Re: [PATCH 1/2] target: core: fix race during ACL removal

[Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/20/22 6:28 AM, Dmitry Bogdanov wrote:
> Under huge load there is a possibility of race condition in updating
> se_dev_entry object in ACL removal procedure.
> 
>  NIP [c0080000154093d0] transport_lookup_cmd_lun+0x1f8/0x3d0 [target_core_mod]
>  LR [c00800001542ab34] target_submit_cmd_map_sgls+0x11c/0x300 [target_core_mod]
>  Call Trace:
>    target_submit_cmd_map_sgls+0x11c/0x300 [target_core_mod]
>    target_submit_cmd+0x44/0x60 [target_core_mod]
>    tcm_qla2xxx_handle_cmd+0x88/0xe0 [tcm_qla2xxx]
>    qlt_do_work+0x2e4/0x3d0 [qla2xxx]
>    process_one_work+0x298/0x5c
> 
> Despite usage of RCU primitives with deve->se_lun pointer, it has not
> became dereference-safe. Because deve->se_lun is updated not
> synchronized with a reader. That change might be in a release function
> called by synchronize_rcu(). But, in fact, there is no sence to NULL that
> pointer for deleting deve. So a better solution is to remove that NULLing.
> 
Hey,

For the line above about there being no reason to NULL the pointer are you
saying:


We should have had a NULL check like:

transport_lookup_cmd_lun:

.....

se_lun = rcu_dereference(deve->se_lun);
if (!se_lun) {
	rcu_read_unlock();
	return TCM_NON_EXISTENT_LUN;
}

and it would have prevented the crash.

But we don't need that or the se_lun RCU use, because the hlist_del_rcu and
kfree_rcu calls in core_disable_device_list_for_node will make sure that
transport_lookup_cmd_lun either finds a se_dev_entry and while in use will
never be freed from under us, or transport_lookup_cmd_lun will never see a
se_dev_entry.


If that's what you meant then I agree.



> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Bogdanov <d.bogdanov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
> index 25f33eb25337..335f8cbfe633 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
> @@ -434,9 +434,6 @@ void core_disable_device_list_for_node(
>  	kref_put(&orig->pr_kref, target_pr_kref_release);
>  	wait_for_completion(&orig->pr_comp);
>  
> -	rcu_assign_pointer(orig->se_lun, NULL);
> -	rcu_assign_pointer(orig->se_lun_acl, NULL);
> -
>  	kfree_rcu(orig, rcu_head);
>  
>  	core_scsi3_free_pr_reg_from_nacl(dev, nacl);