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Qian Cai 35df4299a6 ext4: fix a data race in EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize
EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize could be accessed concurrently as noticed by
KCSAN,

 BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ext4_write_end [ext4] / ext4_writepages [ext4]

 write to 0xffff91c6713b00f8 of 8 bytes by task 49268 on cpu 127:
  ext4_write_end+0x4e3/0x750 [ext4]
  ext4_update_i_disksize at fs/ext4/ext4.h:3032
  (inlined by) ext4_update_inode_size at fs/ext4/ext4.h:3046
  (inlined by) ext4_write_end at fs/ext4/inode.c:1287
  generic_perform_write+0x208/0x2a0
  ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x11f/0x210 [ext4]
  ext4_file_write_iter+0xce/0x9e0 [ext4]
  new_sync_write+0x29c/0x3b0
  __vfs_write+0x92/0xa0
  vfs_write+0x103/0x260
  ksys_write+0x9d/0x130
  __x64_sys_write+0x4c/0x60
  do_syscall_64+0x91/0xb47
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

 read to 0xffff91c6713b00f8 of 8 bytes by task 24872 on cpu 37:
  ext4_writepages+0x10ac/0x1d00 [ext4]
  mpage_map_and_submit_extent at fs/ext4/inode.c:2468
  (inlined by) ext4_writepages at fs/ext4/inode.c:2772
  do_writepages+0x5e/0x130
  __writeback_single_inode+0xeb/0xb20
  writeback_sb_inodes+0x429/0x900
  __writeback_inodes_wb+0xc4/0x150
  wb_writeback+0x4bd/0x870
  wb_workfn+0x6b4/0x960
  process_one_work+0x54c/0xbe0
  worker_thread+0x80/0x650
  kthread+0x1e0/0x200
  ret_from_fork+0x27/0x50

 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
 CPU: 37 PID: 24872 Comm: kworker/u261:2 Tainted: G        W  O L 5.5.0-next-20200204+ #5
 Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10/ProLiant DL385 Gen10, BIOS A40 07/10/2019
 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)

Since only the read is operating as lockless (outside of the
"i_data_sem"), load tearing could introduce a logic bug. Fix it by
adding READ_ONCE() for the read and WRITE_ONCE() for the write.

Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1581085751-31793-1-git-send-email-cai@lca.pw
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
2020-02-19 23:17:02 -05:00
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