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Message-ID: <8735go11v0.fsf@stepbren-lnx.us.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:59:47 -0700
From: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
keyrings@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] assoc_array: Fix BUG_ON during garbage collect
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> writes:
> From: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
>
> A rare BUG_ON triggered in assoc_array_gc:
>
> [3430308.818153] kernel BUG at lib/assoc_array.c:1609!
>
> Which corresponded to the statement currently at line 1593 upstream:
>
> BUG_ON(assoc_array_ptr_is_meta(p));
>
> Using the data from the core dump, I was able to generate a userspace
> reproducer[1] and determine the cause of the bug.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/brenns10/kernel_stuff/tree/master/assoc_array_gc
>
> After running the iterator on the entire branch, an internal tree node
> looked like the following:
>
> NODE (nr_leaves_on_branch: 3)
> SLOT [0] NODE (2 leaves)
> SLOT [1] NODE (1 leaf)
> SLOT [2..f] NODE (empty)
>
> In the userspace reproducer, the pr_devel output when compressing this
> node was:
>
> -- compress node 0x5607cc089380 --
> free=0, leaves=0
> [0] retain node 2/1 [nx 0]
> [1] fold node 1/1 [nx 0]
> [2] fold node 0/1 [nx 2]
> [3] fold node 0/2 [nx 2]
> [4] fold node 0/3 [nx 2]
> [5] fold node 0/4 [nx 2]
> [6] fold node 0/5 [nx 2]
> [7] fold node 0/6 [nx 2]
> [8] fold node 0/7 [nx 2]
> [9] fold node 0/8 [nx 2]
> [10] fold node 0/9 [nx 2]
> [11] fold node 0/10 [nx 2]
> [12] fold node 0/11 [nx 2]
> [13] fold node 0/12 [nx 2]
> [14] fold node 0/13 [nx 2]
> [15] fold node 0/14 [nx 2]
> after: 3
>
> At slot 0, an internal node with 2 leaves could not be folded into the
> node, because there was only one available slot (slot 0). Thus, the
> internal node was retained. At slot 1, the node had one leaf, and was
> able to be folded in successfully. The remaining nodes had no leaves,
> and so were removed. By the end of the compression stage, there were 14
> free slots, and only 3 leaf nodes. The tree was ascended and then its
> parent node was compressed. When this node was seen, it could not be
> folded, due to the internal node it contained.
>
> The invariant for compression in this function is: whenever
> nr_leaves_on_branch < ASSOC_ARRAY_FAN_OUT, the node should contain all
> leaf nodes. The compression step currently cannot guarantee this, given
> the corner case shown above.
>
> To fix this issue, retry compression whenever we have retained a node,
> and yet nr_leaves_on_branch < ASSOC_ARRAY_FAN_OUT. This second
> compression will then allow the node in slot 1 to be folded in,
> satisfying the invariant. Below is the output of the reproducer once the
> fix is applied:
>
> -- compress node 0x560e9c562380 --
> free=0, leaves=0
> [0] retain node 2/1 [nx 0]
> [1] fold node 1/1 [nx 0]
> [2] fold node 0/1 [nx 2]
> [3] fold node 0/2 [nx 2]
> [4] fold node 0/3 [nx 2]
> [5] fold node 0/4 [nx 2]
> [6] fold node 0/5 [nx 2]
> [7] fold node 0/6 [nx 2]
> [8] fold node 0/7 [nx 2]
> [9] fold node 0/8 [nx 2]
> [10] fold node 0/9 [nx 2]
> [11] fold node 0/10 [nx 2]
> [12] fold node 0/11 [nx 2]
> [13] fold node 0/12 [nx 2]
> [14] fold node 0/13 [nx 2]
> [15] fold node 0/14 [nx 2]
> internal nodes remain despite enough space, retrying
> -- compress node 0x560e9c562380 --
> free=14, leaves=1
> [0] fold node 2/15 [nx 0]
> after: 3
>
> Changes
> =======
> DH:
> - Use false instead of 0.
> - Reorder the inserted lines in a couple of places to put retained before
> next_slot.
>
> ver #2)
> - Fix typo in pr_devel, correct comparison to "<="
>
>
> Fixes: 3cb989501c26 ("Add a generic associative array implementation.")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> cc: keyrings@...r.kernel.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220511225517.407935-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com/ # v1
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220512215045.489140-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com/ # v2
> ---
>
> lib/assoc_array.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Hi,
Just wanted to check on this patch as the 5.19 window closes. David, are
you planning on taking this through a particular tree, or is the ask for
Linus to pick it directly?
Thanks,
Stephen
>
> diff --git a/lib/assoc_array.c b/lib/assoc_array.c
> index 079c72e26493..ca0b4f360c1a 100644
> --- a/lib/assoc_array.c
> +++ b/lib/assoc_array.c
> @@ -1461,6 +1461,7 @@ int assoc_array_gc(struct assoc_array *array,
> struct assoc_array_ptr *cursor, *ptr;
> struct assoc_array_ptr *new_root, *new_parent, **new_ptr_pp;
> unsigned long nr_leaves_on_tree;
> + bool retained;
> int keylen, slot, nr_free, next_slot, i;
>
> pr_devel("-->%s()\n", __func__);
> @@ -1536,6 +1537,7 @@ int assoc_array_gc(struct assoc_array *array,
> goto descend;
> }
>
> +retry_compress:
> pr_devel("-- compress node %p --\n", new_n);
>
> /* Count up the number of empty slots in this node and work out the
> @@ -1553,6 +1555,7 @@ int assoc_array_gc(struct assoc_array *array,
> pr_devel("free=%d, leaves=%lu\n", nr_free, new_n->nr_leaves_on_branch);
>
> /* See what we can fold in */
> + retained = false;
> next_slot = 0;
> for (slot = 0; slot < ASSOC_ARRAY_FAN_OUT; slot++) {
> struct assoc_array_shortcut *s;
> @@ -1602,9 +1605,14 @@ int assoc_array_gc(struct assoc_array *array,
> pr_devel("[%d] retain node %lu/%d [nx %d]\n",
> slot, child->nr_leaves_on_branch, nr_free + 1,
> next_slot);
> + retained = true;
> }
> }
>
> + if (retained && new_n->nr_leaves_on_branch <= ASSOC_ARRAY_FAN_OUT) {
> + pr_devel("internal nodes remain despite enough space, retrying\n");
> + goto retry_compress;
> + }
> pr_devel("after: %lu\n", new_n->nr_leaves_on_branch);
>
> nr_leaves_on_tree = new_n->nr_leaves_on_branch;
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