linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] aio: sanitize ki

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Date:   Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:16:48 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Avi Kivity <avi@...lladb.com>,
        linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] aio: sanitize ki_list handling

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 08:32:27AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Instead of handcoded non-null checks always initialize ki_list to an
> empty list and use list_empty / list_empty_careful on it.  While we're
> at it also error out on a double call to kiocb_set_cancel_fn instead
> of ignoring it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> ---
>  fs/aio.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
> index 6295fc00f104..c32c315f05b5 100644
> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -555,13 +555,12 @@ void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *iocb, kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel)
>  	struct kioctx *ctx = req->ki_ctx;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
> -
> -	if (!req->ki_list.next)
> -		list_add(&req->ki_list, &ctx->active_reqs);
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&req->ki_list)))
> +		return;

Will be fun to see if the syzkaller code ends up tripping on this one,
their use of panic-on-warn always is "interesting"...

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>


>  
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
> +	list_add_tail(&req->ki_list, &ctx->active_reqs);
>  	req->ki_cancel = cancel;
> -
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kiocb_set_cancel_fn);
> @@ -1034,7 +1033,7 @@ static inline struct aio_kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx *ctx)
>  		goto out_put;
>  
>  	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs);
> -
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->ki_list);
>  	req->ki_ctx = ctx;
>  	return req;
>  out_put:
> @@ -1080,7 +1079,7 @@ static void aio_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
>  	unsigned tail, pos, head;
>  	unsigned long	flags;
>  
> -	if (iocb->ki_list.next) {
> +	if (!list_empty_careful(iocb->ki_list.next)) {
>  		unsigned long flags;
>  
>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->ctx_lock, flags);
> -- 
> 2.14.2
> 
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