On Wed, Jan 01, 2025 at 09:21:48PM +0800, Jerry wrote:
> KERNEL-5.10.232.generic_perform_write()->balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited()->
Can you reproduce this with a kernel that's newer than four years old?
> balance_dirty_pages() At this point,if the block device removed,
> the process may trapped in a dead loop.and the memory of the bdi
> device hass also been released.
I think this is a block layer bug, not an MM bug. Devices shouldn't
go away while the MM is still writing to them.
> Insert a USB flash and directly writing to device node.
> Remove the USB flash while writing, and the writing process
> may trapped in a dead loop.
>
> user code:
>
> int fd = open("/dev/sda", O_RDWR);
> char *p = malloc(0x1000000);
> memset(p, 0xa, 0x1000000);
> for(int i=0; i<100; i++) {
>
>
> write(fd, p, 0x1000000);
>
>
> }
> return;
>
> ISSUE 1: Dead loop may occr here.
> CALL trace:
>
> schedule_timeout()
>
> io_schedule_timeout()
>
> balance_dirty_pages()
>
> balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited()
>
> balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited)
>
> ISSUE 2 , BDI&WB memory illegal .
> void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
> {
> struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
> struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
> struct bdi_writeback *wb = NULL;
> int ratelimit;
> .....
>
> }
> BDI&WB memory belong to SCSI device. If the USB flash remove,
> The BDI&WB memeory released by below process:
>
> bdi_unregister()
>
> del_gendisk()
>
> sd_remove()
>
> __device_release_driver()
>
> device_release_driver()
>
> bus_remove_device()
>
> device_del()
>
> __scsi_remove_deice()
>
> scsi_forget_host()
>
> scsi_remove_host()
>
> usb_stor_disconnect()
>
> ...
>
> usb_unbind_initerface()
>
> usb_disable_device()
>
> usb_disconnect()
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerry <jerrydeng079@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/backing-dev.c | 1 +
> mm/filemap.c | 6 ++++-
> mm/page-writeback.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
> index dd08ab928..0b86bd980 100755
> --- a/mm/backing-dev.c
> +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
> @@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
> /* make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore */
> bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
> wb_shutdown(&bdi->wb);
> + wake_up(&(bdi->wb_waitq));
> cgwb_bdi_unregister(bdi);
>
> /*
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 3b0d8c6dd..48424240f 100755
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -3300,6 +3300,7 @@ ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *file,
> long status = 0;
> ssize_t written = 0;
> unsigned int flags = 0;
> + errseq_t err = 0;
>
> do {
> struct page *page;
> @@ -3368,8 +3369,11 @@ ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *file,
> }
> pos += copied;
> written += copied;
> -
> +
> balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
> + err = errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, 0);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> } while (iov_iter_count(i));
>
> return written ? written : status;
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index b2c916474..001dd0c5e 100755
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ struct dirty_throttle_control {
> unsigned long pos_ratio;
> };
>
> +struct bdi_wq_callback_entry {
> + struct task_struct *tsk;
> + struct wait_queue_entry wq_entry;
> + int bdi_unregister;
> +};
> +
> +
> /*
> * Length of period for aging writeout fractions of bdis. This is an
> * arbitrarily chosen number. The longer the period, the slower fractions will
> @@ -1567,6 +1574,22 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
> }
> }
>
> +
> +static int wake_up_bdi_waitq(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned int mode,
> + int sync, void *key)
> +{
> +
> + struct bdi_wq_callback_entry *bwce =
> + container_of(wait, struct bdi_wq_callback_entry, wq_entry);
> +
> + bwce->bdi_unregister = 1;
> + if (bwce->tsk)
> + wake_up_process(bwce->tsk);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> /*
> * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
> * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
> @@ -1574,7 +1597,7 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
> * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
> * perform some writeout.
> */
> -static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> +static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> unsigned long pages_dirtied)
> {
> struct dirty_throttle_control gdtc_stor = { GDTC_INIT(wb) };
> @@ -1595,7 +1618,15 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
> bool strictlimit = bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT;
> unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
> + struct bdi_wq_callback_entry bwce = {NULL};
> + int ret = 0;
>
> + if (!test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))
> + return -EIO;
> +
> + init_waitqueue_func_entry(&(bwce.wq_entry), wake_up_bdi_waitq);
> + bwce.tsk = current;
> + add_wait_queue(&(bdi->wb_waitq), &(bwce.wq_entry));
> for (;;) {
> unsigned long now = jiffies;
> unsigned long dirty, thresh, bg_thresh;
> @@ -1816,6 +1847,11 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> wb->dirty_sleep = now;
> io_schedule_timeout(pause);
>
> + /* bid is unregister NULL, all bdi memory is illegal */
> + if (bwce.bdi_unregister) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> + break;
> + }
> current->dirty_paused_when = now + pause;
> current->nr_dirtied = 0;
> current->nr_dirtied_pause = nr_dirtied_pause;
> @@ -1844,11 +1880,14 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> break;
> }
>
> + if (bwce.bdi_unregister == 0)
> + remove_wait_queue(&(bdi->wb_waitq), &(bwce.wq_entry));
> +
> if (!dirty_exceeded && wb->dirty_exceeded)
> wb->dirty_exceeded = 0;
>
> if (writeback_in_progress(wb))
> - return;
> + return ret;
>
> /*
> * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
> @@ -1859,10 +1898,12 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
> */
> if (laptop_mode)
> - return;
> + return ret;
>
> if (nr_reclaimable > gdtc->bg_thresh)
> wb_start_background_writeback(wb);
> +
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bdp_ratelimits);
> @@ -1944,9 +1985,12 @@ void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
> }
> preempt_enable();
>
> - if (unlikely(current->nr_dirtied >= ratelimit))
> - balance_dirty_pages(wb, current->nr_dirtied);
> -
> + if (unlikely(current->nr_dirtied >= ratelimit)) {
> +
> + if (balance_dirty_pages(wb, current->nr_dirtied) < 0)
> + errseq_set(&(mapping->wb_err), -EIO);
> + }
> +
> wb_put(wb);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
