This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled block, bfq: fix null pointer dereference in bfq_bio_bfqg() to the 6.0-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: block-bfq-fix-null-pointer-dereference-in-bfq_bio_bf.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ace266ab3239e9423514c146cf4f96c1fd5228b3 Author: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Nov 8 18:34:34 2022 +0800 block, bfq: fix null pointer dereference in bfq_bio_bfqg() [ Upstream commit f02be9002c480cd3ec0fcf184ad27cf531bd6ece ] Out test found a following problem in kernel 5.10, and the same problem should exist in mainline: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000094 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 7 PID: 155 Comm: kworker/7:1 Not tainted 5.10.0-01932-g19e0ace2ca1d-dirty 4 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-b4 Workqueue: kthrotld blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn RIP: 0010:bfq_bio_bfqg+0x52/0xc0 Code: 94 00 00 00 00 75 2e 48 8b 40 30 48 83 05 35 06 c8 0b 01 48 85 c0 74 3d 4b RSP: 0018:ffffc90001a1fba0 EFLAGS: 00010002 RAX: ffff888100d60400 RBX: ffff8881132e7000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000017 RSI: ffff888103580a18 RDI: ffff888103580a18 RBP: ffff8881132e7000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90001a1fe10 R10: 0000000000000a20 R11: 0000000000034320 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff888103580a18 R14: ffff888114447000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88881fdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000094 CR3: 0000000100cdb000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: bfq_bic_update_cgroup+0x3c/0x350 ? ioc_create_icq+0x42/0x270 bfq_init_rq+0xfd/0x1060 bfq_insert_requests+0x20f/0x1cc0 ? ioc_create_icq+0x122/0x270 blk_mq_sched_insert_requests+0x86/0x1d0 blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x193/0x2a0 blk_flush_plug_list+0x127/0x170 blk_finish_plug+0x31/0x50 blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn+0x151/0x190 process_one_work+0x27c/0x5f0 worker_thread+0x28b/0x6b0 ? rescuer_thread+0x590/0x590 kthread+0x153/0x1b0 ? kthread_flush_work+0x170/0x170 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Modules linked in: CR2: 0000000000000094 ---[ end trace e2e59ac014314547 ]--- RIP: 0010:bfq_bio_bfqg+0x52/0xc0 Code: 94 00 00 00 00 75 2e 48 8b 40 30 48 83 05 35 06 c8 0b 01 48 85 c0 74 3d 4b RSP: 0018:ffffc90001a1fba0 EFLAGS: 00010002 RAX: ffff888100d60400 RBX: ffff8881132e7000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000017 RSI: ffff888103580a18 RDI: ffff888103580a18 RBP: ffff8881132e7000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90001a1fe10 R10: 0000000000000a20 R11: 0000000000034320 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff888103580a18 R14: ffff888114447000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88881fdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000094 CR3: 0000000100cdb000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Root cause is quite complex: 1) use bfq elevator for the test device. 2) create a cgroup CG 3) config blk throtl in CG blkg_conf_prep blkg_create 4) create a thread T1 and issue async io in CG: bio_init bio_associate_blkg ... submit_bio submit_bio_noacct blk_throtl_bio -> io is throttled // io submit is done 5) switch elevator: bfq_exit_queue blkcg_deactivate_policy list_for_each_entry(blkg, &q->blkg_list, q_node) blkg->pd[] = NULL // bfq policy is removed 5) thread t1 exist, then remove the cgroup CG: blkcg_unpin_online blkcg_destroy_blkgs blkg_destroy list_del_init(&blkg->q_node) // blkg is removed from queue list 6) switch elevator back to bfq bfq_init_queue bfq_create_group_hierarchy blkcg_activate_policy list_for_each_entry_reverse(blkg, &q->blkg_list) // blkg is removed from list, hence bfq policy is still NULL 7) throttled io is dispatched to bfq: bfq_insert_requests bfq_init_rq bfq_bic_update_cgroup bfq_bio_bfqg bfqg = blkg_to_bfqg(blkg) // bfqg is NULL because bfq policy is NULL The problem is only possible in bfq because only bfq can be deactivated and activated while queue is online, while others can only be deactivated while the device is removed. Fix the problem in bfq by checking if blkg is online before calling blkg_to_bfqg(). Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221108103434.2853269-1-yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c index 30b15a9a47c4..249f489d115f 100644 --- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c +++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c @@ -615,6 +615,10 @@ struct bfq_group *bfq_bio_bfqg(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bio *bio) struct bfq_group *bfqg; while (blkg) { + if (!blkg->online) { + blkg = blkg->parent; + continue; + } bfqg = blkg_to_bfqg(blkg); if (bfqg->online) { bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, &blkg->blkcg->css);