On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:45 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:13:01PM +0100, Jack Wang wrote:
> > From: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > One customer reports a crash problem which causes by flush request. It
> > triggers a warning before crash.
> >
> > /* new request after previous flush is completed */
> > if (ktime_after(req_start, mddev->prev_flush_start)) {
> > WARN_ON(mddev->flush_bio);
> > mddev->flush_bio = bio;
> > bio = NULL;
> > }
> >
> > The WARN_ON is triggered. We use spin lock to protect prev_flush_start and
> > flush_bio in md_flush_request. But there is no lock protection in
> > md_submit_flush_data. It can set flush_bio to NULL first because of
> > compiler reordering write instructions.
> >
> > For example, flush bio1 sets flush bio to NULL first in
> > md_submit_flush_data. An interrupt or vmware causing an extended stall
> > happen between updating flush_bio and prev_flush_start. Because flush_bio
> > is NULL, flush bio2 can get the lock and submit to underlayer disks. Then
> > flush bio1 updates prev_flush_start after the interrupt or extended stall.
> >
> > Then flush bio3 enters in md_flush_request. The start time req_start is
> > behind prev_flush_start. The flush_bio is not NULL(flush bio2 hasn't
> > finished). So it can trigger the WARN_ON now. Then it calls INIT_WORK
> > again. INIT_WORK() will re-initialize the list pointers in the
> > work_struct, which then can result in a corrupted work list and the
> > work_struct queued a second time. With the work list corrupted, it can
> > lead in invalid work items being used and cause a crash in
> > process_one_work.
> >
> > We need to make sure only one flush bio can be handled at one same time.
> > So add spin lock in md_submit_flush_data to protect prev_flush_start and
> > flush_bio in an atomic way.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: David Jeffery <djeffery@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> > [jwang: backport dc5d17a3c39b06aef866afca19245a9cfb533a79 to 4.19]
> > Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/md/md.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> > index ea139d0c0bc3..2bd60bd9e2ca 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> > @@ -639,8 +639,10 @@ static void md_submit_flush_data(struct work_struct *ws)
> > * could wait for this and below md_handle_request could wait for those
> > * bios because of suspend check
> > */
> > + spin_lock_irq(&mddev->lock);
> > mddev->last_flush = mddev->start_flush;
> > mddev->flush_bio = NULL;
> > + spin_unlock_irq(&mddev->lock);
> > wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
> >
> > if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size == 0) {
> > --
> > 2.25.1
>
> Now queued up, thanks.
>
> greg k-h
Thanks, I see only this patch got applied. Do you have concern
regarding first 7 patches?
Regards!
