Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: handle register_shrinker error

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Tue Nov 28 2017 - 11:40:01 EST


On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:35:51AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 27-11-17 09:44:53, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> [...]
> > > From 1009db61988c48c9a9e327a9d076945b29b02eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:13:40 +0100
> > > Subject: [PATCH] xfs: fortify xfs_alloc_buftarg error handling
> > >
> > > percpu_counter_init failure path doesn't clean up &btp->bt_lru list.
> > > Call list_lru_destroy in that error path. Similarly register_shrinker
> > > error path is not handled.
> > >
> > > While it is unlikely to trigger these error path, it is not impossible
> > > especially the later might fail with large NUMAs. Let's handle the
> > > failure to make the code more robust.
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Noticed-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
> > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> > > index 4db6e8d780f6..4c6e86d861fd 100644
> > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> > > @@ -1815,22 +1815,27 @@ xfs_alloc_buftarg(
> > > btp->bt_daxdev = dax_dev;
> > >
> > > if (xfs_setsize_buftarg_early(btp, bdev))
> > > - goto error;
> > > + goto error_free;
> > >
> > > if (list_lru_init(&btp->bt_lru))
> > > - goto error;
> > > + goto error_free;
> > >
> > > if (percpu_counter_init(&btp->bt_io_count, 0, GFP_KERNEL))
> > > - goto error;
> > > + goto error_lru;
> > >
> > > btp->bt_shrinker.count_objects = xfs_buftarg_shrink_count;
> > > btp->bt_shrinker.scan_objects = xfs_buftarg_shrink_scan;
> > > btp->bt_shrinker.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS;
> > > btp->bt_shrinker.flags = SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE;
> > > - register_shrinker(&btp->bt_shrinker);
> > > + if (register_shrinker(&btp->bt_shrinker))
> > > + goto error_pcpu;
> > > return btp;
> > >
> > > -error:
> > > +error_pcpu:
> > > + percpu_counter_destroy(&btp->bt_io_count);
> > > +error_lru:
> > > + list_lru_destroy(&btp->bt_lru);
> > > +error_free:
> > > kmem_free(btp);
> > > return NULL;
> >
> > This part looks ok,
> > Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Are you going to apply the patch or should I re-send it with
> acks/reviewed-by?

I injected all of those when I added the patch to my tree:

Noticed-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

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