linux-kernel - Re: Regression: NULL pointer dereference after NFS_V4_2_READ

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:49:38 -0400
From:   Anna Schumaker <schumaker.anna@...il.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>,
        linux-nfs <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: Regression: NULL pointer dereference after NFS_V4_2_READ_PLUS
 (commit 7fd461c47)

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 6:09 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On 15/06/2023 21:38, Anna Schumaker wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 1:16 PM Anna Schumaker <schumaker.anna@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 1:04 PM Anna Schumaker <schumaker.anna@...il.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 9:01 AM Anna Schumaker <schumaker.anna@...il.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:55 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> >>>> <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 15/06/2023 10:52, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>>>>> On 14/06/2023 22:55, Anna Schumaker wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> Still null ptr (built on 420b2d4 with your patch):
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> We're through the merge window and at rc1 now, so I can spend more
> >>>>>>>>> time scratching my head over your bug again. We've come up with a
> >>>>>>>>> patch (attached) that adds a bunch of printks to show us what the
> >>>>>>>>> kernel thinks is going on. Do you mind trying it out and letting us
> >>>>>>>>> know what gets printed out? You'll need to make sure
> >>>>>>>>> CONFIG_NFS_V4_2_READ_PLUS is enabled when compiling the kernel.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The patch does not apply. I tried: v6.4-rc1, v6.4-rc5, next-20230609.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can you try the attached patch on top of my 3-patch series from the
> >>>>>>> other day, and let me know what gets printed out? It adds a bunch of
> >>>>>>> printk()s at strategic points to print out what is going on with the
> >>>>>>> xdr scratch buffer since it's suddenly a bad memory address after
> >>>>>>> working for a bit on your machine.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Here you have entire log - attached (113 kB, I hope goes past mailing
> >>>>>> lists/spam filters).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As expected this bounced from the mailing lists, but I hope you got it.
> >>>>> If not, let me know.
> >>>>
> >>>> I did still receive it. Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Can you swap out yesterday's patch with this patch? I've adjusted what
> >>> gets printed out, and added printk()s to xdr_copy_to_scratch().  I'm
> >>> starting to think that the xdr scratch buffer is fine, and that it's
> >>> the other pointer passed to memcpy() in that function that's the
> >>> problem, and the output from this patch will confirm for me.
> >>
> >> Oh, and can you add this one on top of the v2 patch as well?
> >
> > Sorry about the noise today. Can you use this patch instead of the two
> > I attached earlier? I cleaned up the output and cut down on extra
> > output..
> >
>
> Here you have - attached.

This is good, thanks! I was finally able to figure out how to hit the
bug using a 32bit x86 VM, so hopefully the next thing you hear from me
is a patch fixing the bug!

Anna

>
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof