bdi's are initialized in two steps, bdi_init() and bdi_register(), but
destroyed in a single step by bdi_destroy() which, for a bdi embedded
in a request_queue, is called during blk_cleanup_queue() which makes
the queue invisible and starts the draining of remaining usages.
A request_queue's user can access the congestion state of the embedded
bdi as long as it holds a reference to the queue. As such, it may
access the congested state of a queue which finished
blk_cleanup_queue() but hasn't reached blk_release_queue() yet.
Because the congested state was embedded in backing_dev_info which in
turn is embedded in request_queue, accessing the congested state after
bdi_destroy() was called was fine. The bdi was destroyed but the
memory region for the congested state remained accessible till the
queue got released.
a13f35e87140 ("writeback: don't embed root bdi_writeback_congested in
bdi_writeback") changed the situation. Now, the root congested state
which is expected to be pinned while request_queue remains accessible
is separately reference counted and the base ref is put during
bdi_destroy(). This means that the root congested state may go away
prematurely while the queue is between bdi_dstroy() and
blk_cleanup_queue(), which was detected by Andrey's KASAN tests.
The root cause of this problem is that bdi doesn't distinguish the two
steps of destruction, unregistration and release, and now the root
congested state actually requires a separate release step. To fix the
issue, this patch separates out bdi_unregister() and bdi_exit() from
bdi_destroy(). bdi_unregister() is called from blk_cleanup_queue()
and bdi_exit() from blk_release_queue(). bdi_destroy() is now just a
simple wrapper calling the two steps back-to-back.
While at it, the prototype of bdi_destroy() is moved right below
bdi_setup_and_register() so that the counterpart operations are
located together.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: a13f35e87140 ("writeback: don't embed root bdi_writeback_congested in bdi_writeback")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.2+
Reported-and-tested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/CAAeHK+zUJ74Zn17=rOyxacHU18SgCfC6bsYW=6kCY5GXJBwGfQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
block/blk-core.c | 2 +-
block/blk-sysfs.c | 1 +
include/linux/backing-dev.h | 6 +++++-
mm/backing-dev.c | 12 +++++++++++-
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 60912e9..ae49240 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *q)
q->queue_lock = &q->__queue_lock;
spin_unlock_irq(lock);
- bdi_destroy(&q->backing_dev_info);
+ bdi_unregister(&q->backing_dev_info);
/* @q is and will stay empty, shutdown and put */
blk_put_queue(q);
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 3e44a9d..07b42f5 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ static void blk_release_queue(struct kobject *kobj)
struct request_queue *q =
container_of(kobj, struct request_queue, kobj);
+ bdi_exit(&q->backing_dev_info);
blkcg_exit_queue(q);
if (q->elevator) {
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 0fe9df9..fe0ab98 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
int __must_check bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
-void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
+void bdi_exit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
__printf(3, 4)
int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
const char *fmt, ...);
int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev);
+void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
+
int __must_check bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *);
+void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
+
void wb_start_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
bool range_cyclic, enum wb_reason reason);
void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index dac5bf5..dc07d88 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
synchronize_rcu_expedited();
}
-void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
/* make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore */
bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
@@ -835,9 +835,19 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
device_unregister(bdi->dev);
bdi->dev = NULL;
}
+}
+void bdi_exit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(bdi->dev);
wb_exit(&bdi->wb);
}
+
+void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ bdi_unregister(bdi);
+ bdi_exit(bdi);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_destroy);
/*
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