From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5095EC43381 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9E1206BA for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725900AbfBVVKL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:10:11 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37454 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725821AbfBVVKL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:10:11 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10207C01BC86; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:10:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.18.25.174]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBEF51001E9E; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:10:07 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:10:06 -0500 From: Mike Snitzer To: NeilBrown Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, device-mapper development , Milan Broz , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: block: be more careful about status in __bio_chain_endio Message-ID: <20190222211006.GA10987@redhat.com> References: <70cda2a3-f246-d45b-f600-1f9d15ba22ff@gmail.com> <87eflmpqkb.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87eflmpqkb.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:10:11 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 15 2018 at 4:09am -0500, NeilBrown wrote: > > If two bios are chained under the one parent (with bio_chain()) > it is possible that one will succeed and the other will fail. > __bio_chain_endio must ensure that the failure error status > is reported for the whole, rather than the success. > > It currently tries to be careful, but this test is racy. > If both children finish at the same time, they might both see that > parent->bi_status as zero, and so will assign their own status. > If the assignment to parent->bi_status by the successful bio happens > last, the error status will be lost which can lead to silent data > corruption. > > Instead, __bio_chain_endio should only assign a non-zero status > to parent->bi_status. There is then no need to test the current > value of parent->bi_status - a test that would be racy anyway. > > Note that this bug hasn't been seen in practice. It was only discovered > by examination after a similar bug was found in dm.c > > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown > --- > block/bio.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c > index e1708db48258..ad77140edc6f 100644 > --- a/block/bio.c > +++ b/block/bio.c > @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static struct bio *__bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio) > { > struct bio *parent = bio->bi_private; > > - if (!parent->bi_status) > + if (bio->bi_status) > parent->bi_status = bio->bi_status; > bio_put(bio); > return parent; > -- > 2.14.0.rc0.dirty > Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer Jens, this one slipped through the crack just over a year ago. It is available in patchwork here: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10220727/