Re: [PATCH] bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR

From: Coly Li
Date: Fri Nov 24 2023 - 11:35:08 EST




> 2023年11月25日 00:31,Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> 写道:
>
> On 11/24/23 9:29 AM, Coly Li wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 2023?11?24? 23:14?Markus Weippert <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ???
>>>
>>> Commit 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in
>>> node allocations") replaced IS_ERR_OR_NULL by IS_ERR. This leads to a
>>> NULL pointer dereference.
>>>
>>> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080
>>> Call Trace:
>>> ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f
>>> ? page_fault_oops+0xd2/0x2b0
>>> ? exc_page_fault+0x70/0x170
>>> ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
>>> ? btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
>>> ? up_write+0x32/0x60
>>> btree_gc_coalesce+0x2aa/0x890 [bcache]
>>> ? bch_extent_bad+0x70/0x170 [bcache]
>>> btree_gc_recurse+0x130/0x390 [bcache]
>>> ? btree_gc_mark_node+0x72/0x230 [bcache]
>>> bch_btree_gc+0x5da/0x600 [bcache]
>>> ? cpuusage_read+0x10/0x10
>>> ? bch_btree_gc+0x600/0x600 [bcache]
>>> bch_gc_thread+0x135/0x180 [bcache]
>>>
>>> The relevant code starts with:
>>>
>>> new_nodes[0] = NULL;
>>>
>>> for (i = 0; i < nodes; i++) {
>>> if (__bch_keylist_realloc(&keylist, bkey_u64s(&r[i].b->key)))
>>> goto out_nocoalesce;
>>> // ...
>>> out_nocoalesce:
>>> // ...
>>> for (i = 0; i < nodes; i++)
>>> if (!IS_ERR(new_nodes[i])) { // IS_ERR_OR_NULL before
>>> 028ddcac477b
>>> btree_node_free(new_nodes[i]); // new_nodes[0] is NULL
>>> rw_unlock(true, new_nodes[i]);
>>> }
>>>
>>> This patch replaces IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to fix this.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in
>>> node allocations")
>>> Link:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/3DF4A87A-2AC1-4893-AE5F-E921478419A9@xxxxxxx/
>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Markus Weippert <markus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Added into my for-next. Thanks for patching up.
>
> We should probably get this into the current release, rather than punt
> it to 6.8.

Yes, copied. So far I don’t have other bcache patches for 6.7, I feel I might be redundant if I send you another for -rc4 series with this single patch.

Could you please directly take it into -rc4?

Thanks.

Coly Li