On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 12:13:25PM -0400, Brian Foster wrote: > Most of the generic data structures embedded in xfs_mount are > dynamically initialized immediately after mp is allocated. A few > fields are left out and initialized during the xfs_mountfs() > sequence, after mp has been attached to the superblock. > > To clean this up and help prevent premature access of associated > fields, refactor xfs_mount allocation and all dependent init calls > into a new helper. This self-documents that all low level data > structures (i.e., locks, trees, etc.) should be initialized before > xfs_mount is attached to the superblock. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks ok enough to test, Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --D > --- > > I realized after the fact that this steps on the ability to instrument > the use-before-init variant[1] of the problematic radix tree access on > failed mount issue that Dave tracked down. This is because we'd > immediately initialize the structure and thus a subsequent memset() > would ultimately require another proper initialization. > > As Dave noted in that thread, we could alternatively instrument the > use-after-free variant of the problem with a post-free delay of the mp. > I actually wonder if a last step instrumented failure in fill_super() > might be a more broadly useful test because it provides future coverage > of the entire mount teardown sequence rather than just the bad radix > tree access. > > On the flipside, this patch isn't the cleanup of the century so I'd be > fine with dropping it in favor of [1], but I think it's worthy enough to > consider. > > Brian > > [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-xfs&m=152152202700598&w=2 > > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c | 1 - > fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c | 2 -- > fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c > index a55f7a45fa78..53433cc024fd 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c > @@ -731,7 +731,6 @@ xfs_sb_mount_common( > struct xfs_sb *sbp) > { > mp->m_agfrotor = mp->m_agirotor = 0; > - spin_lock_init(&mp->m_agirotor_lock); > mp->m_maxagi = mp->m_sb.sb_agcount; > mp->m_blkbit_log = sbp->sb_blocklog + XFS_NBBYLOG; > mp->m_blkbb_log = sbp->sb_blocklog - BBSHIFT; > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c > index 6f5a5e6764d8..a901b86772f8 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c > @@ -817,8 +817,6 @@ xfs_mountfs( > /* > * Allocate and initialize the per-ag data. > */ > - spin_lock_init(&mp->m_perag_lock); > - INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mp->m_perag_tree, GFP_ATOMIC); > error = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, sbp->sb_agcount, &mp->m_maxagi); > if (error) { > xfs_warn(mp, "Failed per-ag init: %d", error); > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c > index 951271f57d00..612c1d5348b3 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c > @@ -1579,29 +1579,48 @@ xfs_destroy_percpu_counters( > percpu_counter_destroy(&mp->m_fdblocks); > } > > -STATIC int > -xfs_fs_fill_super( > - struct super_block *sb, > - void *data, > - int silent) > +static struct xfs_mount * > +xfs_mount_alloc( > + struct super_block *sb) > { > - struct inode *root; > - struct xfs_mount *mp = NULL; > - int flags = 0, error = -ENOMEM; > + struct xfs_mount *mp; > > mp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xfs_mount), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!mp) > - goto out; > + return NULL; > > + mp->m_super = sb; > spin_lock_init(&mp->m_sb_lock); > + spin_lock_init(&mp->m_agirotor_lock); > + INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mp->m_perag_tree, GFP_ATOMIC); > + spin_lock_init(&mp->m_perag_lock); > mutex_init(&mp->m_growlock); > atomic_set(&mp->m_active_trans, 0); > INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_reclaim_work, xfs_reclaim_worker); > INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_eofblocks_work, xfs_eofblocks_worker); > INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_cowblocks_work, xfs_cowblocks_worker); > mp->m_kobj.kobject.kset = xfs_kset; > + return mp; > +} > > - mp->m_super = sb; > + > +STATIC int > +xfs_fs_fill_super( > + struct super_block *sb, > + void *data, > + int silent) > +{ > + struct inode *root; > + struct xfs_mount *mp = NULL; > + int flags = 0, error = -ENOMEM; > + > + /* > + * allocate mp and do all low-level struct initializations before we > + * attach it to the super > + */ > + mp = xfs_mount_alloc(sb); > + if (!mp) > + goto out; > sb->s_fs_info = mp; > > error = xfs_parseargs(mp, (char *)data); > -- > 2.13.6 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
