linux-ext4 - [PATCH 5/4] dax: Fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write

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Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 11:27:00 -0600
From:   Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/4] dax: Fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write

This is based on a patch from Jan Kara that fixed the equivalent race in
the DAX PTE fault path.

Currently DAX PMD read fault can race with write(2) in the following way:

CPU1 - write(2)                 CPU2 - read fault
                                dax_iomap_pmd_fault()
                                  ->iomap_begin() - sees hole

dax_iomap_rw()
  iomap_apply()
    ->iomap_begin - allocates blocks
    dax_iomap_actor()
      invalidate_inode_pages2_range()
        - there's nothing to invalidate

                                  grab_mapping_entry()
				  - we add huge zero page to the radix tree
				    and map it to page tables

The result is that hole page is mapped into page tables (and thus zeros
are seen in mmap) while file has data written in that place.

Fix the problem by locking exception entry before mapping blocks for the
fault. That way we are sure invalidate_inode_pages2_range() call for
racing write will either block on entry lock waiting for the fault to
finish (and unmap stale page tables after that) or read fault will see
already allocated blocks by write(2).

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Fixes: 9f141d6ef6258a3a37a045842d9ba7e68f368956
CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
---

Jan, I just realized that we need an equivalent fix in the PMD path.  Let's
keep this with the rest of your series so they get applied together,
applied to stable together, etc.

This applies cleanly to the current linux/master (56868a460b83) + the four
patches from Jan's series.  I've run it through xfstests and some targeted
testing for the PMD path.

---
 fs/dax.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 32f020c..93ae872 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,16 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		goto fallback;
 
 	/*
+	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
+	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
+	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
+	 * back to 4k entries.
+	 */
+	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
+	if (IS_ERR(entry))
+		goto fallback;
+
+	/*
 	 * Note that we don't use iomap_apply here.  We aren't doing I/O, only
 	 * setting up a mapping, so really we're using iomap_begin() as a way
 	 * to look up our filesystem block.
@@ -1395,21 +1405,11 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	pos = (loff_t)pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	error = ops->iomap_begin(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, iomap_flags, &iomap);
 	if (error)
-		goto fallback;
+		goto unlock_entry;
 
 	if (iomap.offset + iomap.length < pos + PMD_SIZE)
 		goto finish_iomap;
 
-	/*
-	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
-	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
-	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
-	 * back to 4k entries.
-	 */
-	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
-	if (IS_ERR(entry))
-		goto finish_iomap;
-
 	switch (iomap.type) {
 	case IOMAP_MAPPED:
 		result = dax_pmd_insert_mapping(vmf, &iomap, pos, &entry);
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	case IOMAP_UNWRITTEN:
 	case IOMAP_HOLE:
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(write))
-			goto unlock_entry;
+			break;
 		result = dax_pmd_load_hole(vmf, &iomap, &entry);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1425,8 +1425,6 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		break;
 	}
 
- unlock_entry:
-	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  finish_iomap:
 	if (ops->iomap_end) {
 		int copied = PMD_SIZE;
@@ -1442,6 +1440,8 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		ops->iomap_end(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, copied, iomap_flags,
 				&iomap);
 	}
+ unlock_entry:
+	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  fallback:
 	if (result == VM_FAULT_FALLBACK) {
 		split_huge_pmd(vma, vmf->pmd, vmf->address);
-- 
2.9.3