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authorJoseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>2018-03-16 09:51:27 +0300
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2018-03-16 19:35:12 +0300
commit4c6994806f708559c2812b73501406e21ae5dcd0 (patch)
treea559dc2d5afe1689c02c3f8058a782cfe3c21c89 /lib/devres.c
parent5f990d316085aca11b04dc0f63d6df5e508d73c7 (diff)
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blk-throttle: fix race between blkcg_bio_issue_check() and cgroup_rmdir()
We've triggered a WARNING in blk_throtl_bio() when throttling writeback io, which complains blkg->refcnt is already 0 when calling blkg_get(), and then kernel crashes with invalid page request. After investigating this issue, we've found it is caused by a race between blkcg_bio_issue_check() and cgroup_rmdir(), which is described below: writeback kworker cgroup_rmdir cgroup_destroy_locked kill_css css_killed_ref_fn css_killed_work_fn offline_css blkcg_css_offline blkcg_bio_issue_check rcu_read_lock blkg_lookup spin_trylock(q->queue_lock) blkg_destroy spin_unlock(q->queue_lock) blk_throtl_bio spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock) ... spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock) rcu_read_unlock Since rcu can only prevent blkg from releasing when it is being used, the blkg->refcnt can be decreased to 0 during blkg_destroy() and schedule blkg release. Then trying to blkg_get() in blk_throtl_bio() will complains the WARNING. And then the corresponding blkg_put() will schedule blkg release again, which result in double free. This race is introduced by commit ae1188963611 ("blkcg: consolidate blkg creation in blkcg_bio_issue_check()"). Before this commit, it will lookup first and then try to lookup/create again with queue_lock. Since revive this logic is a bit drastic, so fix it by only offlining pd during blkcg_css_offline(), and move the rest destruction (especially blkg_put()) into blkcg_css_free(), which should be the right way as discussed. Fixes: ae1188963611 ("blkcg: consolidate blkg creation in blkcg_bio_issue_check()") Reported-by: Jiufei Xue <jiufei.xue@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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