linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption

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Message-Id: <96677D90-C895-4356-83A9-A116A91F199A@dilger.ca>
Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2022 18:52:34 -0700
From:   Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Thilo Fromm <t-lo@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 08:39:50PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> When manipulating xattr blocks, we can deadlock infinitely looping
> inside ext4_xattr_block_set() where we constantly keep finding xattr
> block for reuse in mbcache but we are unable to reuse it because its
> reference count is too big. This happens because cache entry for the
> xattr block is marked as reusable (e_reusable set) although its
> reference count is too big. When this inconsistency happens, this
> inconsistent state is kept indefinitely and so ext4_xattr_block_set()
> keeps retrying indefinitely.
> 
> The inconsistent state is caused by non-atomic update of e_reusable bit.
> e_reusable is part of a bitfield and e_reusable update can race with
> update of e_referenced bit in the same bitfield resulting in loss of one
> of the updates. Fix the problem by using atomic bitops instead.
> 
> CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 6048c64b2609 ("mbcache: add reusable flag to cache entries")
> Reported-and-tested-by: Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Reported-by: Thilo Fromm <t-lo@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c77bf00f-4618-7149-56f1-b8d1664b9d07@linux.microsoft.com/
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

Cheers, Andreas






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