linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] blk-cgroup: skip dying blkg in blkcg_activate

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Message-Id: <50d63ff3-97ef-499f-961d-cf6766a8028b@fnnas.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:24:33 +0800
From: "Yu Kuai" <yukuai@...as.com>
To: "Zheng Qixing" <zhengqixing@...weicloud.com>, <tj@...nel.org>, 
	<josef@...icpanda.com>, <axboe@...nel.dk>, <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, 
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mkoutny@...e.com>, 
	<yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yangerkun@...wei.com>, <houtao1@...wei.com>, 
	<zhengqixing@...wei.com>, <yukuai@...as.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] blk-cgroup: skip dying blkg in blkcg_activate_policy()

Hi,

在 2026/1/13 14:10, Zheng Qixing 写道:
> From: Zheng Qixing <zhengqixing@...wei.com>
>
> When switching IO schedulers on a block device, blkcg_activate_policy()
> can race with concurrent blkcg deletion, leading to a use-after-free in
> rcu_accelerate_cbs.
>
> T1:                               T2:
> 		                  blkg_destroy
>                   		  kill(&blkg->refcnt) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
> 				  blkg_release // call_rcu(__blkg_release)
>                                    ...
> 				  blkg_free_workfn
>                                    ->pd_free_fn(pd)
> elv_iosched_store
> elevator_switch
> ...
> iterate blkg list
> blkg_get(blkg) // blkg->refcnt=0->1
>                                    list_del_init(&blkg->q_node)
> blkg_put(pinned_blkg) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
> blkg_release // call_rcu again
> rcu_accelerate_cbs // uaf
>
> Fix this by replacing blkg_get() with blkg_tryget(), which fails if
> the blkg's refcount has already reached zero. If blkg_tryget() fails,
> skip processing this blkg since it's already being destroyed.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260108014416.3656493-4-zhengqixing@huaweicloud.com/
> Fixes: f1c006f1c685 ("blk-cgroup: synchronize pd_free_fn() from blkg_free_workfn() and blkcg_deactivate_policy()")
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing <zhengqixing@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>   block/blk-cgroup.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
> index 600f8c5843ea..5dbc107eec53 100644
> --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
> +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
> @@ -1622,9 +1622,10 @@ int blkcg_activate_policy(struct gendisk *disk, const struct blkcg_policy *pol)
>   			 * GFP_NOWAIT failed.  Free the existing one and
>   			 * prealloc for @blkg w/ GFP_KERNEL.
>   			 */
> +			if (!blkg_tryget(blkg))
> +				continue;

So, why this check is still before the pd_alloc_fn()?

See blkg_destroy(), can you replace this by the same checking:

list_for_each_entry_reverse()
	if (hlist_unhashed(&blkg->blkcg_node))
		continue;
	if (blkg->pd[pol->plid])
		continue;

>   			if (pinned_blkg)
>   				blkg_put(pinned_blkg);
> -			blkg_get(blkg);
>   			pinned_blkg = blkg;
>   
>   			spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);

-- 
Thansk,
Kuai