Re: [PATCH -next v10 3/4] block, bfq: refactor the counting of 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs'

[Paolo VALENTE <paolo.valente@unimore.it>]

> Il giorno 14 set 2022, alle ore 03:55, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com> ha scritto:
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> 在 2022/09/07 9:16, Yu Kuai 写道:
>> Hi, Paolo!
>> 在 2022/09/06 17:37, Paolo Valente 写道:
>>> 
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>>>> Il giorno 26 ago 2022, alle ore 04:34, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com> ha scritto:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, Paolo!
>>>> 
>>>> 在 2022/08/25 22:59, Paolo Valente 写道:
>>>>>> Il giorno 11 ago 2022, alle ore 03:19, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com <mailto:yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>> ha scritto:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi, Paolo
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 在 2022/08/10 18:49, Paolo Valente 写道:
>>>>>>>> Il giorno 27 lug 2022, alle ore 14:11, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com <mailto:yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>> ha scritto:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi, Paolo
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> hi
>>>>>>>> Are you still interested in this patchset?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes. Sorry for replying very late again.
>>>>>>> Probably the last fix that you suggest is enough, but I'm a little bit
>>>>>>> concerned that it may be a little hasty.  In fact, before this fix, we
>>>>>>> exchanged several messages, and I didn't seem to be very good at
>>>>>>> convincing you about the need to keep into account also in-service
>>>>>>> I/O.  So, my question is: are you sure that now you have a
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm confused here, I'm pretty aware that in-service I/O(as said pending
>>>>>> requests is the patchset) should be counted, as you suggested in v7, are
>>>>>> you still thinking that the way in this patchset is problematic?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'll try to explain again that how to track is bfqq has pending pending
>>>>>> requests, please let me know if you still think there are some problems:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> patch 1 support to track if bfqq has pending requests, it's
>>>>>> done by setting the flag 'entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs' when the
>>>>>> first request is inserted to bfqq, and it's cleared when the last
>>>>>> request is completed. specifically the flag is set in
>>>>>> bfq_add_bfqq_busy() when 'bfqq->dispatched' if false, and it's cleared
>>>>>> both in bfq_completed_request() and bfq_del_bfqq_busy() when
>>>>>> 'bfqq->diapatched' is false.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> This general description seems correct to me. Have you already sent a new version of your patchset?
>>>> 
>>>> It's glad that we finially on the same page here.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yep. Sorry for my chronicle delay.
>> Better late than never 😁
>>> 
>>>> Please take a look at patch 1, which already impelement the above
>>>> descriptions, it seems to me there is no need to send a new version
>>>> for now. If you think there are still some other problems, please let
>>>> me know.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Patch 1 seems ok to me. I seem to have only one pending comment on this patch (3/4) instead. Let me paste previous stuff here for your convenience:
>> That sounds good.
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -    /*
>>>>> -     * Next function is invoked last, because it causes bfqq to be
>>>>> -     * freed if the following holds: bfqq is not in service and
>>>>> -     * has no dispatched request. DO NOT use bfqq after the next
>>>>> -     * function invocation.
>>>>> -     */
>>>> I would really love it if you leave this comment.  I added it after
>>>> suffering a lot for a nasty UAF.  Of course the first sentence may
>>>> need to be adjusted if the code that precedes it is to be removed.
>>>> Same as above, if this patch is applied, this function will be gone.
> 
> Hi, I'm curious while I'm trying to add the comment, before this
> patchset, can bfqq be freed when bfq_weights_tree_remove is called?
> 
> bfq_completed_request
> bfqq->dispatched--
> if (!bfqq->dispatched && !bfq_bfqq_busy(bfqq))
>  bfq_weights_tree_remove(bfqd, bfqq);
> 
> // continue to use bfqq
> 
> It seems to me this is problematic if so, because bfqq is used after
> bfq_weights_tree_remove() is called.
> 

It is.  Yet, IIRC, I verified that bfqq was not used after that free,
and I added that comment as a heads-up.  What is a scenario (before
your pending modifications) where this use-after-free happens?

Thanks,
Paolo

> Thanks,
> Kuai