linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Queue free fix (was Re: [PATCH] block: Free queue resources at blk_release

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:06:43 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Steffen Maier <maier@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Taraka R. Bodireddy" <tarak.reddy@...ibm.com>,
	"Seshagiri N. Ippili" <seshagiri.ippili@...ibm.com>,
	"Manvanthara B. Puttashankar" <mputtash@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Queue free fix (was Re: [PATCH] block: Free queue
 resources at blk_release_queue())

On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 17:46 +0900, Jun'ichi Nomura wrote:
> On 10/15/11 01:03, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 15:09 +0200, Steffen Maier wrote:
> >> This fix also went into 3.0.5 via
> >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=blob;f=releases/3.0.5/block-free-queue-resources-at-blk_release_queue.patch
> >> (originated at http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=131669751909474&w=2 and 
> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=131669414205696&w=2)
> >>
> >> However, it seems we still have a use-after-free bug, now causing the 
> >> following oops with kernel 3.0.6 when removing paths to storage while 
> >> generating load on device-mapper multipath disks:
> >>
> >>> Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference at virtual kernel address 6b6b6b6b6b6b6000
> >>> Oops: 0038 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
> >>> Modules linked in: iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables dm_round_robin sunrpc qeth_l3 binfmt_misc dm_multipath scsi_dh dm_mod ipv6 qeth ccwgroup [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> >>> CPU: 1 Not tainted 3.0.6-50.x.20111006-s390xdefault #1
> >>> Process blast.LzS_64_SL (pid: 26613, task: 0000000063e2a398, ksp: 0000000064de3560)
> >>> Krnl PSW : 0704100180000000 000000000048a038 (scsi_print_command+0x44/0xf8)
> >>>            R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:0 CC:1 PM:0 EA:3
> >>> Krnl GPRS: 000000000000006b 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b 000000006717f800 000000000094f2e0
> >>>            000000000061242e 000000000062bd88 0000000066fb90d8 0000000065391ad7
> >>>            000000006717f800 000000006717f800 000000006716a090 000000006717f800
> >>>            0000000000000004 0000000000672f88 0000000064de3838 0000000064de3808
> >>> Krnl Code: 000000000048a026: f0b80004ebbf        srp     4(12,%r0),3007(%r14),8
> >>>            000000000048a02c: f0a0000407f4        srp     4(11,%r0),2036,0
> >>>            000000000048a032: e31020800004        lg      %r1,128(%r2)
> >>>           >000000000048a038: e31010b00004        lg      %r1,176(%r1)
> >>>            000000000048a03e: b9020011            ltgr    %r1,%r1
> >>>            000000000048a042: a7840032            brc     8,48a0a6
> >>>            000000000048a046: e33020000004        lg      %r3,0(%r2)
> >>>            000000000048a04c: c04000182f4c        larl    %r4,78fee4
> >>> Call Trace:
> >>> ([<000000006717f800>] 0x6717f800)
> >>>  [<0000000000487f28>] scsi_log_send+0xf0/0x130
> >>>  [<000000000048824c>] scsi_dispatch_cmd+0xc8/0x4bc
> >>>  [<0000000000490694>] scsi_request_fn+0x3b8/0x480
> > 
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be saying that struct
> > scsi_cmnd was used after free.  This looks to be a different problem
> > because the command has a separate refcounting model which wasn't
> > impacted by the change ... it could be we've just exposed yet another
> > refcounting problem outside of the queue one.
> > 
> > If I had to guess, I'd say a bio got cloned with a SCSI command already
> > attached, but the ref count on the SCSI command wasn't correctly
> > adjusted.
> 
> As far as dm is concerned, it shouldn't happen.
> Clone is made from a dm request, not from SCSI one.
> Also clone is not reused when retrying.

It was just a guess.  Assuming the command got freed prematurely, there
has to be something in the dm path to explain why the SCSI refcounting
model got screwed up.  Cloning a bio with an attached command was what
first occurred to me, but perhaps there are other ways I'm not seeing.

> >> Initially, we encountered use-after-free bugs in
> >> scsi_print_command / scsi_dispatch_cmd
> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=130824013229933&w=2
> 
> It is interesting that both this and the older report
> got oopsed in scsi_log_send(), while there are other
> dereferences of 'cmd' around scsi_dispatch_cmd().
> Are there any reason they are special? Just by accident?

Right, that's why it looks like the command area got freed rather than
the command pointer was bogus (6b is a poison free pattern).  Perhaps if
the reporter could pin down the failing source line, we'd know better
what was going on?

James


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