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From: illofspeed <volvo.mail@gmail.com>
To: dlemoal@kernel.org
Cc: dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, hare@suse.de
Subject: [PATCH dm-zoned-tools] dmz: check: do not use the write pointer of conventional zones
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:05:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261010110553.379-1-volvo.mail@gmail.com> (raw)

With more than one device, dmz_zone_is_cache() only matches the zones of
the regular (cache) device. A chunk mapped to a conventional zone of the
zoned device therefore reaches the write pointer test in
dmz_check_mapped_zone_bitmap(). The kernel reports the write pointer of a
conventional zone as -1, so wp_block becomes garbage and the bitmap loop
reads far past its two-block buffer: dmzadm --check segfaults
("Checking zone bitmaps..." is the last line), and --repair could clear
bits based on that memory before crashing.

Treat conventional and emulated (regular-device) zones as having no write
pointer: every block may be valid.

Found on a cache-device + 27 TB host-managed drive set after reclaim had
moved chunks into conventional zones (stock 2.2.2: exit 139; with the
patch: "No error detected", also on an emulated ZBC drive with the same
layout).

Reproducer (scsi_debug zbc=managed, no special hardware):
https://github.com/illofspeed/synology-host-managed-smr/blob/main/repro/1-dmzadm-check-two-devices.sh

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: illofspeed <volvo.mail@gmail.com>
---

Notes:
    The addresses in README.md are out of date (wdc.com, dm-devel@redhat.com),
    hence this goes to dlemoal@kernel.org and dm-devel@lists.linux.dev.
    
    Related kernel series (dm-zoned idle reclaim):
    https://lore.kernel.org/dm-devel/20261010105122.398-1-volvo.mail@gmail.com/

 src/dmz_check.c | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dmz_check.c b/src/dmz_check.c
index b13d025..943308b 100644
--- a/src/dmz_check.c
+++ b/src/dmz_check.c
@@ -509,9 +509,18 @@ static int dmz_check_mapped_zone_bitmap(struct dmz_dev *dev,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* No valid block should be present after the write pointer */
+	/*
+	 * No valid block should be present after the write pointer.
+	 * Conventional zones have no write pointer (the kernel reports -1):
+	 * every block may be valid. With more than one device,
+	 * dmz_zone_is_cache() only matches the cache device's zones, so the
+	 * zoned device's conventional zones reach this point.
+	 */
 	bad_bits = 0;
-	wp_block = dmz_sect2blk(zone->wp - zone->start);
+	if (dmz_zone_conv(zone) || dmz_zone_unknown(zone))
+		wp_block = dev->zone_nr_blocks;
+	else
+		wp_block = dmz_sect2blk(zone->wp - zone->start);
 	for (b = 0; b < wp_block; b++) {
 		if (dmz_test_bit(dbuf, b))
 			dzone_weight++;
-- 
2.43.0


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