Re: [PATCH 3/3] btrfs: Avoid live-lock in search_ioctl() on hardware with sub-page faults

Andreas Gruenbacher
2021-11-26T22:32:06Z

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 11:42 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 11:25:54PM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 9:37 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 08:03:58PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 07:20:24PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > > > > +++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
> > > > > @@ -2223,7 +2223,8 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
> > > > >
> > > > >     while (1) {
> > > > >             ret = -EFAULT;
> > > > > -           if (fault_in_writeable(ubuf + sk_offset, *buf_size - sk_offset))
> > > > > +           if (fault_in_exact_writeable(ubuf + sk_offset,
> > > > > +                                        *buf_size - sk_offset))
> > > > >                     break;
> > > > >
> > > > >             ret = btrfs_search_forward(root, &key, path, sk->min_transid);
> > > >
> > > > Couldn't we avoid all of this nastiness by doing ...
> > >
> > > I had a similar attempt initially but I concluded that it doesn't work:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/YS40qqmXL7CMFLGq@arm.com
> > >
> > > > @@ -2121,10 +2121,9 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
> > > >                  * problem. Otherwise we'll fault and then copy the buffer in
> > > >                  * properly this next time through
> > > >                  */
> > > > -               if (copy_to_user_nofault(ubuf + *sk_offset, &sh, sizeof(sh))) {
> > > > -                       ret = 0;
> > > > +               ret = __copy_to_user_nofault(ubuf + *sk_offset, &sh, sizeof(sh));
> > > > +               if (ret)
> > >
> > > There is no requirement for the arch implementation to be exact and copy
> > > the maximum number of bytes possible. It can fail early while there are
> > > still some bytes left that would not fault. The only requirement is that
> > > if it is restarted from where it faulted, it makes some progress (on
> > > arm64 there is one extra byte).
> > >
> > > >                         goto out;
> > > > -               }
> > > >
> > > >                 *sk_offset += sizeof(sh);
> > > > @@ -2196,6 +2195,7 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
> > > >         int ret;
> > > >         int num_found = 0;
> > > >         unsigned long sk_offset = 0;
> > > > +       unsigned long next_offset = 0;
> > > >
> > > >         if (*buf_size < sizeof(struct btrfs_ioctl_search_header)) {
> > > >                 *buf_size = sizeof(struct btrfs_ioctl_search_header);
> > > > @@ -2223,7 +2223,8 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
> > > >
> > > >         while (1) {
> > > >                 ret = -EFAULT;
> > > > -               if (fault_in_writeable(ubuf + sk_offset, *buf_size - sk_offset))
> > > > +               if (fault_in_writeable(ubuf + sk_offset + next_offset,
> > > > +                                       *buf_size - sk_offset - next_offset))
> > > >                         break;
> > > >
> > > >                 ret = btrfs_search_forward(root, &key, path, sk->min_transid);
> > > > @@ -2235,11 +2236,12 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
> > > >                 ret = copy_to_sk(path, &key, sk, buf_size, ubuf,
> > > >                                  &sk_offset, &num_found);
> > > >                 btrfs_release_path(path);
> > > > -               if (ret)
> > > > +               if (ret > 0)
> > > > +                       next_offset = ret;
> > >
> > > So after this point, ubuf+sk_offset+next_offset is writeable by
> > > fault_in_writable(). If copy_to_user() was attempted on
> > > ubuf+sk_offset+next_offset, all would be fine, but copy_to_sk() restarts
> > > the copy from ubuf+sk_offset, so it returns exacting the same ret as in
> > > the previous iteration.
> >
> > So this means that after a short copy_to_user_nofault(), copy_to_sk()
> > needs to figure out the actual point of failure. We'll have the same
> > problem elsewhere, so this should probably be a generic helper. The
> > alignment hacks are arch specific, so maybe we can have a generic
> > version that assumes no alignment restrictions, with arch-specific
> > overrides.
> >
> > Once we know the exact point of failure, a
> > fault_in_writeable(point_of_failure, 1) in search_ioctl() will tell if
> > the failure is pertinent. Once we know that the failure isn't
> > pertinent, we're safe to retry the original fault_in_writeable().
>
> The "exact point of failure" is problematic since copy_to_user() may
> fail a few bytes before the actual fault point (e.g. by doing an
> unaligned store).

That's why after the initial failure, we must keep trying until we hit
the actual point of failure independent of alignment. If there's even a
single writable byte left, fault_in_writable() won't fail and we'll be
stuck in a loop.

On the other hand, once we've reached the actual point of failure, the
existing version of fault_in_writeable() will work for sub-page faults
as well.

> As per Linus' reply, we can work around this by doing
> a sub-page fault_in_writable(point_of_failure, align) where 'align'
> should cover the copy_to_user() impreciseness.
>
> (of course, fault_in_writable() takes the full size argument but behind
> the scene it probes the 'align' prefix at sub-page fault granularity)

That doesn't make sense; we don't want fault_in_writable() to fail or
succeed depending on the alignment of the address range passed to it.

Have a look at the below code to see what I mean. Function
copy_to_user_nofault_unaligned() should be further optimized, maybe as
mm/maccess.c:copy_from_kernel_nofault() and/or per architecture
depending on the actual alignment rules; I'm not sure.

Thanks,
Andreas

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 4e03a6d3aa32..067408fd26f9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -6764,7 +6764,8 @@ void read_extent_buffer(const struct extent_buffer *eb, void *dstv,

int read_extent_buffer_to_user_nofault(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
void __user *dstv,
- unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
+ void __user **copy_failure)
{
size_t cur;
size_t offset;
@@ -6773,6 +6774,7 @@ int read_extent_buffer_to_user_nofault(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
char __user *dst = (char __user *)dstv;
unsigned long i = get_eb_page_index(start);
int ret = 0;
+ size_t rest;

WARN_ON(start > eb->len);
WARN_ON(start + len > eb->start + eb->len);
@@ -6784,7 +6786,9 @@ int read_extent_buffer_to_user_nofault(const struct extent_buffer *eb,

cur = min(len, (PAGE_SIZE - offset));
kaddr = page_address(page);
- if (copy_to_user_nofault(dst, kaddr + offset, cur)) {
+ rest = copy_to_user_nofault_unaligned(dst, kaddr + offset, cur);
+ if (rest) {
+ *copy_failure = dst + cur - rest;
ret = -EFAULT;
break;
}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index 0399cf8e3c32..833ff597a27f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -238,9 +238,11 @@ int memcmp_extent_buffer(const struct extent_buffer *eb, const void *ptrv,
void read_extent_buffer(const struct extent_buffer *eb, void *dst,
unsigned long start,
unsigned long len);
+size_t copy_to_user_nofault_unaligned(void __user *to, void *from, size_t size);
int read_extent_buffer_to_user_nofault(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
void __user *dst, unsigned long start,
- unsigned long len);
+ unsigned long len,
+ void __user **copy_failure);
void write_extent_buffer_fsid(const struct extent_buffer *eb, const void *src);
void write_extent_buffer_chunk_tree_uuid(const struct extent_buffer *eb,
const void *src);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index fb8cc9642ac4..646f9c0251d9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2051,13 +2051,30 @@ static noinline int key_in_sk(struct btrfs_key *key,
return 1;
}

+size_t copy_to_user_nofault_unaligned(void __user *to, void *from, size_t size)
+{
+ size_t rest = copy_to_user_nofault(to, from, size);
+
+ if (rest) {
+ size_t n;
+
+ for (n = size - rest; n < size; n++) {
+ if (copy_to_user_nofault(to + n, from + n, 1))
+ break;
+ }
+ rest = size - n;
+ }
+ return rest;
+}
+
static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
struct btrfs_key *key,
struct btrfs_ioctl_search_key *sk,
size_t *buf_size,
char __user *ubuf,
unsigned long *sk_offset,
- int *num_found)
+ int *num_found,
+ void __user **copy_failure)
{
u64 found_transid;
struct extent_buffer *leaf;
@@ -2069,6 +2086,7 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
int i;
int slot;
int ret = 0;
+ size_t rest;

leaf = path->nodes[0];
slot = path->slots[0];
@@ -2121,7 +2139,9 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
* problem. Otherwise we'll fault and then copy the buffer in
* properly this next time through
*/
- if (copy_to_user_nofault(ubuf + *sk_offset, &sh, sizeof(sh))) {
+ rest = copy_to_user_nofault_unaligned(ubuf + *sk_offset, &sh, sizeof(sh));
+ if (rest) {
+ *copy_failure = ubuf + *sk_offset + sizeof(sh) - rest;
ret = 0;
goto out;
}
@@ -2135,7 +2155,8 @@ static noinline int copy_to_sk(struct btrfs_path *path,
* * sk_offset so we copy the full thing again.
*/
if (read_extent_buffer_to_user_nofault(leaf, up,
- item_off, item_len)) {
+ item_off, item_len,
+ copy_failure)) {
ret = 0;
*sk_offset -= sizeof(sh);
goto out;
@@ -2222,6 +2243,8 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
key.offset = sk->min_offset;

while (1) {
+ void __user *copy_failure = NULL;
+
ret = -EFAULT;
if (fault_in_writeable(ubuf + sk_offset, *buf_size - sk_offset))
break;
@@ -2233,11 +2256,13 @@ static noinline int search_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
goto err;
}
ret = copy_to_sk(path, &key, sk, buf_size, ubuf,
- &sk_offset, &num_found);
+ &sk_offset, &num_found, &copy_failure);
btrfs_release_path(path);
if (ret)
break;
-
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_failure && fault_in_writeable(copy_failure, 1))
+ break;
}
if (ret > 0)
ret = 0;