[PATCH 5/6] blk-mq: fix potential reorder of request state and deadline

From: chengming . zhou
Date: Thu Aug 24 2023 - 10:46:08 EST


From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

CPU0 CPU1
blk_mq_start_request() blk_mq_req_expired()
WRITE_ONCE(rq->deadline)
WRITE_ONCE(rq->state)
if (READ_ONCE(rq->state) != IN_FLIGHT)
return
deadline = READ_ONCE(rq->deadline)

If CPU1 speculately reorder rq->deadline LOAD before rq->state, the
deadline will be the initial value 0.

CPU0 CPU1
blk_mq_start_request() blk_mq_req_expired()
deadline = READ_ONCE(rq->deadline)
WRITE_ONCE(rq->deadline)
WRITE_ONCE(rq->state)
if (READ_ONCE(rq->state) != IN_FLIGHT)
return

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-mq.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index ff1b0f3ab3a8..49cbf826b100 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,8 @@ void blk_mq_start_request(struct request *rq)
WARN_ON_ONCE(blk_mq_rq_state(rq) != MQ_RQ_IDLE);

blk_add_timer(rq);
+ /* Pair with smp_rmb in blk_mq_req_expired(). */
+ smp_wmb();
WRITE_ONCE(rq->state, MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT);
rq->mq_hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] = rq;

@@ -1568,6 +1570,12 @@ static bool blk_mq_req_expired(struct request *rq, struct blk_expired_data *expi
if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_TIMED_OUT)
return false;

+ /*
+ * Order LOADs of rq->state and rq->deadline, pair with
+ * smp_wmb in blk_mq_start_request().
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
deadline = READ_ONCE(rq->deadline);
if (time_after_eq(expired->timeout_start, deadline))
return true;
--
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