linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] general protection fault in set_task

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Message-ID: <e3a30c8c-3f1a-47b5-57e7-1b456bbc8719@kernel.dk>
Date:   Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:25:04 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+8836466a79f4175961b0@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     changbin.du@...el.com,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [syzbot] general protection fault in set_task_ioprio

On 12/21/21 3:44 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 1:52 AM syzbot
> <syzbot+8836466a79f4175961b0@...kaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> syzbot has bisected this issue to:
>>
>> commit e4b8954074f6d0db01c8c97d338a67f9389c042f
>> Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>> Date:   Tue Dec 7 01:30:37 2021 +0000
>>
>>     netlink: add net device refcount tracker to struct ethnl_req_info
>>
> 
> Unfortunately this commit will be in the way of many bisections.
> 
> Real bug was added in
> 
> commit 5fc11eebb4a98df5324a4de369bb5ab7f0007ff7
> Author: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Date:   Thu Dec 9 07:31:29 2021 +0100
> 
>     block: open code create_task_io_context in set_task_ioprio
> 
>     The flow in set_task_ioprio can be simplified by simply open coding
>     create_task_io_context, which removes a refcount roundtrip on the I/O
>     context.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
>     Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211209063131.18537-10-hch@lst.de
>     Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

There are only really 5 patches in between the broken commit and the one
that fixes it, and it only affects things trying to set the ioprio with
a dead task. Is this a huge issue? I don't see why this would cause a
lot of bisection headaches.

-- 
Jens Axboe