linux-kernel - [PATCH] cfq-iosched: Fix a kernel OOPs when usb key is inserted

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Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:36:39 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
Cc:	Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cfq-iosched: Fix a kernel OOPs when usb key is inserted

o Mike, reported a kernel crash when a usb key hotplug is performed while all
  kernel thrads are not in a root cgroup and are running in one of the child
  cgroups of blkio controller.

	BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000002c
	IP: [<c11c7b08>] cfq_get_queue+0x232/0x412
	*pde = 00000000 
	Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT 
	last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/host3/scsi_host/host3/uevent

	[..]
	Pid: 30039, comm: scsi_scan_3 Not tainted 2.6.35.2-fg.roam #1 Volvi2                         /Aspire 4315                    
	EIP: 0060:[<c11c7b08>] EFLAGS: 00010086 CPU: 0
	EIP is at cfq_get_queue+0x232/0x412
	EAX: f705f9c0 EBX: e977abac ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000
	ESI: f00da400 EDI: f00da4ec EBP: e977a800 ESP: dff8fd00
	 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
	Process scsi_scan_3 (pid: 30039, ti=dff8e000 task=f6b6c9a0 task.ti=dff8e000)
	Stack:
	 00000000 00000000 00000001 01ff0000 f00da508 00000000 f00da524 f00da540
	<0> e7994940 dd631750 f705f9c0 e977a820 e977ac44 f00da4d0 00000001 f6b6c9a0
	<0> 00000010 00008010 0000000b 00000000 00000001 e977a800 dd76fac0 00000246
	Call Trace:
	 [<c11c7f10>] ? cfq_set_request+0x228/0x34c
	 [<c11c7ce8>] ? cfq_set_request+0x0/0x34c
	 [<c11bb3b9>] ? elv_set_request+0xf/0x1c
	 [<c11bdd51>] ? get_request+0x1ad/0x22f
	 [<c11bddf2>] ? get_request_wait+0x1f/0x11a
	 [<c11d013b>] ? kvasprintf+0x33/0x3b
	 [<c127b537>] ? scsi_execute+0x1d/0x103
	 [<c127b675>] ? scsi_execute_req+0x58/0x83
	 [<c127c391>] ? scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x188/0x7c2
	 [<c12718c6>] ? attribute_container_add_device+0x15/0xfa
	 [<c11c95d1>] ? kobject_get+0xf/0x13
	 [<c126d1db>] ? get_device+0x10/0x14
	 [<c127be93>] ? scsi_alloc_target+0x217/0x24d
	 [<c127cbd8>] ? __scsi_scan_target+0x95/0x480
	 [<c10204eb>] ? dequeue_entity+0x14/0x1fe
	 [<c1020491>] ? update_curr+0x165/0x1ab
	 [<c1020491>] ? update_curr+0x165/0x1ab
	 [<c127d00d>] ? scsi_scan_channel+0x4a/0x76
	 [<c127d0b0>] ? scsi_scan_host_selected+0x77/0xad
	 [<c127d13c>] ? do_scan_async+0x0/0x11a
	 [<c127d137>] ? do_scsi_scan_host+0x51/0x56
	 [<c127d13c>] ? do_scan_async+0x0/0x11a
	 [<c127d14a>] ? do_scan_async+0xe/0x11a
	 [<c127d13c>] ? do_scan_async+0x0/0x11a
	 [<c10354c5>] ? kthread+0x5e/0x63
	 [<c1035467>] ? kthread+0x0/0x63
	 [<c1002af6>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10
	Code: 44 24 1c 54 83 44 24 18 54 83 fa 03 75 94 8b 06 c7 86 64 02 00 00 01 00 00 00 83 e0 03 09 f0 89 06 8b 44 24 28 8b 90 58 01 00 00 <8b> 42 2c 85 c0 75 03 8b 42 08 8d 54 24 48 52 8d 4c 24 50 51 68 
	EIP: [<c11c7b08>] cfq_get_queue+0x232/0x412 SS:ESP 0068:dff8fd00
	CR2: 000000000000002c
	---[ end trace 9a88306573f69b12 ]---

o The problem here is that we don't have bdi->dev information available
  when thread does some IO. Hence when dev_name() tries to access bdi->dev,
  it crashes.

o This problem does not happen if kernel threads are in root group as root
  group is statically allocated at device initialization time and we don't
  hit this piece of code.

o Fix it by delaying the filling of major and minor number information of
  device in blk_group. Initially a blk_group is created with 0 as device
  information and this information is filled later once some more IO comes
  in from same group.   
 
Reported-by: Mike Kazantsev <mk.fraggod@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
---
 block/cfq-iosched.c |   16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/block/cfq-iosched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/block/cfq-iosched.c	2010-09-07 17:44:28.391843012 -0400
+++ linux-2.6/block/cfq-iosched.c	2010-09-07 17:45:04.316843214 -0400
@@ -994,10 +994,20 @@ cfq_find_alloc_cfqg(struct cfq_data *cfq
 	 */
 	atomic_set(&cfqg->ref, 1);
 
-	/* Add group onto cgroup list */
-	sscanf(dev_name(bdi->dev), "%u:%u", &major, &minor);
-	cfq_blkiocg_add_blkio_group(blkcg, &cfqg->blkg, (void *)cfqd,
+	/*
+	 * Add group onto cgroup list. It might happen that bdi->dev is
+	 * not initiliazed yet. Initialize this new group without major
+	 * and minor info and this info will be filled in once a new thread
+	 * comes for IO. See code above.
+	 */
+	if (bdi->dev) {
+		sscanf(dev_name(bdi->dev), "%u:%u", &major, &minor);
+		cfq_blkiocg_add_blkio_group(blkcg, &cfqg->blkg, (void *)cfqd,
 					MKDEV(major, minor));
+	} else
+		cfq_blkiocg_add_blkio_group(blkcg, &cfqg->blkg, (void *)cfqd,
+					0);
+
 	cfqg->weight = blkcg_get_weight(blkcg, cfqg->blkg.dev);
 
 	/* Add group on cfqd list */
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