatepage() during
> truncation. When the transaction doing truncate starts committing, we can
> grow the file again. This calls __block_write_begin() which allocates new
> blocks under these buffers in the tail page we go through the branch:
> 
>                         if (buffer_new(bh)) {
>                                 clean_bdev_bh_alias(bh);
>                                 if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
>                                         clear_buffer_new(bh);
>                                         set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>                                         mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
>                                         continue;
>                                 }
>                                 ...
>                         }
> 
> Hence buffers on BJ_Forget list of the committing transaction get marked
> dirty and this triggers the jbd2 assertion.
> 
> Teach ext4_block_write_begin() to properly handle files with data
> journalling by avoiding dirtying them directly. Instead of
> folio_zero_new_buffers() we use ext4_journalled_zero_new_buffers() which
> takes care of handling journalling. We also don't need to mark new uptodate
> buffers as dirty in ext4_block_write_begin(). That will be either done
> either by block_commit_write() in case of success or by
> folio_zero_new_buffers() in case of failure.
> 
> Reported-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h   |  3 ++-
>  fs/ext4/inline.c |  7 ++++---
>  fs/ext4/inode.c  | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 5f8257b68190..b653bd423b11 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -3851,7 +3851,8 @@ static inline int ext4_buffer_uptodate(struct buffer_head *bh)
>  	return buffer_uptodate(bh);
>  }
>  
> -extern int ext4_block_write_begin(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
> +extern int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
> +				  loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>  				  get_block_t *get_block);
>  #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> index 0a1a8431e281..8d5599d5af27 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> @@ -601,10 +601,11 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) {
> -		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, from, to,
> +		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, from, to,
>  					     ext4_get_block_unwritten);
>  	} else
> -		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, from, to, ext4_get_block);
> +		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, from, to,
> +					     ext4_get_block);
>  
>  	if (!ret && ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
>  		ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, inode,
> @@ -856,7 +857,7 @@ static int ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
>  			goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, 0, inline_size,
> +	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(NULL, folio, 0, inline_size,
>  				     ext4_da_get_block_prep);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 4964c67e029e..a28f279fd02f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
>  
>  #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
>  
> +static void ext4_journalled_zero_new_buffers(handle_t *handle,
> +					    struct inode *inode,
> +					    struct folio *folio,
> +					    unsigned from, unsigned to);
> +
>  static __u32 ext4_inode_csum(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_inode *raw,
>  			      struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
>  {
> @@ -1041,7 +1046,8 @@ int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -int ext4_block_write_begin(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
> +int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
> +			   loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>  			   get_block_t *get_block)
>  {
>  	unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> @@ -1055,6 +1061,7 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>  	struct buffer_head *bh, *head, *wait[2];
>  	int nr_wait = 0;
>  	int i;
> +	bool should_journal_data = ext4_should_journal_data(inode);
>  
>  	BUG_ON(!folio_test_locked(folio));
>  	BUG_ON(from > PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -1084,10 +1091,22 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>  			if (err)
>  				break;
>  			if (buffer_new(bh)) {
> +				/*
> +				 * We may be zeroing partial buffers or all new
> +				 * buffers in case of failure. Prepare JBD2 for
> +				 * that.
> +				 */
> +				if (should_journal_data)
> +					do_journal_get_write_access(handle,
> +								    inode, bh);
>  				if (folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
> -					clear_buffer_new(bh);
> +					/*
> +					 * Unlike __block_write_begin() we leave
> +					 * dirtying of new uptodate buffers to
> +					 * ->write_end() time or
> +					 * folio_zero_new_buffers().
> +					 */
>  					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> -					mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
>  					continue;
>  				}
>  				if (block_end > to || block_start < from)
> @@ -1117,7 +1136,11 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>  			err = -EIO;
>  	}
>  	if (unlikely(err)) {
> -		folio_zero_new_buffers(folio, from, to);
> +		if (should_journal_data)
> +			ext4_journalled_zero_new_buffers(handle, inode, folio,
> +							 from, to);
> +		else
> +			folio_zero_new_buffers(folio, from, to);
>  	} else if (fscrypt_inode_uses_fs_layer_crypto(inode)) {
>  		for (i = 0; i < nr_wait; i++) {
>  			int err2;
> @@ -1215,10 +1238,11 @@ static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
>  	folio_wait_stable(folio);
>  
>  	if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
> -		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, pos, len,
> +		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, pos, len,
>  					     ext4_get_block_unwritten);
>  	else
> -		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, pos, len, ext4_get_block);
> +		ret = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, pos, len,
> +					     ext4_get_block);
>  	if (!ret && ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
>  		ret = ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle, inode,
>  					     folio_buffers(folio), from, to,
> @@ -2951,7 +2975,8 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
>  	if (IS_ERR(folio))
>  		return PTR_ERR(folio);
>  
> -	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(folio, pos, len, ext4_da_get_block_prep);
> +	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(NULL, folio, pos, len,
> +				     ext4_da_get_block_prep);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		folio_unlock(folio);
>  		folio_put(folio);
> @@ -6205,7 +6230,8 @@ vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  		if (folio_pos(folio) + len > size)
>  			len = size - folio_pos(folio);
>  
> -		err = __block_write_begin(&folio->page, 0, len, ext4_get_block);
> +		err = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, 0, len,
> +					     ext4_get_block);
>  		if (!err) {
>  			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>  			if (ext4_journal_folio_buffers(handle, folio, len))
> -- 
> 2.33.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR




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