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* [PATCH] percpu_ref: don't refer to ref->data if it isn't allocated
@ 2020-10-09  4:03 Ming Lei
  2020-10-09  4:35 ` Eric Biggers
  2020-10-09 18:32 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ming Lei @ 2020-10-09  4:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe; +Cc: linux-block, Ming Lei

We can't check ref->data->confirm_switch directly in __percpu_ref_exit(), since
ref->data may not be allocated in one not-initialized refcount.

Fixes: 2b0d3d3e4fcf ("percpu_ref: reduce memory footprint of percpu_ref in fast path")
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
---
 lib/percpu-refcount.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index b6350d13538a..e59eda07305e 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void __percpu_ref_exit(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	if (percpu_count) {
 		/* non-NULL confirm_switch indicates switching in progress */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->data->confirm_switch);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->data && ref->data->confirm_switch);
 		free_percpu(percpu_count);
 		ref->percpu_count_ptr = __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC_DEAD;
 	}
-- 
2.25.2


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* Re: [PATCH] percpu_ref: don't refer to ref->data if it isn't allocated
  2020-10-09  4:03 [PATCH] percpu_ref: don't refer to ref->data if it isn't allocated Ming Lei
@ 2020-10-09  4:35 ` Eric Biggers
  2020-10-09 18:32 ` Jens Axboe
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Biggers @ 2020-10-09  4:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ming Lei; +Cc: Jens Axboe, linux-block

On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 12:03:56PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> We can't check ref->data->confirm_switch directly in __percpu_ref_exit(), since
> ref->data may not be allocated in one not-initialized refcount.
> 
> Fixes: 2b0d3d3e4fcf ("percpu_ref: reduce memory footprint of percpu_ref in fast path")
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>

Please don't forget:

Reported-by: syzbot+fd15ff734dace9e16437@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

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* Re: [PATCH] percpu_ref: don't refer to ref->data if it isn't allocated
  2020-10-09  4:03 [PATCH] percpu_ref: don't refer to ref->data if it isn't allocated Ming Lei
  2020-10-09  4:35 ` Eric Biggers
@ 2020-10-09 18:32 ` Jens Axboe
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2020-10-09 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ming Lei; +Cc: linux-block

On 10/8/20 10:03 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> We can't check ref->data->confirm_switch directly in __percpu_ref_exit(), since
> ref->data may not be allocated in one not-initialized refcount.

Added with reported-by.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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