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block: make gendisk hold a reference to its queue

PATCH Applied Tejun Heo 2 participants 4 messages Oct 17, 2011 – Oct 18, 2011

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PATCH 1/1 block: make gendisk hold a reference to its queue

The following command sequence triggers an oops.

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
# echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/0\:0\:1\:0/device/delete
# umount /mnt
 general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
 CPU 2 
 Modules linked in:

Pid: 791, comm: umount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc3-work+ #8 Bochs Bochs

 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d0879>]  [<ffffffff810d0879>] __lock_acquire+0x389/0x1d60
...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff810d2845>] lock_acquire+0x95/0x140
  [<ffffffff81aed87b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x50
  [<ffffffff811573bc>] bdi_lock_two+0x5c/0x70
  [<ffffffff811c2f6c>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x4c/0xf0
  [<ffffffff811c3fcb>] __blkdev_put+0x11b/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c4010>] __blkdev_put+0x160/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c40df>] blkdev_put+0x5f/0x190
  [<ffffffff8118f18d>] kill_block_super+0x4d/0x80
  [<ffffffff8118f4a5>] deactivate_locked_super+0x45/0x70
  [<ffffffff8119003a>] deactivate_super+0x4a/0x70
  [<ffffffff811ac4ad>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x130
  [<ffffffff811acf2e>] sys_umount+0x7e/0x3a0
  [<ffffffff81aeeeab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This is because bdev holds on to disk but disk doesn't pin the associated queue. If a SCSI device is removed while the device is still open, the sdev puts the base reference to the queue on release. When the bdev is finally released, the associated queue is already gone along with the bdi and bdev_inode_switch_bdi() ends up dereferencing already freed bdi.

Even if it were not for this bug, disk not holding onto the associated queue is very unusual and error-prone.

Fix it by making add_disk() take an extra reference to its queue and put it on disk_release() and ensuring that disk and its fops owner are put in that order after all accesses to the disk and queue are complete.

---
 block/genhd.c  |    8 ++++++++
 fs/block_dev.c |   13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
fs/block_dev.c +8 -5
Index: work/fs/block_dev.c
===================================================================
@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ static int __blkdev_put(struct block_dev
 static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct module *owner;
 	int ret;
 	int partno;
 	int perm = 0;
@@ -1110,6 +1111,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_dev
 	disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
 	if (!disk)
 		goto out;
+	owner = disk->fops->owner;
 
 	disk_block_events(disk);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, for_part);
@@ -1137,8 +1139,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_dev
 					bdev->bd_disk = NULL;
 					mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 					disk_unblock_events(disk);
-					module_put(disk->fops->owner);
 					put_disk(disk);
+					module_put(owner);
 					goto restart;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1194,8 +1196,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_dev
 				goto out_unlock_bdev;
 		}
 		/* only one opener holds refs to the module and disk */
-		module_put(disk->fops->owner);
 		put_disk(disk);
+		module_put(owner);
 	}
 	bdev->bd_openers++;
 	if (for_part)
@@ -1215,8 +1217,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_dev
  out_unlock_bdev:
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	disk_unblock_events(disk);
-	module_put(disk->fops->owner);
 	put_disk(disk);
+	module_put(owner);
  out:
 	bdput(bdev);
 
@@ -1437,8 +1439,6 @@ static int __blkdev_put(struct block_dev
 	if (!bdev->bd_openers) {
 		struct module *owner = disk->fops->owner;
 
-		put_disk(disk);
-		module_put(owner);
 		disk_put_part(bdev->bd_part);
 		bdev->bd_part = NULL;
 		bdev->bd_disk = NULL;
@@ -1447,6 +1447,9 @@ static int __blkdev_put(struct block_dev
 		if (bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
 			victim = bdev->bd_contains;
 		bdev->bd_contains = NULL;
+
+		put_disk(disk);
+		module_put(owner);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	bdput(bdev);
block/genhd.c +8 -0
Index: work/block/genhd.c
===================================================================
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	register_disk(disk);
 	blk_register_queue(disk);
 
+	/*
+	 * Take an extra ref on queue which will be put on disk_release()
+	 * so that it sticks around as long as @disk is there.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!blk_get_queue(disk->queue));
+
 	retval = sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj,
 				   "bdi");
 	WARN_ON(retval);
@@ -1095,6 +1101,8 @@ static void disk_release(struct device *
 	disk_replace_part_tbl(disk, NULL);
 	free_part_stats(&disk->part0);
 	free_part_info(&disk->part0);
+	if (disk->queue)
+		blk_put_queue(disk->queue);
 	kfree(disk);
 }
 struct class block_class = {
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#1 lore raw
Quoted 35 lines · Tejun Heo

The following command sequence triggers an oops.

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
# echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/0\:0\:1\:0/device/delete
# umount /mnt
 general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
 CPU 2 
 Modules linked in:

Pid: 791, comm: umount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc3-work+ #8 Bochs Bochs

 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d0879>]  [<ffffffff810d0879>] __lock_acquire+0x389/0x1d60
...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff810d2845>] lock_acquire+0x95/0x140
  [<ffffffff81aed87b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x50
  [<ffffffff811573bc>] bdi_lock_two+0x5c/0x70
  [<ffffffff811c2f6c>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x4c/0xf0
  [<ffffffff811c3fcb>] __blkdev_put+0x11b/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c4010>] __blkdev_put+0x160/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c40df>] blkdev_put+0x5f/0x190
  [<ffffffff8118f18d>] kill_block_super+0x4d/0x80
  [<ffffffff8118f4a5>] deactivate_locked_super+0x45/0x70
  [<ffffffff8119003a>] deactivate_super+0x4a/0x70
  [<ffffffff811ac4ad>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x130
  [<ffffffff811acf2e>] sys_umount+0x7e/0x3a0
  [<ffffffff81aeeeab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This is because bdev holds on to disk but disk doesn't pin the associated queue. If a SCSI device is removed while the device is still open, the sdev puts the base reference to the queue on release. When the bdev is finally released, the associated queue is already gone along with the bdi and bdev_inode_switch_bdi() ends up dereferencing already freed bdi.

Quoted 7 lines

Even if it were not for this bug, disk not holding onto the associated queue is very unusual and error-prone.

Fix it by making add_disk() take an extra reference to its queue and put it on disk_release() and ensuring that disk and its fops owner are put in that order after all accesses to the disk and queue are complete.

Thanks, applied.

Signature · 1 line
Jens Axboe
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#2 lore raw
Quoted 39 lines · Jens Axboe
Quoted 38 lines · Tejun Heo

The following command sequence triggers an oops.

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
# echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/0\:0\:1\:0/device/delete
# umount /mnt
 general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
 CPU 2 
 Modules linked in:

Pid: 791, comm: umount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc3-work+ #8 Bochs Bochs

 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d0879>]  [<ffffffff810d0879>] __lock_acquire+0x389/0x1d60
...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff810d2845>] lock_acquire+0x95/0x140
  [<ffffffff81aed87b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x50
  [<ffffffff811573bc>] bdi_lock_two+0x5c/0x70
  [<ffffffff811c2f6c>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x4c/0xf0
  [<ffffffff811c3fcb>] __blkdev_put+0x11b/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c4010>] __blkdev_put+0x160/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c40df>] blkdev_put+0x5f/0x190
  [<ffffffff8118f18d>] kill_block_super+0x4d/0x80
  [<ffffffff8118f4a5>] deactivate_locked_super+0x45/0x70
  [<ffffffff8119003a>] deactivate_super+0x4a/0x70
  [<ffffffff811ac4ad>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x130
  [<ffffffff811acf2e>] sys_umount+0x7e/0x3a0
  [<ffffffff81aeeeab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This is because bdev holds on to disk but disk doesn't pin the associated queue. If a SCSI device is removed while the device is still open, the sdev puts the base reference to the queue on release. When the bdev is finally released, the associated queue is already gone along with the bdi and bdev_inode_switch_bdi() ends up dereferencing already freed bdi.

Even if it were not for this bug, disk not holding onto the associated queue is very unusual and error-prone.

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Quoted 4 lines

Fix it by making add_disk() take an extra reference to its queue and put it on disk_release() and ensuring that disk and its fops owner are put in that order after all accesses to the disk and queue are complete.

Thanks, applied.

Ooh, I had the WARN_ON_ONCE() condition wrong in add_disk() as blk_get_queue() returns 1 on failure and 0 on success. Can you please flip that?

Thanks.

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tejun
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#3 lore raw
Quoted 45 lines · Tejun Heo
Quoted 44 lines · Jens Axboe
Quoted 42 lines · Tejun Heo

The following command sequence triggers an oops.

# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
# echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/0\:0\:1\:0/device/delete
# umount /mnt
 general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP 
 CPU 2 
 Modules linked in:

Pid: 791, comm: umount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc3-work+ #8 Bochs Bochs

 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d0879>]  [<ffffffff810d0879>] __lock_acquire+0x389/0x1d60
...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff810d2845>] lock_acquire+0x95/0x140
  [<ffffffff81aed87b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x50
  [<ffffffff811573bc>] bdi_lock_two+0x5c/0x70
  [<ffffffff811c2f6c>] bdev_inode_switch_bdi+0x4c/0xf0
  [<ffffffff811c3fcb>] __blkdev_put+0x11b/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c4010>] __blkdev_put+0x160/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff811c40df>] blkdev_put+0x5f/0x190
  [<ffffffff8118f18d>] kill_block_super+0x4d/0x80
  [<ffffffff8118f4a5>] deactivate_locked_super+0x45/0x70
  [<ffffffff8119003a>] deactivate_super+0x4a/0x70
  [<ffffffff811ac4ad>] mntput_no_expire+0xed/0x130
  [<ffffffff811acf2e>] sys_umount+0x7e/0x3a0
  [<ffffffff81aeeeab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

This is because bdev holds on to disk but disk doesn't pin the associated queue. If a SCSI device is removed while the device is still open, the sdev puts the base reference to the queue on release. When the bdev is finally released, the associated queue is already gone along with the bdi and bdev_inode_switch_bdi() ends up dereferencing already freed bdi.

Even if it were not for this bug, disk not holding onto the associated queue is very unusual and error-prone.

Fix it by making add_disk() take an extra reference to its queue and put it on disk_release() and ensuring that disk and its fops owner are put in that order after all accesses to the disk and queue are complete.

Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 1 line

Thanks, applied.

Ooh, I had the WARN_ON_ONCE() condition wrong in add_disk() as blk_get_queue() returns 1 on failure and 0 on success. Can you please flip that?

Oops, I'll fix that one up.

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Jens Axboe