Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] SUNRPC: Ensure we refresh the bvec after RPCSEC_GSS encoding

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On Fri, 2018-11-30 at 17:31 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > On Nov 30, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Trond Myklebust <
> > trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 2018-11-30 at 17:23 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > > > On Nov 30, 2018, at 5:18 PM, Trond Myklebust <
> > > > trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2018-11-30 at 17:15 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > > > > > On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Trond Myklebust <
> > > > > > trondmy@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > A call to gss_wrap_req_priv() will end up replacing the
> > > > > > original
> > > > > > array
> > > > > > in rqstp->rq_snd_buf.pages with a new one containing the
> > > > > > encrypted
> > > > > > data. In order to avoid having the rqstp->rq_snd_buf.bvec
> > > > > > point
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > wrong page data, we need to refresh that too.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would add a note here that this patch fixes a memory leak.
> > > > > And
> > > > > you might want to add a Fixes: tag.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > It only applies to new code that went into 4.20, so it won't
> > > > need
> > > > any
> > > > stable backporting.
> > > > 
> > > > That said, I'm realising (slowly - apparently I'm asleep today)
> > > > that
> > > > this is receive side code, so
> > > > 
> > > > a) The contents of rq_snd_buf are irrelevant.
> > > > b) We want to beware of changing it while there is a copy in
> > > > rq_private_buf.
> > > > 
> > > > IOW: a v4 is forthcoming.
> > > 
> > > fwiw, i see the soft IRQ warnings with NFS/RDMA too.
> > > 
> > > I would like to turn those into a pr_warn_rate_limited. I don't
> > > see much point in the backtrace blather.
> > > 
> > 
> > Your initial email mentioned these soft IRQ warnings, but didn't
> > provide an example. Which warnings are these exactly, and where are
> > they coming from?
> 
> The WARN_ON in call_decode that fires when rq_rcv_buf does not
> exactly match rq_private_buf.
> 

Oh that warning... That might actually be triggering on the bvec value
clobber.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx






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