FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write" failed to apply to 4.10-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write" failed to apply to 4.10-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 876f29460cbd4086b43475890c1bf2488fa11d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 15:47:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write

This is based on a patch from Jan Kara that fixed the equivalent race in
the DAX PTE fault path.

Currently DAX PMD read fault can race with write(2) in the following
way:

CPU1 - write(2)                 CPU2 - read fault
                                dax_iomap_pmd_fault()
                                  ->iomap_begin() - sees hole

dax_iomap_rw()
  iomap_apply()
    ->iomap_begin - allocates blocks
    dax_iomap_actor()
      invalidate_inode_pages2_range()
        - there's nothing to invalidate

                                  grab_mapping_entry()
				  - we add huge zero page to the radix tree
				    and map it to page tables

The result is that hole page is mapped into page tables (and thus zeros
are seen in mmap) while file has data written in that place.

Fix the problem by locking exception entry before mapping blocks for the
fault.  That way we are sure invalidate_inode_pages2_range() call for
racing write will either block on entry lock waiting for the fault to
finish (and unmap stale page tables after that) or read fault will see
already allocated blocks by write(2).

Fixes: 9f141d6ef6258 ("dax: Call ->iomap_begin without entry lock during dax fault")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170510172700.18991-1-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 32f020c9cedf..93ae87297ffa 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,16 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		goto fallback;
 
 	/*
+	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
+	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
+	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
+	 * back to 4k entries.
+	 */
+	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
+	if (IS_ERR(entry))
+		goto fallback;
+
+	/*
 	 * Note that we don't use iomap_apply here.  We aren't doing I/O, only
 	 * setting up a mapping, so really we're using iomap_begin() as a way
 	 * to look up our filesystem block.
@@ -1395,21 +1405,11 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	pos = (loff_t)pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	error = ops->iomap_begin(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, iomap_flags, &iomap);
 	if (error)
-		goto fallback;
+		goto unlock_entry;
 
 	if (iomap.offset + iomap.length < pos + PMD_SIZE)
 		goto finish_iomap;
 
-	/*
-	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
-	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
-	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
-	 * back to 4k entries.
-	 */
-	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
-	if (IS_ERR(entry))
-		goto finish_iomap;
-
 	switch (iomap.type) {
 	case IOMAP_MAPPED:
 		result = dax_pmd_insert_mapping(vmf, &iomap, pos, &entry);
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	case IOMAP_UNWRITTEN:
 	case IOMAP_HOLE:
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(write))
-			goto unlock_entry;
+			break;
 		result = dax_pmd_load_hole(vmf, &iomap, &entry);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1425,8 +1425,6 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		break;
 	}
 
- unlock_entry:
-	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  finish_iomap:
 	if (ops->iomap_end) {
 		int copied = PMD_SIZE;
@@ -1442,6 +1440,8 @@ static int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		ops->iomap_end(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, copied, iomap_flags,
 				&iomap);
 	}
+ unlock_entry:
+	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  fallback:
 	if (result == VM_FAULT_FALLBACK) {
 		split_huge_pmd(vma, vmf->pmd, vmf->address);

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write" failed to apply to 4.10-stable tree

[Ross Zwisler]

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:26:31AM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> 
> The patch below does not apply to the 4.10-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

The patch below is a backport of:

commit 876f29460cbd ("dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write")

to v4.10.16.  This was patch 5 in the series.

This patch still needs a backport of the following ext4 commit (which was
patch 3 in the series) from Jan to work correctly:

commit fb26a1cbed8c ("ext4: return to starting transaction in ext4_dax_huge_fault()")

--- >8 ---
>From eddc74225a0414af64ac59c09a44b9dae23b16b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 15:47:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write

This is based on a patch from Jan Kara that fixed the equivalent race in
the DAX PTE fault path.

Currently DAX PMD read fault can race with write(2) in the following
way:

CPU1 - write(2)                 CPU2 - read fault
                                dax_iomap_pmd_fault()
                                  ->iomap_begin() - sees hole

dax_iomap_rw()
  iomap_apply()
    ->iomap_begin - allocates blocks
    dax_iomap_actor()
      invalidate_inode_pages2_range()
        - there's nothing to invalidate

                                  grab_mapping_entry()
				  - we add huge zero page to the radix tree
				    and map it to page tables

The result is that hole page is mapped into page tables (and thus zeros
are seen in mmap) while file has data written in that place.

Fix the problem by locking exception entry before mapping blocks for the
fault.  That way we are sure invalidate_inode_pages2_range() call for
racing write will either block on entry lock waiting for the fault to
finish (and unmap stale page tables after that) or read fault will see
already allocated blocks by write(2).

Fixes: 9f141d6ef6258 ("dax: Call ->iomap_begin without entry lock during dax fault")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170510172700.18991-1-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 fs/dax.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index c83a0d8..c69ad4a 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1343,6 +1343,16 @@ int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		goto fallback;
 
 	/*
+	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
+	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
+	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
+	 * back to 4k entries.
+	 */
+	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
+	if (IS_ERR(entry))
+		goto fallback;
+
+	/*
 	 * Note that we don't use iomap_apply here.  We aren't doing I/O, only
 	 * setting up a mapping, so really we're using iomap_begin() as a way
 	 * to look up our filesystem block.
@@ -1350,20 +1360,11 @@ int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	pos = (loff_t)pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	error = ops->iomap_begin(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, iomap_flags, &iomap);
 	if (error)
-		goto fallback;
+		goto unlock_entry;
 
 	if (iomap.offset + iomap.length < pos + PMD_SIZE)
 		goto finish_iomap;
 
-	/*
-	 * grab_mapping_entry() will make sure we get a 2M empty entry, a DAX
-	 * PMD or a HZP entry.  If it can't (because a 4k page is already in
-	 * the tree, for instance), it will return -EEXIST and we just fall
-	 * back to 4k entries.
-	 */
-	entry = grab_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, RADIX_DAX_PMD);
-	if (IS_ERR(entry))
-		goto finish_iomap;
 
 	vmf.pgoff = pgoff;
 	vmf.flags = flags;
@@ -1377,7 +1378,7 @@ int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	case IOMAP_UNWRITTEN:
 	case IOMAP_HOLE:
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(write))
-			goto unlock_entry;
+			break;
 		result = dax_pmd_load_hole(vma, pmd, &vmf, address, &iomap,
 				&entry);
 		break;
@@ -1386,8 +1387,6 @@ int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		break;
 	}
 
- unlock_entry:
-	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  finish_iomap:
 	if (ops->iomap_end) {
 		int copied = PMD_SIZE;
@@ -1403,6 +1402,8 @@ int dax_iomap_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		ops->iomap_end(inode, pos, PMD_SIZE, copied, iomap_flags,
 				&iomap);
 	}
+ unlock_entry:
+	put_locked_mapping_entry(mapping, pgoff, entry);
  fallback:
 	if (result == VM_FAULT_FALLBACK) {
 		split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address);
-- 
2.9.4

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write" failed to apply to 4.10-stable tree

[Greg KH]

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 01:54:12PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:26:31AM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.10-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> The patch below is a backport of:
> 
> commit 876f29460cbd ("dax: fix PMD data corruption when fault races with write")
> 
> to v4.10.16.  This was patch 5 in the series.
> 
> This patch still needs a backport of the following ext4 commit (which was
> patch 3 in the series) from Jan to work correctly:
> 
> commit fb26a1cbed8c ("ext4: return to starting transaction in ext4_dax_huge_fault()")

Thanks for this, but 4.10 is now end-of-life, so I'm not going to worry
about the ext4 patch :)

greg k-h