The quilt patch titled
Subject: maple_tree: disable mas_wr_append() when other readers are possible
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
maple_tree-disable-mas_wr_append-when-other-readers-are-possible.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: maple_tree: disable mas_wr_append() when other readers are possible
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:43:55 -0400
The current implementation of append may cause duplicate data and/or
incorrect ranges to be returned to a reader during an update. Although
this has not been reported or seen, disable the append write operation
while the tree is in rcu mode out of an abundance of caution.
During the analysis of the mas_next_slot() the following was
artificially created by separating the writer and reader code:
Writer: reader:
mas_wr_append
set end pivot
updates end metata
Detects write to last slot
last slot write is to start of slot
store current contents in slot
overwrite old end pivot
mas_next_slot():
read end metadata
read old end pivot
return with incorrect range
store new value
Alternatively:
Writer: reader:
mas_wr_append
set end pivot
updates end metata
Detects write to last slot
last lost write to end of slot
store value
mas_next_slot():
read end metadata
read old end pivot
read new end pivot
return with incorrect range
set old end pivot
There may be other accesses that are not safe since we are now updating
both metadata and pointers, so disabling append if there could be rcu
readers is the safest action.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230819004356.1454718-2-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure")
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/maple_tree.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c~maple_tree-disable-mas_wr_append-when-other-readers-are-possible
+++ a/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -4265,6 +4265,10 @@ static inline unsigned char mas_wr_new_e
* mas_wr_append: Attempt to append
* @wr_mas: the maple write state
*
+ * This is currently unsafe in rcu mode since the end of the node may be cached
+ * by readers while the node contents may be updated which could result in
+ * inaccurate information.
+ *
* Return: True if appended, false otherwise
*/
static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
@@ -4274,6 +4278,9 @@ static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct
struct ma_state *mas = wr_mas->mas;
unsigned char node_pivots = mt_pivots[wr_mas->type];
+ if (mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
+ return false;
+
if (mas->offset != wr_mas->node_end)
return false;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx are
maple_tree-clean-up-mas_wr_append.patch
