linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 075/188] writeback: fix obtain a reference to a freeing memcg css

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:50:59 +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, Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 075/188] writeback: fix obtain a reference to a freeing memcg css

From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>

[ Upstream commit 8b0ed8443ae6458786580d36b7d5f8125535c5d4 ]

The caller of wb_get_create() should pin the memcg, because
wb_get_create() relies on this guarantee. The rcu read lock
only can guarantee that the memcg css returned by css_from_id()
cannot be released, but the reference of the memcg can be zero.

  rcu_read_lock()
  memcg_css = css_from_id()
  wb_get_create(memcg_css)
      cgwb_create(memcg_css)
          // css_get can change the ref counter from 0 back to 1
          css_get(memcg_css)
  rcu_read_unlock()

Fix it by holding a reference to the css before calling
wb_get_create(). This is not a problem I encountered in the
real world. Just the result of a code review.

Fixes: 682aa8e1a6a1 ("writeback: implement unlocked_inode_to_wb transaction and use it for stat updates")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210402091145.80635-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 958a1bd0b5fc..0ce7ff7a2ce8 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -512,9 +512,14 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode, int new_wb_id)
 	/* find and pin the new wb */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	memcg_css = css_from_id(new_wb_id, &memory_cgrp_subsys);
-	if (memcg_css)
-		isw->new_wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (memcg_css && !css_tryget(memcg_css))
+		memcg_css = NULL;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!memcg_css)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	isw->new_wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	css_put(memcg_css);
 	if (!isw->new_wb)
 		goto out_free;
 
-- 
2.30.2