On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 11:57:14AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Leaving PF_MEMALLOC set when exiting a kthread causes it to remain set > during do_exit(). That can confuse things. In particular, if BSD > process accounting is enabled, then do_exit() writes data to an > accounting file. If that file has FS_SYNC_FL set, then this write > occurs synchronously and can misbehave if PF_MEMALLOC is set. > > For example, if the accounting file is located on an XFS filesystem, > then a WARN_ON_ONCE() in iomap_do_writepage() is triggered and the data > doesn't get written when it should. Or if the accounting file is > located on an ext4 filesystem without a journal, then a WARN_ON_ONCE() > in ext4_write_inode() is triggered and the inode doesn't get written. > > Fix this in xfsaild() by using the helper functions to save and restore > PF_MEMALLOC. > > This can be reproduced as follows in the kvm-xfstests test appliance > modified to add the 'acct' Debian package, and with kvm-xfstests's > recommended kconfig modified to add CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y: > > mkfs.xfs -f /dev/vdb > mount /vdb > touch /vdb/file > chattr +S /vdb/file > accton /vdb/file > mkfs.xfs -f /dev/vdc > mount /vdc > umount /vdc > > It causes: > WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 336 at fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1534 > CPU: 1 PID: 336 Comm: xfsaild/vdc Not tainted 5.6.0-rc5 #3 > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20191223_100556-anatol 04/01/2014 > RIP: 0010:iomap_do_writepage+0x16b/0x1f0 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1534 > [...] > Call Trace: > write_cache_pages+0x189/0x4d0 mm/page-writeback.c:2238 > iomap_writepages+0x1c/0x33 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1642 > xfs_vm_writepages+0x65/0x90 fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c:578 > do_writepages+0x41/0xe0 mm/page-writeback.c:2344 > __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xd2/0x120 mm/filemap.c:421 > file_write_and_wait_range+0x71/0xc0 mm/filemap.c:760 > xfs_file_fsync+0x7a/0x2b0 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:114 > generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2867 [inline] > xfs_file_buffered_aio_write+0x379/0x3b0 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:691 > call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1901 [inline] > new_sync_write+0x130/0x1d0 fs/read_write.c:483 > __kernel_write+0x54/0xe0 fs/read_write.c:515 > do_acct_process+0x122/0x170 kernel/acct.c:522 > slow_acct_process kernel/acct.c:581 [inline] > acct_process+0x1d4/0x27c kernel/acct.c:607 > do_exit+0x83d/0xbc0 kernel/exit.c:791 > kthread+0xf1/0x140 kernel/kthread.c:257 > ret_from_fork+0x27/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:352 > > This bug was originally reported by syzbot at > https://lore.kernel.org/r/0000000000000e7156059f751d7b@xxxxxxxxxx. > > Reported-by: syzbot+1f9dc49e8de2582d90c2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Seems reasonable to me, will give it a spin... Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --D > --- > > v3: updated commit message again, this time to take into account the bug > also being reproducible when the accounting file is located on XFS. > > v2: include more details in the commit message. > > fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c > index 00cc5b8734be8..3bc570c90ad97 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c > @@ -529,8 +529,9 @@ xfsaild( > { > struct xfs_ail *ailp = data; > long tout = 0; /* milliseconds */ > + unsigned int noreclaim_flag; > > - current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC; > + noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save(); > set_freezable(); > > while (1) { > @@ -601,6 +602,7 @@ xfsaild( > tout = xfsaild_push(ailp); > } > > + memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag); > return 0; > } > > -- > 2.25.1 >
