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From: Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr>
To: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
	qemu-block <qemu-block@nongnu.org>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
	Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] block: fix leaks in bdrv_open_driver()
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:39:30 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170712083930.tkit2nqxsras4trw@postretch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170712083337.GC4917@noname.str.redhat.com>

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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:33:37AM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>Am 11.07.2017 um 20:50 hat Manos Pitsidianakis geschrieben:
>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 05:16:17PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> >Am 01.07.2017 um 17:39 hat Manos Pitsidianakis geschrieben:
>> >>bdrv_open_driver() is called in two places, bdrv_new_open_driver() and
>> >>bdrv_open_common(). In the latter, failure cleanup in is in its caller,
>> >>bdrv_open_inherit(), which unrefs the bs->file of the failed driver open if it
>> >>exists.
>> >>
>> >>Let's move the bs->file cleanup to bdrv_open_driver() to take care of all
>> >>callers and do not set bs->drv to NULL unless the driver's open function
>> >>failed. When bs is destroyed by removing its last reference, bdrv_close()
>> >>checks bs->drv to perform the needed cleanups and also call the driver's close
>> >>function.
>> >>
>> >>Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr>
>> >>---
>> >>
>> >>v2:
>> >> move bdrv_unref_child(bs, bs->file) to bdrv_open_driver
>> >> do not set bs->drv to NULL if open succeeds
>> >>
>> >> block.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>> >> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >>diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
>> >>index 694396281b..df2a46990c 100644
>> >>--- a/block.c
>> >>+++ b/block.c
>> >>@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ static int bdrv_open_driver(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriver *drv,
>> >> {
>> >>     Error *local_err = NULL;
>> >>     int ret;
>> >>+    bool open_failed;
>> >>
>> >>     bdrv_assign_node_name(bs, node_name, &local_err);
>> >>     if (local_err) {
>> >>@@ -1111,7 +1112,9 @@ static int bdrv_open_driver(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriver *drv,
>> >>         ret = 0;
>> >>     }
>> >>
>> >>-    if (ret < 0) {
>> >>+    open_failed = ret < 0;
>> >>+
>> >>+    if (open_failed) {
>> >>         if (local_err) {
>> >>             error_propagate(errp, local_err);
>> >>         } else if (bs->filename[0]) {
>> >>@@ -1142,10 +1145,15 @@ static int bdrv_open_driver(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriver *drv,
>> >>     return 0;
>> >>
>> >> free_and_fail:
>> >>-    /* FIXME Close bs first if already opened*/
>> >>-    g_free(bs->opaque);
>> >>-    bs->opaque = NULL;
>> >>-    bs->drv = NULL;
>> >>+    if (open_failed) {
>> >>+        g_free(bs->opaque);
>> >>+        bs->opaque = NULL;
>> >>+        bs->drv = NULL;
>> >>+    }
>> >>+    if (bs->file != NULL) {
>> >>+        bdrv_unref_child(bs, bs->file);
>> >>+        bs->file = NULL;
>> >>+    }
>> >
>> >Is this bdrv_unref_child() safe if we leave bs->drv set? Format drivers
>> >expect that if an image is opened, it also has a valid bs->file.
>> >
>> >For example, if I add ret = -1 after refresh_total_sectors() (because I
>> >couldn't find an easier way to make it fail intentionally), I get an
>> >ugly heap corruption crash instead of a nice error message with this
>> >patch.
>> >
>> This is triggered by bdrv_open_inherit doing
>> QDECREF(bs->explicit_options) and leaving the dangling pointer. Not
>> setting bs->drv means bdrv_close was called and tried to decref it
>> again, causing the heap error. Setting bs->explicit_options = NULL;
>> right below that fixes the heap corruption for me.
>
>Wouldn't it be better to call drv->bdrv_close() instead and then set
>bs->drv/opaque = NULL like for the other error path?

That was my first approach but I thought it wouldn't look nice since 
bdrv_close is called anyway on delete. I will do it in the next version.
>
>> I can send a seperate fix for this.
>
>No, this doesn't fail before this patch, so it's a regression and we
>can't merge the patch without a fix. You need to respin this one.
Yes, I meant to first fix this and then apply this patch. It's a 
dangling pointer anyway.
>
>> I also saw that there's no reason to use a boolean, a label would do
>> just fine so I can change that and finalize the patch in the next
>> version if everything is okay with it.
>
>Yes, that sounds better.
>
>Kevin



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      reply	other threads:[~2017-07-12  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-01 15:39 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] block: fix leaks in bdrv_open_driver() Manos Pitsidianakis
2017-07-11 15:16 ` Kevin Wolf
2017-07-11 18:50   ` Manos Pitsidianakis
2017-07-12  8:33     ` Kevin Wolf
2017-07-12  8:39       ` Manos Pitsidianakis [this message]

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