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Message-ID: <c8ebeaf0-2dbb-37d8-52c8-7880c516ce6a@suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:23:48 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 10/13] kmsan: disable physical page merging in
 biovec

On 10/18/22 02:22, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 08:10:59PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit f630a5d0ca59a6e73b61e3f82c371dc230da99ff ]
>>
>> KMSAN metadata for adjacent physical pages may not be adjacent, therefore
>> accessing such pages together may lead to metadata corruption.  We disable
>> merging pages in biovec to prevent such corruptions.
>>
>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220915150417.722975-28-glider@google.com
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
>> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
>> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
>> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
>> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
>> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
>> Cc: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
>> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
>> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
>> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
>> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
>> Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
>> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>   block/blk.h | 7 +++++++
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
>> index ee3d5664d962..3358ef4244fe 100644
>> --- a/block/blk.h
>> +++ b/block/blk.h
>> @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ static inline bool biovec_phys_mergeable(struct request_queue *q,
>>   	phys_addr_t addr1 = page_to_phys(vec1->bv_page) + vec1->bv_offset;
>>   	phys_addr_t addr2 = page_to_phys(vec2->bv_page) + vec2->bv_offset;
>>   
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Merging adjacent physical pages may not work correctly under KMSAN
>> +	 * if their metadata pages aren't adjacent. Just disable merging.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KMSAN))
>> +		return false;
>> +
>>   	if (addr1 + vec1->bv_len != addr2)
>>   		return false;
>>   	if (xen_domain() && !xen_biovec_phys_mergeable(vec1, vec2->bv_page))
> 
> So KMSAN is being backported to 5.4?

No, AUTOSEL is drunk and should drop the random kmsan patches for random 
stable versions.

> - Eric