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Message-ID: <DFAEDAE5-7A7C-459F-B0EA-02F938D9D2BD@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 14:07:07 +0000
From:   Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
CC:     "oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev" <oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "lkp@...el.com" <lkp@...el.com>,
        "oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev" <oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/nfsd/filecache.c:1118 nfsd_file_do_acquire() warn: passing
 freed memory 'nf'



> On Nov 7, 2022, at 2:48 AM, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 03:39:59PM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 5, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
>>> head:   b208b9fbbcba743fb269d15cb46a4036b01936b1
>>> commit: 243a5263014a30436c93ed3f1f864c1da845455e nfsd: rework hashtable handling in nfsd_do_file_acquire
>>> config: alpha-randconfig-m041-20221030
>>> compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
>>> 
>>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
>>> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>>> | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
>>> 
>>> smatch warnings:
>>> fs/nfsd/filecache.c:1118 nfsd_file_do_acquire() warn: passing freed memory 'nf'
>>> 
>>> vim +/nf +1118 fs/nfsd/filecache.c
>>> 
>>> fb70bf124b051d Chuck Lever     2022-03-30  1036  static __be32
>>> be0230069fcbf7 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1037  nfsd_file_do_acquire(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
>>> fb70bf124b051d Chuck Lever     2022-03-30  1038  		     unsigned int may_flags, struct nfsd_file **pnf, bool open)
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1039  {
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1040  	struct nfsd_file_lookup_key key = {
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1041  		.type	= NFSD_FILE_KEY_FULL,
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1042  		.need	= may_flags & NFSD_FILE_MAY_MASK,
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1043  		.net	= SVC_NET(rqstp),
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1044  	};
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1045  	bool open_retry = true;
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1046  	struct nfsd_file *nf;
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1047  	__be32 status;
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1048  	int ret;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1049  
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1050  	status = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG,
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1051  				may_flags|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1052  	if (status != nfs_ok)
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1053  		return status;
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1054  	key.inode = d_inode(fhp->fh_dentry);
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1055  	key.cred = get_current_cred();
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1056  
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1057  retry:
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1058  	rcu_read_lock();
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1059  	nf = rhashtable_lookup(&nfsd_file_rhash_tbl, &key,
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1060  			       nfsd_file_rhash_params);
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1061  	if (nf)
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1062  		nf = nfsd_file_get(nf);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1063  	rcu_read_unlock();
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1064  	if (nf)
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1065  		goto wait_for_construction;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1066  
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1067  	nf = nfsd_file_alloc(&key, may_flags);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1068  	if (!nf) {
>>> 54f7df7094b329 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1069  		status = nfserr_jukebox;
>>> 54f7df7094b329 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1070  		goto out_status;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1071  	}
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1072  
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1073  	ret = rhashtable_lookup_insert_key(&nfsd_file_rhash_tbl,
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1074  					   &key, &nf->nf_rhash,
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1075  					   nfsd_file_rhash_params);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1076  	if (likely(ret == 0))
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1077  		goto open_file;
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1078  
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1079  	nfsd_file_slab_free(&nf->nf_rcu);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1080  	if (ret == -EEXIST)
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1081  		goto retry;
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1082  	trace_nfsd_file_insert_err(rqstp, key.inode, may_flags, ret);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1083  	status = nfserr_jukebox;
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1084  	goto out_status;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1085  
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1086  wait_for_construction:
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1087  	wait_on_bit(&nf->nf_flags, NFSD_FILE_PENDING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1088  
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1089  	/* Did construction of this file fail? */
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1090  	if (!test_bit(NFSD_FILE_HASHED, &nf->nf_flags)) {
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1091  		trace_nfsd_file_cons_err(rqstp, key.inode, may_flags, nf);
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1092  		if (!open_retry) {
>>> 28c7d86bb6172f Trond Myklebust 2020-01-06  1093  			status = nfserr_jukebox;
>>> 28c7d86bb6172f Trond Myklebust 2020-01-06  1094  			goto out;
>>> 28c7d86bb6172f Trond Myklebust 2020-01-06  1095  		}
>>> 243a5263014a30 Jeff Layton     2022-10-04  1096  		open_retry = false;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1097  		nfsd_file_put_noref(nf);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1098  		goto retry;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1099  	}
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1100  
>>> 4a0e73e635e3f3 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1101  	nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1102  	this_cpu_inc(nfsd_file_cache_hits);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1103  
>>> 23ba98de6dcec6 Jeff Layton     2022-07-29  1104  	status = nfserrno(nfsd_open_break_lease(file_inode(nf->nf_file), may_flags));
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1105  out:
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1106  	if (status == nfs_ok) {
>>> 29d4bdbbb910f3 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1107  		if (open)
>>> 29d4bdbbb910f3 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1108  			this_cpu_inc(nfsd_file_acquisitions);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1109  		*pnf = nf;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1110  	} else {
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1111  		nfsd_file_put(nf);
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1112  		nf = NULL;
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1113  	}
>>> 65294c1f2c5e72 Jeff Layton     2019-08-18  1114  
>>> 54f7df7094b329 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1115  out_status:
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1116  	put_cred(key.cred);
>>> be0230069fcbf7 Chuck Lever     2022-07-08  1117  	if (open)
>>> ce502f81ba884c Chuck Lever     2022-07-08 @1118  		trace_nfsd_file_acquire(rqstp, key.inode, may_flags, nf, status);
>>> 
>>> Passing freed pointers to the trace code is a border line case...  Not
>>> sure if we care.
>> 
>> Speaking only for NFSD, let me echo Jeff and say yes, we care.
>> 
>> In general, I think Linux users/customers and of course our fellow
>> sustaining engineers want to feel confident that enabling tracing
>> on a production kernel isn't going to result in less stability.
>> 
>> Thanks for the report!
> 
> Your welcome.  What I meant was that it's only a problem if we
> dereference the pointer...  (I haven't used tracing output so I wasn't
> sure on this).

Following up: yes, the @nf parameter happens to be dereferenced inside
the nfsd_file_acquire tracepoint (the @inode parameter is not, though).


--
Chuck Lever



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