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authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2011-06-24 23:11:59 +0200
committerJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2011-06-27 11:44:37 +0200
commitbb189247f35688a3353545902c56290fb7d7754a (patch)
tree02f93da7f642f3e59050d1c2837a7a8a8e61b3aa /fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
parent2c2ea9451fc2a12ee57c8346f0da26969d07ee7f (diff)
downloadlinux-bb189247f35688a3353545902c56290fb7d7754a.tar.gz
jbd: Fix oops in journal_remove_journal_head()
journal_remove_journal_head() can oops when trying to access journal_head
returned by bh2jh(). This is caused for example by the following race:

	TASK1					TASK2
  journal_commit_transaction()
    ...
    processing t_forget list
      __journal_refile_buffer(jh);
      if (!jh->b_transaction) {
        jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
					journal_try_to_free_buffers()
					  journal_grab_journal_head(bh)
					  jbd_lock_bh_state(bh)
					  __journal_try_to_free_buffer()
					  journal_put_journal_head(jh)
        journal_remove_journal_head(bh);

journal_put_journal_head() in TASK2 sees that b_jcount == 0 and buffer is not
part of any transaction and thus frees journal_head before TASK1 gets to doing
so. Note that even buffer_head can be released by try_to_free_buffers() after
journal_put_journal_head() which adds even larger opportunity for oops (but I
didn't see this happen in reality).

Fix the problem by making transactions hold their own journal_head reference
(in b_jcount). That way we don't have to remove journal_head explicitely via
journal_remove_journal_head() and instead just remove journal_head when
b_jcount drops to zero. The result of this is that [__]journal_refile_buffer(),
[__]journal_unfile_buffer(), and __journal_remove_checkpoint() can free
journal_head which needs modification of a few callers. Also we have to be
careful because once journal_head is removed, buffer_head might be freed as
well. So we have to get our own buffer_head reference where it matters.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/jbd/checkpoint.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/jbd/checkpoint.c27
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index dea7503b47e8..61655a37c731 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -96,10 +96,14 @@ static int __try_to_free_cp_buf(struct journal_head *jh)
 
 	if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_None && !buffer_locked(bh) &&
 	    !buffer_dirty(bh) && !buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+		/*
+		 * Get our reference so that bh cannot be freed before
+		 * we unlock it
+		 */
+		get_bh(bh);
 		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "remove from checkpoint list");
 		ret = __journal_remove_checkpoint(jh) + 1;
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-		journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "release");
 		__brelse(bh);
 	} else {
@@ -221,8 +225,8 @@ restart:
 			spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			goto restart;
 		}
+		get_bh(bh);
 		if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-			get_bh(bh);
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 			wait_on_buffer(bh);
@@ -241,7 +245,6 @@ restart:
 		 */
 		released = __journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-		journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
 		__brelse(bh);
 	}
 
@@ -305,12 +308,12 @@ static int __process_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct journal_head *jh,
 		ret = 1;
 		if (unlikely(buffer_write_io_error(bh)))
 			ret = -EIO;
+		get_bh(bh);
 		J_ASSERT_JH(jh, !buffer_jbddirty(bh));
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "remove from checkpoint");
 		__journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-		journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
 		__brelse(bh);
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -526,9 +529,9 @@ int cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 /*
  * journal_clean_one_cp_list
  *
- * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list and release them.
+ * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list and release
+ * them.
  *
- * Called with the journal locked.
  * Called with j_list_lock held.
  * Returns number of bufers reaped (for debug)
  */
@@ -635,8 +638,8 @@ out:
  * checkpoint lists.
  *
  * The function returns 1 if it frees the transaction, 0 otherwise.
+ * The function can free jh and bh.
  *
- * This function is called with the journal locked.
  * This function is called with j_list_lock held.
  * This function is called with jbd_lock_bh_state(jh2bh(jh))
  */
@@ -655,13 +658,14 @@ int __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 	}
 	journal = transaction->t_journal;
 
+	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "removing from transaction");
 	__buffer_unlink(jh);
 	jh->b_cp_transaction = NULL;
+	journal_put_journal_head(jh);
 
 	if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list != NULL ||
 	    transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list != NULL)
 		goto out;
-	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "transaction has no more buffers");
 
 	/*
 	 * There is one special case to worry about: if we have just pulled the
@@ -672,10 +676,8 @@ int __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 	 * The locking here around t_state is a bit sleazy.
 	 * See the comment at the end of journal_commit_transaction().
 	 */
-	if (transaction->t_state != T_FINISHED) {
-		JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to running/committing transaction");
+	if (transaction->t_state != T_FINISHED)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	/* OK, that was the last buffer for the transaction: we can now
 	   safely remove this transaction from the log */
@@ -687,7 +689,6 @@ int __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_logspace);
 	ret = 1;
 out:
-	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -706,6 +707,8 @@ void __journal_insert_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh,
 	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, buffer_dirty(jh2bh(jh)) || buffer_jbddirty(jh2bh(jh)));
 	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_cp_transaction == NULL);
 
+	/* Get reference for checkpointing transaction */
+	journal_grab_journal_head(jh2bh(jh));
 	jh->b_cp_transaction = transaction;
 
 	if (!transaction->t_checkpoint_list) {