linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 20/72] bdi: wake up concurrent wb

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 08:48:37 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        syzbot <syzbot+c0cf869505e03bdf1a24@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 20/72] bdi: wake up concurrent wb_shutdown() callers.

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>

commit 8236b0ae31c837d2b3a2565c5f8d77f637e824cc upstream.

syzbot is reporting hung tasks at wait_on_bit(WB_shutting_down) in
wb_shutdown() [1]. This seems to be because commit 5318ce7d46866e1d ("bdi:
Shutdown writeback on all cgwbs in cgwb_bdi_destroy()") forgot to call
wake_up_bit(WB_shutting_down) after clear_bit(WB_shutting_down).

Introduce a helper function clear_and_wake_up_bit() and use it, in order
to avoid similar errors in future.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=b297474817af98d5796bc544e1bb806fc3da0e5e

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+c0cf869505e03bdf1a24@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Fixes: 5318ce7d46866e1d ("bdi: Shutdown writeback on all cgwbs in cgwb_bdi_destroy()")
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 include/linux/wait_bit.h |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 mm/backing-dev.c         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/wait_bit.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait_bit.h
@@ -262,4 +262,21 @@ int wait_on_atomic_t(atomic_t *val, wait
 	return out_of_line_wait_on_atomic_t(val, action, mode);
 }
 
+/**
+ * clear_and_wake_up_bit - clear a bit and wake up anyone waiting on that bit
+ *
+ * @bit: the bit of the word being waited on
+ * @word: the word being waited on, a kernel virtual address
+ *
+ * You can use this helper if bitflags are manipulated atomically rather than
+ * non-atomically under a lock.
+ */
+static inline void clear_and_wake_up_bit(int bit, void *word)
+{
+	clear_bit_unlock(bit, word);
+	/* See wake_up_bit() for which memory barrier you need to use. */
+	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+	wake_up_bit(word, bit);
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_WAIT_BIT_H */
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void wb_shutdown(struct bdi_write
 	 * the barrier provided by test_and_clear_bit() above.
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
-	clear_bit(WB_shutting_down, &wb->state);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(WB_shutting_down, &wb->state);
 }
 
 static void wb_exit(struct bdi_writeback *wb)