Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2023 19:40:28 +0000
From:   Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>
To:     Jeffrey Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
CC:     linux-nfs <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Charles Edward Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: weird smp memory-barrier issue with nfsd filecache code



> On Jan 4, 2023, at 14:20, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> I had a report of a crash today. The kernel in question is older but has
> a backport of the most recent nfsd filecache patches. In particular
> nfsd_file_do_acquire is pretty much identical to the current mainline
> code:
> 
> [1803883.048506] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
> [1803883.048972] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> [1803883.049378] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> [1803883.049798] PGD 0 P4D 0 
> [1803883.050171] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
> [1803883.050563] CPU: 16 PID: 3591 Comm: nfsd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE    --------- ---  5.14.0-210.jlayton.nfsd92.2.el9.x86_64 #1
> [1803883.051386] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/H11SSL-NC, BIOS 1.0b 04/27/2018
> [1803883.051820] RIP: 0010:nfsd_file_do_acquire+0x7fb/0x8b0 [nfsd]
> [1803883.052286] Code: 00 00 00 41 bc 00 00 27 18 e9 46 fc ff ff 89 c2 e9 df fb ff ff 48 8b 6c 24 20 65 48 ff 05 d5 57 cc 3e 49 8b 45 28 8b 74 24 08 <48> 8b 78 20 e8 9c 5d ff ff 89 c7 e8 95 27 ff ff 41 89 c4 e9 30 fc
> [1803883.053180] RSP: 0018:ffffb4ca5269fc40 EFLAGS: 00010206
> [1803883.053639] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000000002
> [1803883.054106] RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffff9c9722b6af40
> [1803883.054576] RBP: ffff9c90265f0000 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 000000000000062b
> [1803883.055056] R10: 0000000000000866 R11: 000000000000062b R12: ffffb4ca55e7d000
> [1803883.055544] R13: ffff9c936c971ea0 R14: ffff9c936c971ea0 R15: ffff9c936c971ee0
> [1803883.056067] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9c9b0f700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [1803883.056577] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [1803883.057093] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000c3e450000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
> [1803883.057621] Call Trace:
> [1803883.058155]  <TASK>
> [1803883.058700]  nfs4_get_vfs_file+0x3dd/0x410 [nfsd]
> [1803883.059283]  nfsd4_process_open2+0x412/0x9f0 [nfsd]
> [1803883.059854]  nfsd4_open+0x282/0x4b0 [nfsd]
> [1803883.060398]  nfsd4_proc_compound+0x44b/0x6f0 [nfsd]
> [1803883.060966]  nfsd_dispatch+0x149/0x270 [nfsd]
> [1803883.061520]  svc_process_common+0x3bc/0x5e0 [sunrpc]
> [1803883.062099]  ? nfsd_svc+0x190/0x190 [nfsd]
> [1803883.062667]  ? nfsd_shutdown_threads+0xa0/0xa0 [nfsd]
> [1803883.063238]  svc_process+0xb7/0xf0 [sunrpc]
> [1803883.063826]  nfsd+0xd5/0x190 [nfsd]
> [1803883.064408]  kthread+0xd9/0x100
> [1803883.064959]  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
> [1803883.065501]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
> [1803883.066052]  </TASK>
> [1803883.066592] Modules linked in: mst_pciconf(OE) mst_pci(OE) overlay nfsd nfs_acl binfmt_misc dm_cache_smq dm_cache dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 nfs lockd grace fscache netfs rbd libceph dns_resolver 8021q garp mrp stp llc bonding nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 rfkill ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink rpcrdma sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_srpt ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ipmi_ssif ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi intel_rapl_msr ib_umad intel_rapl_common rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm amd64_edac edac_mce_amd ib_cm kvm_amd kvm mlx5_ib mlx4_ib ib_uverbs irqbypass rapl pcspkr ib_core joydev acpi_ipmi i2c_piix4 k10temp ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler acpi_cpufreq xfs libcrc32c raid1 sd_mod sg mlx5_core ast drm_vram_helper drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect crct10dif_pclmul sysimgblt crc32_pclmul nvme
> [1803883.066656]  fb_sys_fops crc32c_intel ahci mpt3sas drm_ttm_helper nvme_core ttm libahci mlxfw ghash_clmulni_intel igb mlx4_core tls nvme_common drm libata raid_class psample scsi_transport_sas t10_pi ccp pci_hyperv_intf sp5100_tco dca i2c_algo_bit dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse
> [1803883.074377] CR2: 0000000000000020
> 
> We got a coredump from this one, and I did a bit of analysis:
> 
> wait_for_construction:
>        wait_on_bit(&nf->nf_flags, NFSD_FILE_PENDING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> 
>        /* Did construction of this file fail? */
>        if (!test_bit(NFSD_FILE_HASHED, &nf->nf_flags)) {
>                trace_nfsd_file_cons_err(rqstp, key.inode, may_flags, nf);
>                if (!open_retry) {
>                        status = nfserr_jukebox;
>                        goto out;
>                }
>                open_retry = false;
>                if (refcount_dec_and_test(&nf->nf_ref))
>                        nfsd_file_free(nf);
>                goto retry;
>        }
> 
>        this_cpu_inc(nfsd_file_cache_hits);
> 
>        status = nfserrno(nfsd_open_break_lease(file_inode(nf->nf_file), may_flags));     <<<< CRASH HERE
> out:
>        if (status == nfs_ok) {
>                if (open)
>                        this_cpu_inc(nfsd_file_acquisitions);
>                *pnf = nf;
>        } else {
>                if (refcount_dec_and_test(&nf->nf_ref))
>                        nfsd_file_free(nf);
>                nf = NULL;
>        }
> 
> out_status:
>        put_cred(key.cred);
>        if (open)
>                trace_nfsd_file_acquire(rqstp, key.inode, may_flags, nf, status);
>        return status;
> 
> open_file:
>        trace_nfsd_file_alloc(nf);
>        nf->nf_mark = nfsd_file_mark_find_or_create(nf, key.inode);
>        if (nf->nf_mark) {
>                if (open) {
>                        status = nfsd_open_verified(rqstp, fhp, may_flags,
>                                                    &nf->nf_file);
>                        trace_nfsd_file_open(nf, status);
>                } else
>                        status = nfs_ok;
>        } else
>                status = nfserr_jukebox;
>        /*
>         * If construction failed, or we raced with a call to unlink()
>         * then unhash.
>         */
>        if (status == nfs_ok && key.inode->i_nlink == 0)
>                status = nfserr_jukebox;
>        if (status != nfs_ok)
>                nfsd_file_unhash(nf);
>        clear_bit_unlock(NFSD_FILE_PENDING, &nf->nf_flags);
>        smp_mb__after_atomic();
>        wake_up_bit(&nf->nf_flags, NFSD_FILE_PENDING);
>        goto out;
> 
> Relevant disassembly:
> 
> /usr/src/debug/kernel-5.14.0-210.jlayton.nfsd92.2.el9/linux-5.14.0-210.jlayton.nfsd92.2.el9.x86_64/./include/linux/fs.h: 1348                                       
> 0xffffffffc1368883 <nfsd_file_do_acquire+0x7f3>:        mov    0x28(%r13),%rax
> /usr/src/debug/kernel-5.14.0-210.jlayton.nfsd92.2.el9/linux-5.14.0-210.jlayton.nfsd92.2.el9.x86_64/fs/nfsd/filecache.c: 1145                                        
> 0xffffffffc1368887 <nfsd_file_do_acquire+0x7f7>:        mov    0x8(%rsp),%esi
> 0xffffffffc136888b <nfsd_file_do_acquire+0x7fb>:        mov    0x20(%rax),%rdi         <<< CRASH HERE
> 
> crash> struct -o nfsd_file
> struct nfsd_file {
>   [0x0] struct rhash_head nf_rhash;
>   [0x8] struct list_head nf_lru;
>  [0x18] struct callback_head nf_rcu;
>  [0x28] struct file *nf_file;
>  [0x30] const struct cred *nf_cred;
>  [0x38] struct net *nf_net;
>  [0x40] unsigned long nf_flags;
>  [0x48] struct inode *nf_inode;
>  [0x50] refcount_t nf_ref;
>  [0x54] unsigned char nf_may;
>  [0x58] struct nfsd_file_mark *nf_mark;
>  [0x60] ktime_t nf_birthtime;
> }
> 
> nf_file is 0x28 bytes into that struct, so the mov at +0x7f3 is probably
> the dereferencing of that. That means that the addr of the nfsd_file is
> (probably) in %r13. Based on that, nf_file looks like a legit address.
> 
> crash> struct nfsd_file ffff9c936c971ea0
> struct nfsd_file {
>  nf_rhash = {
>    next = 0xffffb4ca55ef9209
>  },
>  nf_lru = {
>    next = 0xffff9c936c971ea8,
>    prev = 0xffff9c936c971ea8

The above means nf_lru is not hashed (next==prev==&nf_lru)

>  },
>  nf_rcu = {
>    next = 0xffff9c93995c3218,
>    func = 0x0
>  },
>  nf_file = 0xffff9c9b3b080600,
>  nf_cred = 0xffff9c9423a55a40,
>  nf_net = 0xffffffffa200cd40 <init_net>,
>  nf_flags = 0x1,

The above value would normally imply it is hashed (nf_flags==(1<<NFSD_FILE_HASHED))

>  nf_inode = 0xffff9c9c204c5500,
>  nf_ref = {
>    refs = {
>      counter = 0x2
>    }
>  },
>  nf_may = 0x2,
>  nf_mark = 0xffff9c9633a85b40,
>  nf_birthtime = 0x668a348ce435a
> }
> 
> In this code, one task is opening a file for the cache and another is
> waiting on the construction to complete. After we open the file, we
> populate the nf_file field, clear NFSD_FILE_PENDING and wake up anyone
> waiting on it.
> 
> Here though, the waiter had finished waiting but when it went to fetch
> nf->nf_file in the register, it still appeared to be NULL. In the core,
> it is populated with a valid file pointer however.
> 
> clear_bit_unlock does a full barrier (on x86) before clearing the bit.
> According to memory-barriers.txt, wait_on_bit should imply a read memory
> barrier.
> 
> Why was %rax zeroed out?
> -- 

Are you sure the back ported values for NFSD_FILE_HASHED and NFSD_FILE_PENDING are correct?


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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@...merspace.com

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