Re: [syzbot] [ext4?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in ext4_update_super

Fabio M. De Francesco
2023-06-10T20:49:42Z

On sabato 10 giugno 2023 22:41:18 CEST Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On sabato 10 giugno 2023 15:52:55 CEST syzbot wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > syzbot found the following issue on:
> >
> > HEAD commit: f8dba31b0a82 Merge tag 'asym-keys-fix-for-linus-v6.4-rc5'
..
> > git tree: upstream
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
>
> Unfortunately :-(
>
> > Downloadable assets:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > EXT4-fs error (device loop4): ext4_get_group_info:331: comm syz-executor.
4:
> > invalid group 4294819419 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid
context
> > at include/linux/buffer_head.h:404 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0,
> > non_block: 0, pid: 21305, name: syz-executor.4 preempt_count: 1, expected:
0
> > RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
> >
> > 5 locks held by syz-executor.4/21305:
> > #0: ffff8880292c8460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_sendfile+0x5fb/
>
> 0xff0
>
> > fs/read_write.c:1253 #1: ffff8880391da200
> > (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock
> > include/linux/fs.h:775 [inline] #1: ffff8880391da200
> > (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_buffered_write_iter+0xaf/0x3a0 fs/ext4/file.c:283 #2:
ffff8880391d9ec8
> > (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:
155
> > [inline] #2: ffff8880391d9ec8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent fs/ext4/inline.c:584 [inline] #2:
> > ffff8880391d9ec8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_try_to_write_inline_data+0x51d/0x1360 fs/ext4/inline.c:740 #3:
> > ffff8880391da088 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_map_blocks+0x980/0x1cf0 fs/ext4/inode.c:616 #4: ffff88803944f018
> > (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock
> > include/linux/spinlock.h:360 [inline] #4: ffff88803944f018
> > (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: ext4_lock_group fs/ext4/ext4.h:3407
> > [inline] #4: ffff88803944f018 (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at:
> > ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x1ca/0x5a0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2166 Preemption
>
> disabled
>
> > at:
> > [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
> > CPU: 0 PID: 21305 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted
> > 6.4.0-rc5-syzkaller-00002-gf8dba31b0a82 #0 Hardware name: Google Google
> >
> > Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/25/2023 Call Trace:
> > <TASK>
> > __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
> > dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2d0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
> > __might_resched+0x5cf/0x780 kernel/sched/core.c:10153
> > lock_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:404 [inline]
> > ext4_update_super+0x93/0x1230 fs/ext4/super.c:6039
> > ext4_commit_super+0xd0/0x4c0 fs/ext4/super.c:6117
> > ext4_handle_error+0x5ee/0x8b0 fs/ext4/super.c:676
>
> Well, I'm a new to filesystems. However, I'd like to test a change in
> ext4_handle_error().
>
> Currently I see that errors are handled according to the next snippet of
code
> from the above-mentioned function (please note that we are in atomic
context):
>
> if (continue_fs)
> if (continue_fs && journal)
> schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
> else
> ext4_commit_super(sb);
>
> If evaluates false, we directly call ext4_commit_super(), forgetting that,
> AFAICS we are in atomic context.
>
> Obviously, we know that ext4_update_super() calls lock_buffer(), which
> might_sleep().
>
> As I said I have only little experience with filesystems, so my question is:
> despite the overhead, can we delete the check and do the following?
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 05fcecc36244..574b096de059 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -662,19 +662,8 @@ static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb,
> bool force_ro, int error,
> jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
> }
>
> - if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
> - save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
> - /*
> - * In case the fs should keep running, we need to writeout
> - * superblock through the journal. Due to lock ordering
> - * constraints, it may not be safe to do it right here so we
> - * defer superblock flushing to a workqueue.
> - */
> - if (continue_fs && journal)
> - schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
> - else
> - ext4_commit_super(sb);
> - }
> + if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
> + schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
>
> /*
> * We force ERRORS_RO behavior when system is rebooting. Otherwise
we
>

O, sorry. I forgot something...

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 05fcecc36244..ac3a734b7d4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -664,16 +664,7 @@ static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb,
bool force_ro, int error,

if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev)) {
save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
- /*
- * In case the fs should keep running, we need to writeout
- * superblock through the journal. Due to lock ordering
- * constraints, it may not be safe to do it right here so we
- * defer superblock flushing to a workqueue.
- */
- if (continue_fs && journal)
- schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
- else
- ext4_commit_super(sb);
+ schedule_work(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_error_work);
}

/*

> Am I missing something I'm not able to see here?
> If not, I'll try this diff if and when Syzkaller provides a reproducer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fabio
>
> > __ext4_error+0x277/0x3b0 fs/ext4/super.c:776
> > ext4_get_group_info+0x382/0x3e0 fs/ext4/balloc.c:331
> > ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0x89c/0x1300 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4915
> > ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x3a1/0x5a0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2171
> > ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x3511/0x3c20 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2784
> > ext4_mb_new_blocks+0xe5f/0x44a0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:5843
> > ext4_alloc_branch fs/ext4/indirect.c:340 [inline]
> > ext4_ind_map_blocks+0x10d7/0x29e0 fs/ext4/indirect.c:635
> > ext4_map_blocks+0x9e7/0x1cf0 fs/ext4/inode.c:625
> > _ext4_get_block+0x238/0x6a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:779
> > __block_write_begin_int+0x548/0x1a50 fs/buffer.c:2064
> > ext4_try_to_write_inline_data+0x7ed/0x1360 fs/ext4/inline.c:740
> > ext4_write_begin+0x290/0x10b0 fs/ext4/inode.c:1147
> > ext4_da_write_begin+0x300/0xa40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2893
> > generic_perform_write+0x300/0x5e0 mm/filemap.c:3923
> > ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x122/0x3a0 fs/ext4/file.c:289
> > ext4_file_write_iter+0x1d6/0x1930
> > do_iter_write+0x7b1/0xcb0 fs/read_write.c:860
> > iter_file_splice_write+0x843/0xfe0 fs/splice.c:795
> > do_splice_from fs/splice.c:873 [inline]
> > direct_splice_actor+0xe7/0x1c0 fs/splice.c:1039
> > splice_direct_to_actor+0x4c4/0xbd0 fs/splice.c:994
> > do_splice_direct+0x283/0x3d0 fs/splice.c:1082
> > do_sendfile+0x620/0xff0 fs/read_write.c:1254
> > __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1322 [inline]
> > __se_sys_sendfile64+0x17c/0x1e0 fs/read_write.c:1308
> > do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
> > do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
> > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
> >
> > RIP: 0033:0x7f0ff0c8c169
> > Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 19 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7
>
> 48
>
> > 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff
73
> > 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f0ff1944168
> > EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000028 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
> > 00007f0ff0dabf80 RCX: 00007f0ff0c8c169
> > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000007 RDI: 0000000000000006
> > RBP: 00007f0ff0ce7ca1 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> > R10: 0001000000201005 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
> > R13: 00007ffe35f5084f R14: 00007f0ff1944300 R15: 0000000000022000
> >
> > </TASK>
> >
> > BUG: scheduling while atomic: syz-executor.4/21305/0x00000002
> >
> > 5 locks held by syz-executor.4/21305:
> > #0: ffff8880292c8460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_sendfile+0x5fb/
>
> 0xff0
>
> > fs/read_write.c:1253 #1: ffff8880391da200
> > (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock
> > include/linux/fs.h:775 [inline] #1: ffff8880391da200
> > (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_buffered_write_iter+0xaf/0x3a0 fs/ext4/file.c:283 #2:
ffff8880391d9ec8
> > (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_lock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:
155
> > [inline] #2: ffff8880391d9ec8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent fs/ext4/inline.c:584 [inline] #2:
> > ffff8880391d9ec8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_try_to_write_inline_data+0x51d/0x1360 fs/ext4/inline.c:740 #3:
> > ffff8880391da088 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at:
> > ext4_map_blocks+0x980/0x1cf0 fs/ext4/inode.c:616 #4: ffff88803944f018
> > (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: spin_trylock
> > include/linux/spinlock.h:360 [inline] #4: ffff88803944f018
> > (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: ext4_lock_group fs/ext4/ext4.h:3407
> > [inline] #4: ffff88803944f018 (&bgl->locks[i].lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at:
> > ext4_mb_try_best_found+0x1ca/0x5a0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2166 Modules linked
in:
> > Preemption disabled at:
> > [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
> >
> >
> > ---
>
> …