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authorXiao Ni <xni@redhat.com>2020-12-10 14:33:32 +0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-02-10 09:29:22 +0100
commitfe272570d0037c54c40cba31eaa42a343a5656fa (patch)
tree9fb6e4f81a7d46484be4a0ac7a16d65d9586e0b2
parent3a492e4403ee2e3442397230d68e26e81525af90 (diff)
md: Set prev_flush_start and flush_bio in an atomic way
commit dc5d17a3c39b06aef866afca19245a9cfb533a79 upstream. 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@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@cloud.ionos.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/md.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3be74cf3635f..7a0a228d64bb 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) {