Re: [PATCH v3 06/12] fs/xfs: Check if the inode supports DAX under lock

Dave Chinner
2020-02-11T20:42:28Z

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 09:55:09AM -0800, Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 05:16:39PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 11:34:39AM -0800, ira.weiny@intel.com wrote:
> > > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> > >
> > > One of the checks for an inode supporting DAX is if the inode is
> > > reflinked. During a non-DAX to DAX state change we could race with
> > > the file being reflinked and end up with a reflinked file being in DAX
> > > state.
> > >
> > > Prevent this race by checking for DAX support under the MMAP_LOCK.
> >
> > The on disk inode flags are protected by the XFS_ILOCK, not the
> > MMAP_LOCK. i.e. the MMAPLOCK provides data access serialisation, not
> > metadata modification serialisation.
>
> Ah...
>
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 11 +++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > index da1eb2bdb386..4ff402fd6636 100644
> > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > @@ -1194,10 +1194,6 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_dax_invalidate(
> > >
> > > *join_flags = 0;
> > >
> > > - if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) == FS_XFLAG_DAX &&
> > > - !xfs_inode_supports_dax(ip))
> > > - return -EINVAL;
> > > -
> > > /* If the DAX state is not changing, we have nothing to do here. */
> > > if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) &&
> > > (ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX))
> > > @@ -1211,6 +1207,13 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_dax_invalidate(
> > >
> > > /* lock, flush and invalidate mapping in preparation for flag change */
> > > xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_MMAPLOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
> > > +
> > > + if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) == FS_XFLAG_DAX &&
> > > + !xfs_inode_supports_dax(ip)) {
> > > + error = -EINVAL;
> > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > + }
> >
> > Yes, you might be able to get away with reflink vs dax flag
> > serialisation on the inode flag modification, but it is not correct and
> > leaves a landmine for future inode flag modifications that are done
> > without holding either the MMAP or IOLOCK.
> >
> > e.g. concurrent calls to xfs_ioctl_setattr() setting/clearing flags
> > other than the on disk DAX flag are all serialised by the ILOCK_EXCL
> > and will no be serialised against this DAX check. Hence if there are
> > other flags that we add in future that affect the result of
> > xfs_inode_supports_dax(), this code will not be correctly
> > serialised.
> >
> > This raciness in checking the DAX flags is the reason that
> > xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags() redoes all the reflink vs dax checks once
> > it's called under the XFS_ILOCK_EXCL during the actual change
> > transaction....
>
> Ok I found this by trying to make sure that the xfs_inode_supports_dax() call
> was always returning valid data. So I don't have a specific test which was
> failing.
>
> Looking at the code again, it sounds like I was wrong about which locks protect
> what and with your explanation above it looks like there is nothing to be done
> here and I can drop the patch.
>
> Would you agree?

*nod*

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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