[PATCH 1/3] ubifs: Check @c->dirty_[n|p]n_cnt and @c->nroot state under @c->lp_mutex

Zhihao Cheng chengzhihao1 at huawei.com
Mon Nov 20 03:13:45 PST 2023


The checking of @c->nroot->flags and @c->dirty_[n|p]n_cnt in function
nothing_to_commit() is not atomic, which could be raced with modifying
of lpt, for example:
       P1        P2        P3
run_gc
 ubifs_garbage_collect
              do_commit
 ubifs_return_leb
  ubifs_lpt_lookup_dirty
   dirty_cow_nnode
                       do_commit
			nothing_to_commit
			 if (test_bit(DIRTY_CNODE, &c->nroot->flags)
			 // false
   test_and_set_bit(DIRTY_CNODE, &nnode->flags)
   c->dirty_nn_cnt += 1
                         ubifs_assert(c, c->dirty_nn_cnt == 0)
			 // false !

Fetch a reproducer in Link:
 UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 2747): ubifs_assert_failed
 UBIFS assert failed: c->dirty_pn_cnt == 0, in fs/ubifs/commit.c
 Call Trace:
  ubifs_ro_mode+0x58/0x70 [ubifs]
  ubifs_assert_failed+0x6a/0x90 [ubifs]
  do_commit+0x5b7/0x930 [ubifs]
  ubifs_run_commit+0xc6/0x1a0 [ubifs]
  ubifs_sync_fs+0xd8/0x110 [ubifs]
  sync_filesystem+0xb4/0x120
  do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x140

Fix it by checking @c->dirty_[n|p]n_cnt and @c->nroot state with
@c->lp_mutex locked.

Fixes: 944fdef52ca9 ("UBIFS: do not start the commit if there is nothing to commit")
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218162
Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1 at huawei.com>
---
 fs/ubifs/commit.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/commit.c b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
index c4fc1047fc07..5b3a840098b0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ static int nothing_to_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	if (c->zroot.znode && ubifs_zn_dirty(c->zroot.znode))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Increasing @c->dirty_pn_cnt/@c->dirty_nn_cnt and marking
+	 * nnodes/pnodes as dirty in run_gc() could race with following
+	 * checking, which leads inconsistent states between @c->nroot
+	 * and @c->dirty_pn_cnt/@c->dirty_nn_cnt, holding @c->lp_mutex
+	 * to avoid that.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&c->lp_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * Even though the TNC is clean, the LPT tree may have dirty nodes. For
 	 * example, this may happen if the budgeting subsystem invoked GC to
@@ -76,12 +84,15 @@ static int nothing_to_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	 * free space. In this case GC would just change the lprops of this
 	 * LEB (by turning all space into free space) and unmap it.
 	 */
-	if (c->nroot && test_bit(DIRTY_CNODE, &c->nroot->flags))
+	if (c->nroot && test_bit(DIRTY_CNODE, &c->nroot->flags)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&c->lp_mutex);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	ubifs_assert(c, atomic_long_read(&c->dirty_zn_cnt) == 0);
 	ubifs_assert(c, c->dirty_pn_cnt == 0);
 	ubifs_assert(c, c->dirty_nn_cnt == 0);
+	mutex_unlock(&c->lp_mutex);
 
 	return 1;
 }
-- 
2.39.2




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