linux-ext4 - [PATCH] jbd2: fix outstanding credits assert in jbd2_journal_commit

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Date:   Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:04:26 +0800
From:   Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] jbd2: fix outstanding credits assert in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction()

We catch an assert problem in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction() when
doing fsstress and request falut injection tests. The problem is
happened in a race condition between jbd2_journal_commit_transaction()
and ext4_end_io_end(). Firstly, ext4_writepages() writeback dirty pages
and start reserved handle, and then the journal was aborted due to some
previous metadata IO error, jbd2_journal_abort() start to commit current
running transaction, the committing procedure could be raced by
ext4_end_io_end() and lead to subtract j_reserved_credits twice from
commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits, finally the
t_outstanding_credits is mistakenly smaller than t_nr_buffers and
trigger assert.

kjournald2           kworker

jbd2_journal_commit_transaction()
 write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 atomic_sub(j_reserved_credits, t_outstanding_credits); //sub once

     	             jbd2_journal_start_reserved()
     	              start_this_handle()  //detect aborted journal
     	              jbd2_journal_free_reserved()  //get running transaction
                       read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock)
     	                __jbd2_journal_unreserve_handle()
     	               atomic_sub(j_reserved_credits, t_outstanding_credits);
                       //sub again
                       read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);

 journal->j_running_transaction = NULL;
 J_ASSERT(t_nr_buffers <= t_outstanding_credits) //bomb!!!

Fix this issue by using journal->j_state_lock to protect the subtraction
in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction().

Fixes: 96f1e0974575 ("jbd2: avoid long hold times of j_state_lock while committing a transaction")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/commit.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index eb315e81f1a6..af1a9191368c 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -553,13 +553,13 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 */
 	jbd2_journal_switch_revoke_table(journal);
 
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Reserved credits cannot be claimed anymore, free them
 	 */
 	atomic_sub(atomic_read(&journal->j_reserved_credits),
 		   &commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 
-	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	trace_jbd2_commit_flushing(journal, commit_transaction);
 	stats.run.rs_flushing = jiffies;
 	stats.run.rs_locked = jbd2_time_diff(stats.run.rs_locked,
-- 
2.31.1