linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 258/366] bdi: Fix oops in wb

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Date:   Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:25:41 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Dave Chinner" <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        "Tetsuo Handa" <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        "Tejun Heo" <tj@...nel.org>, "Jens Axboe" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>,
        "syzbot" <syzbot+9873874c735f2892e7e9@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 258/366] bdi: Fix oops in wb_workfn()

3.16.60-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

commit b8b784958eccbf8f51ebeee65282ca3fd59ea391 upstream.

Syzbot has reported that it can hit a NULL pointer dereference in
wb_workfn() due to wb->bdi->dev being NULL. This indicates that
wb_workfn() was called for an already unregistered bdi which should not
happen as wb_shutdown() called from bdi_unregister() should make sure
all pending writeback works are completed before bdi is unregistered.
Except that wb_workfn() itself can requeue the work with:

	mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);

and if this happens while wb_shutdown() is waiting in:

	flush_delayed_work(&wb->dwork);

the dwork can get executed after wb_shutdown() has finished and
bdi_unregister() has cleared wb->bdi->dev.

Make wb_workfn() use wakeup_wb() for requeueing the work which takes all
the necessary precautions against racing with bdi unregistration.

CC: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Fixes: 839a8e8660b6777e7fe4e80af1a048aebe2b5977
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+9873874c735f2892e7e9@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - Use bdi_wakeup_thread() instead of wb_wakeup()
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_st
 	}

 	if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
-		mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
+		bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
 	else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
 		bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);