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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:59:53 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 2/9] ext4: Fixes ext4_mb_mark_bb() with flex_bg with
fast_commit
On Tue 08-02-22 08:41:07, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> On 22/02/07 05:37PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Sat 05-02-22 19:39:51, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > > In case of flex_bg feature (which is by default enabled), extents for
> > > any given inode might span across blocks from two different block group.
> > > ext4_mb_mark_bb() only reads the buffer_head of block bitmap once for the
> > > starting block group, but it fails to read it again when the extent length
> > > boundary overflows to another block group. Then in this below loop it
> > > accesses memory beyond the block group bitmap buffer_head and results
> > > into a data abort.
> > >
> > > for (i = 0; i < clen; i++)
> > > if (!mb_test_bit(blkoff + i, bitmap_bh->b_data) == !state)
> > > already++;
> > >
> > > This patch adds this functionality for checking block group boundary in
> > > ext4_mb_mark_bb() and update the buffer_head(bitmap_bh) for every different
> > > block group.
> > >
> > > w/o this patch, I was easily able to hit a data access abort using Power platform.
> > >
> > > <...>
> > > [ 74.327662] EXT4-fs error (device loop3): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:1141: group 11, block bitmap and bg descriptor inconsistent: 21248 vs 23294 free clusters
> > > [ 74.533214] EXT4-fs (loop3): shut down requested (2)
> > > [ 74.536705] Aborting journal on device loop3-8.
> > > [ 74.702705] BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0xc00000005e980000
> > > [ 74.703727] Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000007bffb8
> > > cpu 0xd: Vector: 300 (Data Access) at [c000000015db7060]
> > > pc: c0000000007bffb8: ext4_mb_mark_bb+0x198/0x5a0
> > > lr: c0000000007bfeec: ext4_mb_mark_bb+0xcc/0x5a0
> > > sp: c000000015db7300
> > > msr: 800000000280b033
> > > dar: c00000005e980000
> > > dsisr: 40000000
> > > current = 0xc000000027af6880
> > > paca = 0xc00000003ffd5200 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x01
> > > pid = 5167, comm = mount
> > > <...>
> > > enter ? for help
> > > [c000000015db7380] c000000000782708 ext4_ext_clear_bb+0x378/0x410
> > > [c000000015db7400] c000000000813f14 ext4_fc_replay+0x1794/0x2000
> > > [c000000015db7580] c000000000833f7c do_one_pass+0xe9c/0x12a0
> > > [c000000015db7710] c000000000834504 jbd2_journal_recover+0x184/0x2d0
> > > [c000000015db77c0] c000000000841398 jbd2_journal_load+0x188/0x4a0
> > > [c000000015db7880] c000000000804de8 ext4_fill_super+0x2638/0x3e10
> > > [c000000015db7a40] c0000000005f8404 get_tree_bdev+0x2b4/0x350
> > > [c000000015db7ae0] c0000000007ef058 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x40
> > > [c000000015db7b00] c0000000005f6344 vfs_get_tree+0x44/0x100
> > > [c000000015db7b70] c00000000063c408 path_mount+0xdd8/0xe70
> > > [c000000015db7c40] c00000000063c8f0 sys_mount+0x450/0x550
> > > [c000000015db7d50] c000000000035770 system_call_exception+0x4a0/0x4e0
> > > [c000000015db7e10] c00000000000c74c system_call_common+0xec/0x250
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
> >
> > Just two nits below. Otherwise feel free to add:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> >
> > > ---
> > > fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > index 2f117ce3bb73..d0bd51b1e1ad 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > @@ -3901,72 +3901,93 @@ void ext4_mb_mark_bb(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t block,
> > > ext4_grpblk_t blkoff;
> > > int i, err;
> > > int already;
> > > - unsigned int clen, clen_changed;
> > > + unsigned int clen, clen_changed, thisgrp_len;
> > >
> > > - clen = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, len);
> > > -
> > > - ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &group, &blkoff);
> > > - bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
> > > - if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
> > > - err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
> > > - bitmap_bh = NULL;
> > > - goto out_err;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - err = -EIO;
> > > - gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &gdp_bh);
> > > - if (!gdp)
> > > - goto out_err;
> > > + while (len > 0) {
> > > + ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, block, &group, &blkoff);
> > >
> > > - ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
> > > - already = 0;
> > > - for (i = 0; i < clen; i++)
> > > - if (!mb_test_bit(blkoff + i, bitmap_bh->b_data) == !state)
> > > - already++;
> > > -
> > > - clen_changed = clen - already;
> > > - if (state)
> > > - ext4_set_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, blkoff, clen);
> > > - else
> > > - mb_test_and_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, blkoff, clen);
> > > - if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
> > > - (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
> > > - gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
> > > - ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
> > > - ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb,
> > > - group, gdp));
> > > - }
> > > - if (state)
> > > - clen = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) - clen_changed;
> > > - else
> > > - clen = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) + clen_changed;
> > > + /*
> > > + * Check to see if we are freeing blocks across a group
> > > + * boundary.
> > > + * In case of flex_bg, this can happen that (block, len) may
> > > + * span across more than one group. In that case we need to
> > > + * get the corresponding group metadata to work with.
> > > + * For this we have goto again loop.
> > > + */
> > > + thisgrp_len = min_t(unsigned int, (unsigned int)len,
> > > + EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - EXT4_C2B(sbi, blkoff));
> > > + clen = EXT4_NUM_B2C(sbi, thisgrp_len);
> > >
> > > - ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp, clen);
> > > - ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, group, gdp, bitmap_bh);
> > > - ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
> > > + bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
> > > + if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
> > > + err = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
> > > + bitmap_bh = NULL;
> > > + break;
> > > + }
> > >
> > > - ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
> > > + err = -EIO;
> > > + gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &gdp_bh);
> > > + if (!gdp)
> > > + break;
> > >
> > > - if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
> > > - ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
> > > - struct flex_groups *fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi,
> > > - s_flex_groups, flex_group);
> > > + ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
> > > + already = 0;
> > > + for (i = 0; i < clen; i++)
> > > + if (!mb_test_bit(blkoff + i, bitmap_bh->b_data) ==
> > > + !state)
> > > + already++;
> > >
> > > + clen_changed = clen - already;
> > > if (state)
> > > - atomic64_sub(clen_changed, &fg->free_clusters);
> > > + ext4_set_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, blkoff, clen);
> > > else
> > > - atomic64_add(clen_changed, &fg->free_clusters);
> > > + mb_test_and_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, blkoff, clen);
> > > + if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
> > > + (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
> > > + gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
> > > + ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
> > > + ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb, group, gdp));
> > > + }
> > > + if (state)
> > > + clen = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) - clen_changed;
> > > + else
> > > + clen = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) + clen_changed;
> > > +
> > > + ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp, clen);
> > > + ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, group, gdp, bitmap_bh);
> > > + ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
> > > +
> > > + ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
> > > +
> > > + if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
> > > + ext4_group_t flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
> > > + struct flex_groups *fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi,
> > > + s_flex_groups, flex_group);
> > > +
> > > + if (state)
> > > + atomic64_sub(clen_changed, &fg->free_clusters);
> > > + else
> > > + atomic64_add(clen_changed, &fg->free_clusters);
> > > +
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(NULL, NULL, bitmap_bh);
> > > + if (err)
> > > + break;
> > > + sync_dirty_buffer(bitmap_bh);
> > > + err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(NULL, NULL, gdp_bh);
> > > + sync_dirty_buffer(gdp_bh);
> > > + if (err)
> > > + break;
> > > +
> > > + block += thisgrp_len;
> > > + len = len - thisgrp_len;
> > ^^^ Maybe: len -= thisgrp_len;
> >
> > > + put_bh(bitmap_bh);
> > ^^ brelse() would be more usual here...
>
> Sure, will make above two changes.
>
> Btw, any general rules of when should we use put_bh() v/s brelse()?
>
> Assumption about why I used put_bh() above was that in a non-error loop,
> where we are doing ext4_read_block_bitmap() (which will return bh with
> b_count elevated), I thought, we could simply do put_bh() in the end.
>
> But when there is a possibility of an error occurred somewhere in
> between, then it's safe to do brelse().
The difference between put_bh() and brelse() are just the safety checks in
brelse(). So I generally use brelse() in higher level code and put_bh() in
lowlevel code where the overhead of additional checks could matter. But I
guess the opinions can differ :).
Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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