From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
To: Yiyuan guo <yguoaz@gmail.com>, axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A possible divide by zero bug in blk_mq_map_queues
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 10:34:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21cb65d1-b91a-2627-3824-292de3a7553a@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM7=BFrvCdsW1xekOb9QAdVkhRAU6kdg1g98OUz6YYyXOuMZRg@mail.gmail.com>
On 5/14/21 10:28 AM, Yiyuan guo wrote:
> In block/blk-mq-cpumap.c, blk_mq_map_queues has the following code:
>
> int blk_mq_map_queues(struct blk_mq_queue_map *qmap) {
> ...
> unsigned int nr_queues = qmap->nr_queues;
> unsigned q = 0;
> ...
> for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
> if (q >= nr_queues)
> break;
> ...
> }
>
> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> ...
> if (q < nr_queues) {
> map[cpu] = queue_index(qmap, nr_queues, q++);
> } else {
> ...
> if (first_sibling == cpu)
> map[cpu] = queue_index(qmap, nr_queues, q++);
>
> }
> }
> }
>
> if qmap->nr_queues equals to zero when entering the function, then by
> passing zero to function queue_index we have a divide by zero bug:
>
> static int queue_index(struct blk_mq_queue_map *qmap,
> unsigned int nr_queues, const int q)
> {
> return qmap->queue_offset + (q % nr_queues);
> }
>
> It seems possible to me that qmap->nr_queues may equal zero because
> this field is explicitly checked in other functions.
>
> For example, in the function blk_mq_map_swqueue (block/blk-mq.c),
> there is a check comparing nr_queues with 0:
>
> for (j = 0; j < set->nr_maps; j++) {
> if (!set->map[j].nr_queues) {
> ...
> continue;
> }
> ...
> }
>
Theoretically, but yes, possible.
Care to send a patch?
Cheers,
Hannes
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-14 8:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-14 8:28 A possible divide by zero bug in blk_mq_map_queues Yiyuan guo
2021-05-14 8:34 ` Hannes Reinecke [this message]
2021-05-14 9:16 ` [PATCH] block: add protection for divide by zero " Yiyuan GUO
2021-05-14 9:24 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-05-14 9:38 ` [PATCH v2] " Yiyuan GUO
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