linux-kernel - [PATCH] nilfs2: fix potential kernel bug due to lack of writeback flag waiting

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Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 23:15:56 +0900
From: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix potential kernel bug due to lack of writeback flag waiting

Destructive writes to a block device on which nilfs2 is mounted can
cause a kernel bug in the folio/page writeback start routine or
writeback end routine (__folio_start_writeback in the log below):

 kernel BUG at mm/page-writeback.c:3070!
 Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
 ...
 RIP: 0010:__folio_start_writeback+0xbaa/0x10e0
 Code: 25 ff 0f 00 00 0f 84 18 01 00 00 e8 40 ca c6 ff e9 17 f6 ff ff
  e8 36 ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 80 c0 12 84 e8 e7 b3 0f 00 90 <0f>
  0b e8 1f ca c6 ff 4c 89 f7 48 c7 c6 a0 c6 12 84 e8 d0 b3 0f 00
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x4654/0x69d0 [nilfs2]
  nilfs_segctor_construct+0x181/0x6b0 [nilfs2]
  nilfs_segctor_thread+0x548/0x11c0 [nilfs2]
  kthread+0x2f0/0x390
  ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  </TASK>

This is because when the log writer starts a writeback for segment
summary blocks or a super root block that use the backing device's
page cache, it does not wait for the ongoing folio/page writeback,
resulting in an inconsistent writeback state.

Fix this issue by waiting for ongoing writebacks when putting
folios/pages on the backing device into writeback state.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
Fixes: 9ff05123e3bf ("nilfs2: segment constructor")
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
Andrew, please apply this as a bug fix.

This fixes a kernel bug that is reproducible in some destructive testing.

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi

 fs/nilfs2/segment.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 60d4f59f7665..6ea81f1d5094 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 			if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) {
 				if (bd_folio) {
 					folio_lock(bd_folio);
+					folio_wait_writeback(bd_folio);
 					folio_clear_dirty_for_io(bd_folio);
 					folio_start_writeback(bd_folio);
 					folio_unlock(bd_folio);
@@ -1665,6 +1666,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
 				if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) {
 					folio_lock(bd_folio);
+					folio_wait_writeback(bd_folio);
 					folio_clear_dirty_for_io(bd_folio);
 					folio_start_writeback(bd_folio);
 					folio_unlock(bd_folio);
@@ -1681,6 +1683,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	}
 	if (bd_folio) {
 		folio_lock(bd_folio);
+		folio_wait_writeback(bd_folio);
 		folio_clear_dirty_for_io(bd_folio);
 		folio_start_writeback(bd_folio);
 		folio_unlock(bd_folio);
-- 
2.34.1