linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] ext4: Prevent an infinite loop in the lazyinit thread.

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Message-ID: <20241106134741.26948-2-othacehe@gnu.org>
Date: Wed,  6 Nov 2024 14:47:41 +0100
From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@....org>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lukas.skupinski@...disgyr.com,
	anton.reding@...disgyr.com,
	Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@....org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ext4: Prevent an infinite loop in the lazyinit thread.

Use ktime_get_ns instead of ktime_get_real_ns when computing the lr_timeout
not to be affected by system time jumps.

Use a boolean instead of the MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET value to determine whether
the next_wakeup value has been set. Comparing elr->lr_next_sched to
MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET can cause the lazyinit thread to loop indefinitely.

Co-developed-by: Lukas Skupinski <lukas.skupinski@...disgyr.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Skupinski <lukas.skupinski@...disgyr.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@....org>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9fcf44064c6a6..b4839ccd83ad5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3712,12 +3712,12 @@ static int ext4_run_li_request(struct ext4_li_request *elr)
 		ret = 1;
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		start_time = ktime_get_real_ns();
+		start_time = ktime_get_ns();
 		ret = ext4_init_inode_table(sb, group,
 					    elr->lr_timeout ? 0 : 1);
 		trace_ext4_lazy_itable_init(sb, group);
 		if (elr->lr_timeout == 0) {
-			elr->lr_timeout = nsecs_to_jiffies((ktime_get_real_ns() - start_time) *
+			elr->lr_timeout = nsecs_to_jiffies((ktime_get_ns() - start_time) *
 				EXT4_SB(elr->lr_super)->s_li_wait_mult);
 		}
 		elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies + elr->lr_timeout;
@@ -3777,8 +3777,9 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
 
 cont_thread:
 	while (true) {
-		next_wakeup = MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+		bool next_wakeup_initialized = false;
 
+		next_wakeup = 0;
 		mutex_lock(&eli->li_list_mtx);
 		if (list_empty(&eli->li_request_list)) {
 			mutex_unlock(&eli->li_list_mtx);
@@ -3791,8 +3792,11 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
 					 lr_request);
 
 			if (time_before(jiffies, elr->lr_next_sched)) {
-				if (time_before(elr->lr_next_sched, next_wakeup))
+				if (!next_wakeup_initialized ||
+				    time_before(elr->lr_next_sched, next_wakeup)) {
 					next_wakeup = elr->lr_next_sched;
+					next_wakeup_initialized = true;
+				}
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (down_read_trylock(&elr->lr_super->s_umount)) {
@@ -3820,16 +3824,18 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
 				elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies +
 					get_random_u32_below(EXT4_DEF_LI_MAX_START_DELAY * HZ);
 			}
-			if (time_before(elr->lr_next_sched, next_wakeup))
+			if (!next_wakeup_initialized ||
+			    time_before(elr->lr_next_sched, next_wakeup)) {
 				next_wakeup = elr->lr_next_sched;
+				next_wakeup_initialized = true;
+			}
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&eli->li_list_mtx);
 
 		try_to_freeze();
 
 		cur = jiffies;
-		if ((time_after_eq(cur, next_wakeup)) ||
-		    (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET == next_wakeup)) {
+		if (!next_wakeup_initialized || time_after_eq(cur, next_wakeup)) {
 			cond_resched();
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.46.0