Re: [PATCH RFC] ext4: Validate inode pa before using preallocation blocks

[Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>]

在 2024/3/11 14:38, Zhihao Cheng 写道:
> In ext4 continue & no-journal mode, physical blocks could be allocated
> more than once (caused by writing extent entries failed & reclaiming
> extent cache) in preallocation process, which could trigger a BUG_ON
> (pa->pa_free < len) in ext4_mb_use_inode_pa().
> 
>   kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4681!
>   invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
>   CPU: 3 PID: 97 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7
>   RIP: 0010:ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x1b6/0x1e0
>   Call Trace:
>    ext4_mb_use_preallocated.constprop.0+0x19e/0x540
>    ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x220/0x1f30
>    ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xf3c/0x2900
>    ext4_map_blocks+0x264/0xa40
>    ext4_do_writepages+0xb15/0x1400
>    do_writepages+0x8c/0x260
>    writeback_sb_inodes+0x224/0x720
>    wb_writeback+0xd8/0x580
>    wb_workfn+0x148/0x820
> 
> Details are shown as following:
> 
> 0. Given a file with i_size=4096 with one mapped block
> 1. Write block no 1, blocks 1~3 are preallocated.
>     ext4_ext_map_blocks
>      ext4_mb_normalize_request
>       size = 16 * 1024
>       size = end - start // Allocate 3 blocks (bs = 4096)
>      ext4_mb_regular_allocator
>       ext4_mb_regular_allocator
>       ext4_mb_regular_allocator
>       ext4_mb_use_inode_pa
>        pa->pa_free -= len // 3 - 1 = 2
> 2. Extent buffer head is written failed, es cache and buffer head are
>     reclaimed.
> 3. Write blocks 1~3
>     ext4_ext_map_blocks
>      newex.ee_len = 3
>      ext4_ext_check_overlap // Find nothing, there should have been block 1
>      allocated = map->m_len  // 3
>      ext4_mb_new_blocks
>       ext4_mb_use_preallocated
>        ext4_mb_use_inode_pa
>         BUG_ON(pa->pa_free < len) // 2 < 3!
> 
> Fix it by adding validation checking for inode pa. If invalid pa is
> detected, stop using inode preallocation, drop invalid pa to avoid it
> being used again, mark group block bitmap as corrupted to avoid allocating
> from the erroneous group.
> 
> Fetch a reproducer in Link.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218576
> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
> ---
>   fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

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