linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] bdi: make sure congestion states are clear on free

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Date:   Fri, 2 Feb 2018 09:53:28 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:     Joshua Miller <joshmiller@...com>, kernel-team@...com,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bdi: make sure congestion states are clear on free

FUSE has a bug where it fails to clear congestion states if a
connection gets aborted while congested, which can leave
nr_wb_congested[] stuck until reboot causing wait_iff_congested() to
wait spuriously.

While the bdi owner, FUSE, is primarily responsible for clearing
congestion states before destroying bdi_writebacks, bdi layer can
ensure that congestion states are not leaked beyond bdi_writeback
lifecycle.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reported-by: Joshua Miller <joshmiller@...com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/backing-dev.h |   14 +++++++++++++-
 mm/backing-dev.c            |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -220,6 +220,18 @@ static inline int bdi_sched_wait(void *w
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void __wb_congested_free(struct bdi_writeback_congested *congested)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Make sure congestion states are cleared before freeing to avoid
+	 * nr_wb_congested() corruption which can lead to misbehaving
+	 * wait_iff_congested().
+	 */
+	clear_wb_congested(congested, BLK_RW_SYNC);
+	clear_wb_congested(congested, BLK_RW_ASYNC);
+	kfree(congested);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 
 struct bdi_writeback_congested *
@@ -409,7 +421,7 @@ wb_congested_get_create(struct backing_d
 static inline void wb_congested_put(struct bdi_writeback_congested *congested)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&congested->refcnt))
-		kfree(congested);
+		__wb_congested_free(congested);
 }
 
 static inline struct bdi_writeback *wb_find_current(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ void wb_congested_put(struct bdi_writeba
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cgwb_lock, flags);
-	kfree(congested);
+	__wb_congested_free(congested);
 }
 
 static void cgwb_release_workfn(struct work_struct *work)