Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: print warning when invalid domain set to ioprio

From: Niklas Cassel
Date: Wed Jan 31 2024 - 08:08:20 EST


On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:52:51PM +0100, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 08:14:01PM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> > From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Since few caller check IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE's return value and bio_set_prio
> > is a open macro to set bio->ioprio directly.It is confused for the developer
> > who run across kernel panic[1] but can find nothing in previous kernel log.
> > Add a pr_err here to dump the information.
> >
> > [1]
> > Here is the kernel panic I run across which caused by a out of bounds check
> > introduced by CONFIG_FOTIFY_SOURCE.
> >
> > [exception_serialno]:
> > [exception_kernel_version]:
> > [exception_reboot_reason]: kernel_crash
> > [exception_panic_reason]: UBSAN: array index out of bounds: Fatal exception
> > [exception_time]: 1970-01-01_08-00-23
> > [exception_file_info]: not-bugon
> > [exception_task_id]: 409
> > [exception_task_family]: [f2fs_ckpt-254:4, 409][kthreadd, 2]
> > [exception_pc_symbol]: [<ffffffc080736974>] dd_request_merge+0x100/0x110
> > [exception_stack_info]: [<ffffffc07a27e274>] get_exception_stack_info+0x124/0x2d8 [sysdump]gc
> > [<ffffffc07a27e670>] prepare_exception_info+0x158/0x1d4 [sysdump]gc
> > [<ffffffc07a280128>] sysdump_panic_event+0x5d8/0x748 [sysdump]gc
> > [<ffffffc08016a508>] notifier_call_chain+0x98/0x17cgc
> > [<ffffffc08016a9b4>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x44/0x68gc
> > [<ffffffc0810f0eb4>] panic+0x194/0x37cgc
> > [<ffffffc0800a638c>] die+0x300/0x310gc
> > [<ffffffc0800a77e8>] ubsan_handler+0x34/0x4cgc
> > [<ffffffc0800960a8>] brk_handler+0x9c/0x11cgc
> > [<ffffffc0800bf998>] do_debug_exception+0xb0/0x140gc
> > [<ffffffc0810f8bf0>] el1_dbg+0x58/0x74gc
> > [<ffffffc0810f89f4>] el1h_64_sync_handler+0x3c/0x90gc
> > [<ffffffc080091298>] el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6cgc
> > [<ffffffc080736974>] dd_request_merge+0x100/0x110gc //out of bound
> > here caused by the value of class transferred from ioprio
> > [<ffffffc080707f28>] elv_merge+0x248/0x270gc
> > [<ffffffc0807146e8>] blk_mq_sched_try_merge+0x4c/0x20cgc
> > [<ffffffc080736824>] dd_bio_merge+0x64/0xb4gc
> > [<ffffffc080723e3c>] blk_mq_sched_bio_merge+0x68/0x144gc
> > [<ffffffc08071b944>] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x2e8/0x6c0gc
> > [<ffffffc08070dd3c>] __submit_bio+0xbc/0x1b0gc
> > [<ffffffc08070c440>] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0xe4/0x2f0gc
> > [<ffffffc08070c8e4>] submit_bio_noacct+0x298/0x3d8gc
> > [<ffffffc08070caf8>] submit_bio+0xd4/0xf0gc
> > [<ffffffc080642644>] f2fs_submit_write_bio+0xcc/0x49cgc
> > [<ffffffc0806442d4>] __submit_merged_bio+0x48/0x13cgc
> > [<ffffffc080641de4>] __submit_merged_write_cond+0x18c/0x1f8gc
> > [<ffffffc080641c4c>] f2fs_submit_merged_write+0x2c/0x38
> > [<ffffffc080655724>] f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x6e0/0x740gc
> > [<ffffffc08063946c>] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x4c0/0x97cgc
> > [<ffffffc08063b37c>] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs+0x88/0x248gc
> > [<ffffffc08063ad70>] issue_checkpoint_thread+0x94/0xf4gc
> > [<ffffffc080167c20>] kthread+0x110/0x1b8gc
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h | 5 ++++-
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h b/include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h
> > index bee2bdb0eedb..73c420a0df72 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ioprio.h
> > @@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ static __always_inline __u16 ioprio_value(int prioclass, int priolevel,
> > {
> > if (IOPRIO_BAD_VALUE(prioclass, IOPRIO_NR_CLASSES) ||
> > IOPRIO_BAD_VALUE(priolevel, IOPRIO_NR_LEVELS) ||
> > - IOPRIO_BAD_VALUE(priohint, IOPRIO_NR_HINTS))
> > + IOPRIO_BAD_VALUE(priohint, IOPRIO_NR_HINTS)) {
> > + pr_err("%s: get a invalid domain in class %d, level %d, hint %d\n",
> > + __func__, prioclass, priolevel, priohint);
> > return IOPRIO_CLASS_INVALID << IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT;
> > + }
> >
> > return (prioclass << IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT) |
> > (priohint << IOPRIO_HINT_SHIFT) | priolevel;
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>
> Adding linux-block to CC.
>
> pr_err() is a kernel function for printing.
> ioprio_value() is a function in a uapi header, so this function will be
> used by user space programs.
>
> There is a reason:
> $ git grep pr_err include/uapi/
>
> Gives no results.
>
>
>
> I think you should fix mq-deadline instead.
> It looks like the problem comes from:
> ioprio_value() will set class to IOPRIO_CLASS_INVALID (value 7),
> if the user specified an class/level/hint that was invalid.
>
> ioprio_class_to_prio[] array in mq-deadline.c does currently not have an
> entry in to translate IOPRIO_CLASS_INVALID (7) to a valid DD_*_PRIO value.
>
> Although, why does this I/O even reach the scheduler, shouldn't this I/O
> get rejected even earlier?
>
> Both io_uring and libaio will call ioprio_check_cap(), which should fail
> the I/O before it reaches the I/O scheduler, but in your case, you are
> submitting the I/O from the filesystem.
>
> Should we perhaps add a call to ioprio_check_cap() or similar in some
> path used to submit I/O by filesystems?

On second thought, how can the FS have a ioprio class stored that would
have been rejected at I/O submission time by the user?

This sound like either a bug in the FS or by some of your local changes
that you did for your other patch (ioprio based on activity).


Kind regards,
Niklas