linux/fs
Kiran Kumar Modukuri 934140ab02 cachefiles: Fix refcounting bug in backing-file read monitoring
cachefiles_read_waiter() has the right to access a 'monitor' object by
virtue of being called under the waitqueue lock for one of the pages in its
purview.  However, it has no ref on that monitor object or on the
associated operation.

What it is allowed to do is to move the monitor object to the operation's
to_do list, but once it drops the work_lock, it's actually no longer
permitted to access that object.  However, it is trying to enqueue the
retrieval operation for processing - but it can only do this via a pointer
in the monitor object, something it shouldn't be doing.

If it doesn't enqueue the operation, the operation may not get processed.
If the order is flipped so that the enqueue is first, then it's possible
for the work processor to look at the to_do list before the monitor is
enqueued upon it.

Fix this by getting a ref on the operation so that we can trust that it
will still be there once we've added the monitor to the to_do list and
dropped the work_lock.  The op can then be enqueued after the lock is
dropped.

The bug can manifest in one of a couple of ways.  The first manifestation
looks like:

 FS-Cache:
 FS-Cache: Assertion failed
 FS-Cache: 6 == 5 is false
 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 kernel BUG at fs/fscache/operation.c:494!
 RIP: 0010:fscache_put_operation+0x1e3/0x1f0
 ...
 fscache_op_work_func+0x26/0x50
 process_one_work+0x131/0x290
 worker_thread+0x45/0x360
 kthread+0xf8/0x130
 ? create_worker+0x190/0x190
 ? kthread_cancel_work_sync+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

This is due to the operation being in the DEAD state (6) rather than
INITIALISED, COMPLETE or CANCELLED (5) because it's already passed through
fscache_put_operation().

The bug can also manifest like the following:

 kernel BUG at fs/fscache/operation.c:69!
 ...
    [exception RIP: fscache_enqueue_operation+246]
 ...
 #7 [ffff883fff083c10] fscache_enqueue_operation at ffffffffa0b793c6
 #8 [ffff883fff083c28] cachefiles_read_waiter at ffffffffa0b15a48
 #9 [ffff883fff083c48] __wake_up_common at ffffffff810af028

I'm not entirely certain as to which is line 69 in Lei's kernel, so I'm not
entirely clear which assertion failed.

Fixes: 9ae326a690 ("CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem")
Reported-by: Lei Xue <carmark.dlut@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Anthony DeRobertis <aderobertis@metrics.net>
Reported-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Reported-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Reported-by: Kiran Kumar Modukuri <kiran.modukuri@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
2018-07-25 14:49:00 +01:00
..
9p treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
adfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
affs affs: fix potential memory leak when parsing option 'prefix' 2018-05-28 12:36:41 +02:00
afs Merge branch 'afs-proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-16 16:32:04 +09:00
autofs autofs: Fix typo s/thenew new/the new/ in AUTOFS4_FS description 2018-06-12 12:31:19 -07:00
befs fix a series of Documentation/ broken file name references 2018-06-15 18:10:01 -03:00
bfs bfs_add_entry: pass name/len as qstr pointer 2018-05-22 14:27:50 -04:00
btrfs for-4.18-rc2-tag 2018-07-01 12:38:16 -07:00
cachefiles cachefiles: Fix refcounting bug in backing-file read monitoring 2018-07-25 14:49:00 +01:00
ceph ceph: fix dentry leak in splice_dentry() 2018-06-26 18:42:44 +02:00
cifs cifs: Fix invalid check in __cifs_calc_signature() 2018-06-15 19:17:40 -05:00
coda vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64 2018-06-05 16:57:31 -07:00
configfs vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64 2018-06-05 16:57:31 -07:00
cramfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
crypto f2fs-for-4.18-rc1 2018-06-11 10:16:13 -07:00
debugfs Revert "debugfs: inode: debugfs_create_dir uses mode permission from parent" 2018-06-12 20:52:16 -07:00
devpts devpts: comment devpts_mntget() 2018-03-14 13:31:23 +01:00
dlm treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
ecryptfs Merge branch 'fixes' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs into aio-base 2018-05-26 09:16:25 +02:00
efivarfs
efs
exofs exofs: avoid VLA in structures 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
exportfs ovl: do not try to reconnect a disconnected origin dentry 2018-04-12 12:04:49 +02:00
ext2 ext2: add warning when specifying nocheck option 2018-06-20 11:04:26 +02:00
ext4 vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
f2fs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
fat Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-06-15 08:51:42 +09:00
freevxfs freevxfs_lookup(): use d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:51 -04:00
fscache fscache: Allow cancelled operations to be enqueued 2018-07-25 14:31:20 +01:00
fuse vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
gfs2 vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
hfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
hfsplus vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
hostfs vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64 2018-06-05 16:57:31 -07:00
hpfs treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: fix bug in pgoff overflow checking 2018-04-05 21:36:21 -07:00
isofs isofs: fix potential memory leak in mount option parsing 2018-04-16 09:47:41 +02:00
jbd2 treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
jffs2 vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
jfs This fixes a too-small allocation in the xattr code. 2018-06-19 07:47:32 +09:00
kernfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
lockd net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
minix minix_lookup: use d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:52 -04:00
nfs NFS client bugfixes for Linux 4.18 2018-06-22 06:21:34 +09:00
nfs_common net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
nfsd vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
nilfs2 do d_instantiate/unlock_new_inode combinations safely 2018-05-11 15:36:37 -04:00
nls
notify fsnotify: add fsnotify_add_inode_mark() wrappers 2018-05-18 14:58:22 +02:00
ntfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
ocfs2 vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
omfs omfs_lookup(): report IO errors, use d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:58 -04:00
openpromfs openpromfs: switch to d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:57 -04:00
orangefs Solve a series of broken links for files under Documentation: 2018-06-17 05:25:18 +09:00
overlayfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
proc Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-07-01 12:32:19 -07:00
pstore pstore: Remove bogus format string definition 2018-06-14 14:57:24 +02:00
qnx4 qnx4_lookup: use d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:52 -04:00
qnx6 qnx6_lookup: switch to d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:54 -04:00
quota quota: Cleanup list iteration in dqcache_shrink_scan() 2018-06-20 11:04:26 +02:00
ramfs
reiserfs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
romfs romfs_lookup: switch to d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:55 -04:00
squashfs
sysfs unfuck sysfs_mount() 2018-05-21 14:30:09 -04:00
sysv sysv_lookup: use d_splice_alias() 2018-05-22 14:27:53 -04:00
tracefs
ubifs vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
udf udf: Drop unused arguments of udf_delete_aext() 2018-06-20 11:05:49 +02:00
ufs treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
xfs xfs: fix fdblocks accounting w/ RMAPBT per-AG reservation 2018-06-24 12:00:12 -07:00
Kconfig autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs 2018-06-11 08:22:34 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt docs: Fix more broken references 2018-06-15 18:11:26 -03:00
Makefile autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs 2018-06-11 08:22:34 -07:00
aio.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
bad_inode.c vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64 2018-06-05 16:57:31 -07:00
binfmt_aout.c exec: introduce finalize_exec() before start_thread() 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c coredump: fix spam with zero VMA process 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c exec: introduce finalize_exec() before start_thread() 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c docs: Fix more broken references 2018-06-15 18:11:26 -03:00
binfmt_script.c
block_dev.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
buffer.c fs: move page_cache_seek_hole_data to iomap.c 2018-06-01 18:37:33 -07:00
char_dev.c block, char_dev: Use correct format specifier for unsigned ints 2018-03-15 17:59:24 +01:00
compat.c ncpfs: remove compat functionality 2018-06-05 19:23:26 +02:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c autofs: clean up includes 2018-06-07 17:34:40 -07:00
coredump.c
d_path.c split d_path() and friends into a separate file 2018-03-29 15:07:46 -04:00
dax.c libnvdimm for 4.18 2018-06-08 17:21:52 -07:00
dcache.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 10:14:28 -07:00
dcookies.c fs: add do_lookup_dcookie() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall 2018-04-02 20:15:39 +02:00
direct-io.c block: consistently use GFP_NOIO instead of __GFP_NORECLAIM 2018-05-14 08:55:18 -06:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
eventpoll.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
exec.c Merge branch 'core-rseq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 10:17:09 -07:00
fcntl.c mm: restructure memfd code 2018-06-07 17:34:35 -07:00
fhandle.c
file.c fs: add ksys_close() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_close() 2018-04-02 20:16:00 +02:00
file_table.c
filesystems.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
fs-writeback.c bdi: Fix oops in wb_workfn() 2018-05-03 16:11:37 -06:00
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c
inode.c vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
internal.h Revert "fs: fold open_check_o_direct into do_dentry_open" 2018-06-03 10:58:23 -07:00
ioctl.c fs: Allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN in s_user_ns to freeze and thaw filesystems 2018-05-24 12:04:28 -05:00
iomap.c Changes since last update: 2018-06-12 15:49:00 -07:00
libfs.c fs, dax: prepare for dax-specific address_space_operations 2018-03-30 11:34:55 -07:00
locks.c vfs/y2038: inode timestamps conversion to timespec64 2018-06-15 07:31:07 +09:00
mbcache.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
mount.h
mpage.c
namei.c Merge branch 'afs-proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-16 16:32:04 +09:00
namespace.c fs: Allow superblock owner to access do_remount_sb() 2018-05-24 12:02:25 -05:00
no-block.c
nsfs.c
open.c Revert "fs: fold open_check_o_direct into do_dentry_open" 2018-06-03 10:58:23 -07:00
pipe.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
readdir.c fs: add ksys_getdents64() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_getdents64() 2018-04-02 20:16:02 +02:00
select.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
seq_file.c proc: fix smaps and meminfo alignment 2018-05-25 18:12:11 -07:00
signalfd.c Merge branch 'work.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-16 16:21:50 +09:00
splice.c Merge branch 'work.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-16 16:21:50 +09:00
stack.c
stat.c fs: add do_readlinkat() helper; remove internal call to sys_readlinkat() 2018-04-02 20:15:34 +02:00
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 10:14:28 -07:00
sync.c Changes for this release: 2018-04-04 12:44:02 -07:00
timerfd.c Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: fix userfaultfd_huge_must_wait() pte access 2018-07-03 17:32:18 -07:00
utimes.c fs: add do_compat_futimesat() helper; remove in-kernel call to compat syscall 2018-04-02 20:15:44 +02:00
xattr.c vfs: delete unnecessary assignment in vfs_listxattr 2018-05-29 13:22:41 -04:00