Re: [PATCH v3] xfs: do not call xfs_buf_hash_destroy on a NULL pag

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On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:58:37AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 1/25/17 1:04 PM, Bill O'Donnell wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > If pag cannot be allocated, the current error exit path will trip
> > a null pointer deference error when calling xfs_buf_hash_destroy
> > with a null pag.  Fix this by adding a new error exit lable and
> > jumping to this, avoiding the hash destroy and unnecessary kmem_free
> > on pag.
> 
> There are enough other changes that it probably needs a more accurate
> commit log and subject, and TBH probably switch Colin to reported-by.
>  
> > Fixes CoverityScan CID#1397628 ("Dereference after null check")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ------------
> > v2: correct error exit in xfs_initialize_perag() to properly unwind
> >     pags if error encountered.
> > 
> > v3: correction to error case: ensure previous valid pags not torn
> >     down and only new initialized pags are torn down.
> 
> patch changelog goes under the "---" below, it shouldn't be part of the
> commitlog, FYI.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Bill O'Donnell <billodo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > index 9b9540d..afc49ac 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > @@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
> >  {
> >  	xfs_agnumber_t	index;
> >  	xfs_agnumber_t	first_initialised = 0;
> > +	xfs_agnumber_t	next_agindex = 0;
> >  	xfs_perag_t	*pag;
> >  	int		error = -ENOMEM;
> > +	int		i;
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Walk the current per-ag tree so we don't try to initialise AGs
> > @@ -200,14 +202,15 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
> >  		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, index);
> >  		if (pag) {
> >  			xfs_perag_put(pag);
> > +			next_agindex = index + 1;
> 
> a little odd to keep incrementing next_agindex when we really
> only care that it's nonzero, right?

It could just be a flag, but still would need to be checked if true/false.


> 
> >  			continue;
> >  		}
> > -		if (!first_initialised)
> > +		if (!first_initialised && (next_agindex > 0))
> >  			first_initialised = index; 
> 
> ok, so we deem this index as first_initialized, but:
> 
> >  		pag = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*pag), KM_MAYFAIL);
> >  		if (!pag)
> > -			goto out_unwind;
> > +			goto out_unwind_pags;
> 
> ...then it could fail.  Which is why the unwind loop at the end still
> needs to check for (this) null pag, and skip if so.  In fact if you
> ever get to that loop, I think it's guaranteed that the first time
> through will find the null pag for this index and skip it.
> 
> It'd be a little nicer to move the first_initialized assignment down,
> after it's actually /been/ allocated and initialized.
> 
> This patch also leaves this in place:
> 
>                 if (xfs_buf_hash_init(pag))
>                         goto out_unwind;
> ...
> out_unwind:
>         xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
>         kmem_free(pag);
> 
> so isn't this doing buf_hash_destroy on something that has failed to
> init in the first place?  I have no idea if that's safe, but best to
> just be clean about it.
> 
> In the big picture, there are 3 things happening in this loop that may
> need to be unwound for this and/or prior pags on an error:
> 
> 1) pag memory allocation
> 2) xfs_buf_hash_init
> 3) radix_tree_insert
> 
> For any given iteration through the loop, any of the above which succeed
> must be unwound for /this/ pag, and then all prior initialized pags must
> be unwound.  So I'd expect something like this, though please check the
> details and adjust labels to your preference.  :)
> 
> 	bool first_init_done = false;
> 
>         for (index = 0; index < agcount; index++) {
> 		if (pag exists)
> 			continue;
> 
> 		allocate(pag)
> 		if (failure)
> 			goto unwind_prior_pags;
> 
> 		xfs_buf_hash_init(pag)
> 		if (failure)
> 			goto free_pag;
> 
> 		radix_tree_insert(pag)
> 		if (failure)
> 			goto hash_destroy;
> 
> 		/* this pag is fully initialized now */
> 		if (!first_init_done) {
> 			first_initialized = index;
> 			first_init_done = true;
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> 	/* unwind this pag on init failures */
> hash_destroy:
> 	xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
> free_pag:
> 	kmem_free(pag);
> unwind_prior_pags:
> 	/* back up to previous fully initialized pag and unwind it+prior */
> 	index--;
> 	for (; index >= first_initialised; index--) 
> 		pag = radix_tree_delete(index)
> 		xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag)
> 		kmem_free(pag)
> 
> 
> >  		pag->pag_agno = index;
> >  		pag->pag_mount = mp;
> >  		spin_lock_init(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
> > @@ -242,8 +245,11 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
> >  out_unwind:
> >  	xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
> >  	kmem_free(pag);
> > -	for (; index > first_initialised; index--) {
> > -		pag = radix_tree_delete(&mp->m_perag_tree, index);
> > +out_unwind_pags:
> > +	for (i = index; i >= first_initialised; i--) {
> > +		pag = radix_tree_delete(&mp->m_perag_tree, (xfs_agnumber_t)i);
> 
> (don't make i an int if it's really supposed to be an xfs_agnumber_t,
> which is unsigned)

It might be wrong, but I used an int in order to handle the case where
first_initialized==0, and a decrement of an unsigned would roll over
instead of going negative (so i >= first_initialized would be true again).

> 
> -Eric
> 
> > +		if (!pag)
> > +			continue;
> >  		xfs_buf_hash_destroy(pag);
> >  		kmem_free(pag);
> >  	}
> > 
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