linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] ceph: Fix error handling in ceph_read

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Date:   Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:13:17 +0300
From:   Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
To:     "Yan, Zheng" <zyan@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        ceph-devel <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] ceph: Fix error handling in ceph_read_iter



On 10/10/2016 04:11 PM, Yan, Zheng wrote:
> 
>> On 10 Oct 2016, at 20:56, Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com> wrote:
>>
>> In case __ceph_do_getattr returns an error and the retry_op in
>> ceph_read_iter is not READ_INLINE, then it's possible to invoke
>> __free_page on a page which is NULL, this naturally leads to a crash.
>> This can happen when, for example, a process waiting on a MDS reply
>> receives sigterm.
>>
>> Fix this by explicitly checking whether the page is set or not.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
>> Link: http://www.spinics.net/lists/ceph-users/msg31592.html
>> ---
>>
>> Inverted the condition, so resending with correct condition
>> this time. 
>>
>> fs/ceph/file.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
>> index 3c68e6aee2f0..7413313ae6c8 100644
>> --- a/fs/ceph/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
>> @@ -929,7 +929,8 @@ again:
>> 		statret = __ceph_do_getattr(inode, page,
>> 					    CEPH_STAT_CAP_INLINE_DATA, !!page);
>> 		if (statret < 0) {
>> -			 __free_page(page);
>> +			if (page)
>> +				__free_page(page);
>> 			if (statret == -ENODATA) {
>> 				BUG_ON(retry_op != READ_INLINE);
>> 				goto again;
>> — 
> Reviewed-by: Yan, Zheng <zyan@...hat.com>

I believe this needs to also be tagged as stable. To whomever is going
to merge it: can you please do that?


> 
>> 2.5.0
>>
>