linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Fix a kernel panic in mb_mark

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:20:01 +0800
From:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Fix a kernel panic in mb_mark_used during trim.

Hi Ted,
	This is a fix for kernel panic in ext4. So any comment for it?

Regards,
Tao
On 03/03/2011 09:59 PM, Tao Ma wrote:
> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> 
> In a bs=4096 volume, if we call FITRIM with the following parameter as
> fstrim_range(start = 102400, len = 134144000, minlen = 10240),
> we will trigger a BUG_ON.
> BUG_ON(start + len > (e4b->bd_sb->s_blocksize << 3));
> 
> Mar  4 00:55:52 boyu-tm kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Mar  4 00:55:52 boyu-tm kernel: kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:1506!
> Mar  4 01:21:09 boyu-tm kernel: Code: d4 00 00 00 00 49 89 fe 8b 56 0c 44 8b 7e 04 89 55 c4 48 8b 4f 28 89 d6 44 01 fe 48 63 d6 48 8b 41 18 48 c1 e0 03 48 39 c2 76 04 <0f> 0b eb fe 48 8b 55 b0 8b 47 34 3b 42 08 74 04 0f 0b eb fe 48
> Mar  4 01:21:09 boyu-tm kernel: RIP  [<ffffffffa053eb42>] mb_mark_used+0x47/0x26c [ext4]
> Mar  4 01:21:09 boyu-tm kernel:  RSP <ffff880121e45c38>
> Mar  4 01:21:09 boyu-tm kernel: ---[ end trace 9f461696f6a9dcf2 ]---
> 
> The reason is that in ext4_trim_fs, the last_block is checked wrongly.
> if (len >= EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
> 	len -= (EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - first_block);
> else
> 	last_block = first_block + len;
> 
> So if len < EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP while first_block + len > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP,
> last_block will be set to a overflow value which exceeds EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP.
> 
> This patch fixes it and adjusts len accordingly.
> 
> Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/mballoc.c |   11 ++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> index 29d7d17..290b36c 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> @@ -4889,10 +4889,15 @@ int ext4_trim_fs(struct super_block *sb, struct fstrim_range *range)
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> -		if (len >= EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
> -			len -= (EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) - first_block);
> -		else
> +		/*
> +		 * For all the groups except the last one, last block will
> +		 * always be EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb), so we only need to
> +		 * change it for the last group in which case start +
> +		 * len < EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb).
> +		 */
> +		if (first_block + len < EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
>  			last_block = first_block + len;
> +		len -= last_block - first_block;
>  
>  		if (e4b.bd_info->bb_free >= minlen) {
>  			cnt = ext4_trim_all_free(sb, &e4b, first_block,

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