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

From: Coly Li
Date: Fri Nov 24 2023 - 11:42:50 EST




> 2023年11月25日 00:35,Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> 写道:
>
> On 11/24/23 9:34 AM, Coly Li wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 2023?11?25? 00:31?Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> ???
>>>
>>> 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?
>
> Sure, I'll just grab it as-is.

Thanks for doing this.

Coly Li