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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:16:41 -0400
From:   Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
To:     Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammerspace.com>
Cc:     "anna@kernel.org" <anna@kernel.org>,
        "jlayton@kernel.org" <jlayton@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs: decrement nrequests counter before releasing the req
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2023, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 09:17 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > I hit this panic in testing:
> >=20
> > [ 6235.500016] run fstests generic/464 at 2023-09-18 22:51:24
> > [ 6288.410761] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
> > 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.412174] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> > [ 6288.413160] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> > [ 6288.413992] PGD 0 P4D 0
> > [ 6288.414603] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
> > [ 6288.415419] CPU: 0 PID: 340798 Comm: kworker/u18:8 Not tainted
> > 6.6.0-rc1-gdcf620ceebac #95
> > [ 6288.416538] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009),
> > BIOS 1.16.2-1.fc38 04/01/2014
> > [ 6288.417701] Workqueue: nfsiod rpc_async_release [sunrpc]
> > [ 6288.418676] RIP: 0010:nfs_inode_remove_request+0xc8/0x150 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.419836] Code: ff ff 48 8b 43 38 48 8b 7b 10 a8 04 74 5b 48 85
> > ff 74 56 48 8b 07 a9 00 00 08 00 74 58 48 8b 07 f6 c4 10 74 50 e8 c8
> > 44 b3 d5 <48> 8b 00 f0 48 ff 88 30 ff ff ff 5b 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc cc
> > cc 48 8b
> > [ 6288.422389] RSP: 0018:ffffbd618353bda8 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > [ 6288.423234] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9a29f9a25280 RCX:
> > 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.424351] RDX: ffff9a29f9a252b4 RSI: 000000000000000b RDI:
> > ffffef41448e3840
> > [ 6288.425345] RBP: ffffef41448e3840 R08: 0000000000000038 R09:
> > ffffffffffffffff
> > [ 6288.426334] R10: 0000000000033f80 R11: ffff9a2a7fffa000 R12:
> > ffff9a29093f98c4
> > [ 6288.427353] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9a29230f62e0 R15:
> > ffff9a29230f62d0
> > [ 6288.428358] FS:=A0 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a2a77c00000(0000)
> > knlGS:0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.429513] CS:=A0 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > [ 6288.430427] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000264748002 CR4:
> > 0000000000770ef0
> > [ 6288.431553] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
> > 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.432715] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:
> > 0000000000000400
> > [ 6288.433698] PKRU: 55555554
> > [ 6288.434196] Call Trace:
> > [ 6288.434667]=A0 <TASK>
> > [ 6288.435132]=A0 ? __die+0x1f/0x70
> > [ 6288.435723]=A0 ? page_fault_oops+0x159/0x450
> > [ 6288.436389]=A0 ? try_to_wake_up+0x98/0x5d0
> > [ 6288.437044]=A0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x660
> > [ 6288.437728]=A0 ? exc_page_fault+0x7a/0x180
> > [ 6288.438368]=A0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
> > [ 6288.439137]=A0 ? nfs_inode_remove_request+0xc8/0x150 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.440112]=A0 ? nfs_inode_remove_request+0xa0/0x150 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.440924]=A0 nfs_commit_release_pages+0x16e/0x340 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.441700]=A0 ? __pfx_call_transmit+0x10/0x10 [sunrpc]
> > [ 6288.442475]=A0 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x23/0x50
> > [ 6288.443161]=A0 nfs_commit_release+0x15/0x40 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.443926]=A0 rpc_free_task+0x36/0x60 [sunrpc]
> > [ 6288.444741]=A0 rpc_async_release+0x29/0x40 [sunrpc]
> > [ 6288.445509]=A0 process_one_work+0x171/0x340
> > [ 6288.446135]=A0 worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0
> > [ 6288.446724]=A0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
> > [ 6288.447376]=A0 kthread+0xf0/0x120
> > [ 6288.447903]=A0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> > [ 6288.448500]=A0 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
> > [ 6288.449078]=A0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> > [ 6288.449665]=A0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
> > [ 6288.450283]=A0 </TASK>
> > [ 6288.450688] Modules linked in: rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4
> > dns_resolver nfs lockd grace sunrpc nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat
> > 9p netfs ext4 kvm_intel crc16 mbcache jbd2 joydev kvm xfs irqbypass
> > virtio_net pcspkr net_failover psmouse failover 9pnet_virtio cirrus
> > drm_shmem_helper virtio_balloon drm_kms_helper button evdev drm loop
> > dm_mod zram zsmalloc crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul
> > ghash_clmulni_intel sha512_ssse3 sha512_generic virtio_blk nvme
> > aesni_intel crypto_simd cryptd nvme_core t10_pi i6300esb
> > crc64_rocksoft_generic crc64_rocksoft crc64 virtio_pci virtio
> > virtio_pci_legacy_dev virtio_pci_modern_dev virtio_ring serio_raw
> > btrfs blake2b_generic libcrc32c crc32c_generic crc32c_intel xor
> > raid6_pq autofs4
> > [ 6288.460211] CR2: 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.460787] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> > [ 6288.461571] RIP: 0010:nfs_inode_remove_request+0xc8/0x150 [nfs]
> > [ 6288.462500] Code: ff ff 48 8b 43 38 48 8b 7b 10 a8 04 74 5b 48 85
> > ff 74 56 48 8b 07 a9 00 00 08 00 74 58 48 8b 07 f6 c4 10 74 50 e8 c8
> > 44 b3 d5 <48> 8b 00 f0 48 ff 88 30 ff ff ff 5b 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc cc
> > cc 48 8b
> > [ 6288.465136] RSP: 0018:ffffbd618353bda8 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > [ 6288.465963] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9a29f9a25280 RCX:
> > 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.467035] RDX: ffff9a29f9a252b4 RSI: 000000000000000b RDI:
> > ffffef41448e3840
> > [ 6288.468093] RBP: ffffef41448e3840 R08: 0000000000000038 R09:
> > ffffffffffffffff
> > [ 6288.469121] R10: 0000000000033f80 R11: ffff9a2a7fffa000 R12:
> > ffff9a29093f98c4
> > [ 6288.470109] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9a29230f62e0 R15:
> > ffff9a29230f62d0
> > [ 6288.471106] FS:=A0 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a2a77c00000(0000)
> > knlGS:0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.472216] CS:=A0 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > [ 6288.473059] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000264748002 CR4:
> > 0000000000770ef0
> > [ 6288.474096] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
> > 0000000000000000
> > [ 6288.475097] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:
> > 0000000000000400
> > [ 6288.476148] PKRU: 55555554
> > [ 6288.476665] note: kworker/u18:8[340798] exited with irqs disabled
> >=20
> > Once we've released "req", it's not safe to dereference it anymore.
> > Decrement the nrequests counter before dropping the reference.
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > I've only hit this once after a lot of testing, so I can't confirm
> > that
> > this fixes anything. It seems like the right thing to do, however.
> > ---
> > =A0fs/nfs/write.c | 2 +-
> > =A01 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >=20
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
> > index 8c1ee1a1a28f..7720b5e43014 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/write.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
> > @@ -802,8 +802,8 @@ static void nfs_inode_remove_request(struct
> > nfs_page *req)
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0}
> > =A0
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &req->wb_f=
lags)) {
> > -=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0nfs_release_request(req);
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0atomic_long_dec(&NFS_I(=
nfs_page_to_inode(req))-
> > >nrequests);
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0nfs_release_request(req);
> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0}
> > =A0}
> >=20
>=20
> Isn't this the same issue that Scott Mayhew posted a patch ("NFS: Fix
> potential oops in nfs_inode_remove_request()") on July 25th?
>=20
> At the time I argued for something like the above patch, but both Scott
> and you argued that it was insufficient to fix the problem.
>=20
> So which patch is the one we should apply?

This one.  If there's a separate bug, I've had zero luck in
reproducing it.

-Scott
>=20
> Cheers,
>   Trond
> --=20
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
> trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com
>=20
>=20