Re: [PATCH] btrfs: fix a race in encoded read

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On 12.12.24 09:53, Daniel Vacek wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 9:35 AM Johannes Thumshirn
> <Johannes.Thumshirn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 12.12.24 09:09, Daniel Vacek wrote:
>>> Hi Johannes,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 9:00 AM Johannes Thumshirn
>>> <Johannes.Thumshirn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12.12.24 08:54, Daniel Vacek wrote:
>>>>> While testing the encoded read feature the following crash was observed
>>>>> and it can be reliably reproduced:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>>
>>>> This suspiciously looks like '05b36b04d74a ("btrfs: fix use-after-free
>>>> in btrfs_encoded_read_endio()")'. Do you have this patch applied to your
>>>> kernel? IIRC it went upstream with 6.13-rc2.
>>>
>>> Yes, I do. This one is on top of it. The crash happens with
>>> `05b36b04d74a` applied. All the crashes were reproduced with
>>> `feffde684ac2`.
>>>
>>> Honestly, `05b36b04d74a` looks a bit suspicious to me as it really
>>> does not look to deal correctly with the issue to me. I was a bit
>>> surprised/puzzled.
>>
>> Can you elaborate why?
> 
> As it only touches one of those four atomic_dec_... lines. In theory
> the issue can happen also on the two async places, IIUC. It's only a
> matter of race probability.
> 
>>> Anyways, I could reproduce the crash in a matter of half an hour. With
>>> this fix the torture is surviving for 22 hours atm.
>>
>> Do you also have '3ff867828e93 ("btrfs: simplify waiting for encoded
>> read endios")'? Looking at the diff it doesn't seems so.
> 
> I cannot find that one. Am I missing something? Which repo are you using?

The for-next branch for btrfs [1], which is what ppl developing against 
btrfs should use. Can you please re-test with it and if needed re-base 
your patch on top of it?

[1] https://github.com/btrfs/linux for-next

Thanks,
	Johannes




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