linux-kernel - [PATCH BUGFIX V2 1/1] block, bfq: deschedule empty bfq

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Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:33:11 +0100
From:   Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ulf.hansson@...aro.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        bfq-iosched@...glegroups.com, oleksandr@...alenko.name,
        tschubert@...h.org, patdung100@...il.com, cevich@...hat.com,
        Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH BUGFIX V2 1/1] block, bfq: deschedule empty bfq_queues not referred by any process

Since commit 3726112ec731 ("block, bfq: re-schedule empty queues if
they deserve I/O plugging"), to prevent the service guarantees of a
bfq_queue from being violated, the bfq_queue may be left busy, i.e.,
scheduled for service, even if empty (see comments in
__bfq_bfqq_expire() for details). But, if no process will send
requests to the bfq_queue any longer, then there is no point in
keeping the bfq_queue scheduled for service.

In addition, keeping the bfq_queue scheduled for service, but with no
process reference any longer, may cause the bfq_queue to be freed when
descheduled from service. But this is assumed to never happen, and
causes a UAF if it happens. This, in turn, caused crashes [1, 2].

This commit fixes this issue by descheduling an empty bfq_queue when
it remains with not process reference.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1767539
[2] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205447

Fixes: 3726112ec731 ("block, bfq: re-schedule empty queues if they deserve I/O plugging")
Reported-by: Chris Evich <cevich@...hat.com>
Reported-by: Patrick Dung <patdung100@...il.com>
Reported-by: Thorsten Schubert <tschubert@...h.org>
Tested-by: Thorsten Schubert <tschubert@...h.org>
Tested-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
---
 block/bfq-iosched.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 0319d6339822..0c6214497fcc 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2713,6 +2713,28 @@ static void bfq_bfqq_save_state(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 	}
 }
 
+
+static
+void bfq_release_process_ref(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
+{
+	/*
+	 * To prevent bfqq's service guarantees from being violated,
+	 * bfqq may be left busy, i.e., queued for service, even if
+	 * empty (see comments in __bfq_bfqq_expire() for
+	 * details). But, if no process will send requests to bfqq any
+	 * longer, then there is no point in keeping bfqq queued for
+	 * service. In addition, keeping bfqq queued for service, but
+	 * with no process ref any longer, may have caused bfqq to be
+	 * freed when dequeued from service. But this is assumed to
+	 * never happen.
+	 */
+	if (bfq_bfqq_busy(bfqq) && RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqq->sort_list) &&
+	    bfqq != bfqd->in_service_queue)
+		bfq_del_bfqq_busy(bfqd, bfqq, false);
+
+	bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
+}
+
 static void
 bfq_merge_bfqqs(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_io_cq *bic,
 		struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
@@ -2783,8 +2805,7 @@ bfq_merge_bfqqs(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_io_cq *bic,
 	 */
 	new_bfqq->pid = -1;
 	bfqq->bic = NULL;
-	/* release process reference to bfqq */
-	bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
+	bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, bfqq);
 }
 
 static bool bfq_allow_bio_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
@@ -4899,7 +4920,7 @@ static void bfq_exit_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 
 	bfq_put_cooperator(bfqq);
 
-	bfq_put_queue(bfqq); /* release process reference */
+	bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, bfqq);
 }
 
 static void bfq_exit_icq_bfqq(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, bool is_sync)
@@ -5001,8 +5022,7 @@ static void bfq_check_ioprio_change(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, struct bio *bio)
 
 	bfqq = bic_to_bfqq(bic, false);
 	if (bfqq) {
-		/* release process reference on this queue */
-		bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
+		bfq_release_process_ref(bfqd, bfqq);
 		bfqq = bfq_get_queue(bfqd, bio, BLK_RW_ASYNC, bic);
 		bic_set_bfqq(bic, bfqq, false);
 	}
@@ -5963,7 +5983,7 @@ bfq_split_bfqq(struct bfq_io_cq *bic, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 
 	bfq_put_cooperator(bfqq);
 
-	bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
+	bfq_release_process_ref(bfqq->bfqd, bfqq);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-- 
2.20.1