[Bug 207715] New: xfs: data race on lip->li_lsn in xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk()

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207715

            Bug ID: 207715
           Summary: xfs: data race on lip->li_lsn in
                    xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk()
           Product: File System
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 5.4
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: XFS
          Assignee: filesystem_xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Reporter: baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx
        Regression: No

The functions xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk() and xfs_inode_item_format_core() are
concurrently executed at runtime in the following call contexts:

Thread 1:
xlog_ioend_work()
  xlog_state_done_syncing()
    xlog_state_do_callback()
      xlog_state_do_iclog_callbacks()
        xlog_cil_process_committed()
          xlog_cil_committed()
            xfs_trans_committed_bulk()
              xfs_log_item_batch_insert()
                xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk()

Thread 2:
xfs_file_write_iter()
  xfs_file_buffered_aio_write()
    xfs_file_aio_write_checks()
      xfs_vn_update_time()
        xfs_trans_commit()
          __xfs_trans_commit()
            xfs_log_commit_cil()
              xlog_cil_insert_items()
                xlog_cil_insert_format_items()
                  xfs_inode_item_format()
                    xfs_inode_item_format_core()

In xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk():
  lip->li_lsn = lsn;

In xfs_inode_item_format_core():
  xfs_inode_to_log_dinode(ip, dic, ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_lsn);

The variables lip->li_lsn and ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_lsn access the same
memory, and thus a data race can occur.

This data race was found and actually reproduced by our concurrency fuzzer.

I am not sure whether this data race is harmful and how to fix this data race
properly, so I want to listen to your opinions, thanks :)

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