Re: [PATCH] bfq: fix blkio cgroup leakage

[Dmitry Monakhov]

Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Ping. Do you have any objections against this patch?

> commit db37a34c563b ("block, bfq: get a ref to a group when adding it to a service tree")
> introduce leak forbfq_group and blkcg_gq objects because of get/put
> imbalance. See trace balow:
> -> blkg_alloc
>    -> bfq_pq_alloc
>      -> bfqg_get (+1)
> ->bfq_activate_bfqq
>   ->bfq_activate_requeue_entity
>     -> __bfq_activate_entity
>        ->bfq_get_entity
>          ->bfqg_and_blkg_get (+1)  <==== : Note1
> ->bfq_del_bfqq_busy
>   ->bfq_deactivate_entity+0x53/0xc0 [bfq]
>     ->__bfq_deactivate_entity+0x1b8/0x210 [bfq]
>       -> bfq_forget_entity(is_in_service = true)
> 	 entity->on_st_or_in_serv = false   <=== :Note2
> 	 if (is_in_service)
> 	     return;  ==> do not touch reference
> -> blkcg_css_offline
>  -> blkcg_destroy_blkgs
>   -> blkg_destroy
>    -> bfq_pd_offline
>     -> __bfq_deactivate_entity
>          if (!entity->on_st_or_in_serv) /* true, because (Note2)
> 		return false;
>  -> bfq_pd_free
>     -> bfqg_put() (-1, byt bfqg->ref == 2) because of (Note2)
> So bfq_group and blkcg_gq  will leak forever, see test-case below.
> If fact bfq_group objects reference counting are quite different
> from bfq_queue. bfq_groups object are referenced by blkcg_gq via
> blkg_policy_data pointer, so  neither nor blkg_get() neither bfqg_get
> required here.
>
>
> This patch drop commit db37a34c563b ("block, bfq: get a ref to a group when adding it to a service tree")
> and add corresponding comment.
>
> ##TESTCASE_BEGIN:
> #!/bin/bash
>
> max_iters=${1:-100}
> #prep cgroup mounts
> mount -t tmpfs cgroup_root /sys/fs/cgroup
> mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
> mount -t cgroup -o blkio none /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio
>
> # Prepare blkdev
> grep blkio /proc/cgroups
> truncate -s 1M img
> losetup /dev/loop0 img
> echo bfq > /sys/block/loop0/queue/scheduler
>
> grep blkio /proc/cgroups
> for ((i=0;i<max_iters;i++))
> do
>     mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/a
>     echo 0 > /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/a/cgroup.procs
>     dd if=/dev/loop0 bs=4k count=1 of=/dev/null iflag=direct 2> /dev/null
>     echo 0 > /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/cgroup.procs
>     rmdir /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/a
>     grep blkio /proc/cgroups
> done
> ##TESTCASE_END:
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  block/bfq-cgroup.c  |  2 +-
>  block/bfq-iosched.h |  1 -
>  block/bfq-wf2q.c    | 15 +++++----------
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> index 68882b9..b791e20 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c
> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void bfqg_put(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
>  		kfree(bfqg);
>  }
>  
> -void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
> +static void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg)
>  {
>  	/* see comments in bfq_bic_update_cgroup for why refcounting bfqg */
>  	bfqg_get(bfqg);
> diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
> index cd224aa..7038952 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
> +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
> @@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ struct bfq_group *bfq_find_set_group(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
>  struct blkcg_gq *bfqg_to_blkg(struct bfq_group *bfqg);
>  struct bfq_group *bfqq_group(struct bfq_queue *bfqq);
>  struct bfq_group *bfq_create_group_hierarchy(struct bfq_data *bfqd, int node);
> -void bfqg_and_blkg_get(struct bfq_group *bfqg);
>  void bfqg_and_blkg_put(struct bfq_group *bfqg);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
> diff --git a/block/bfq-wf2q.c b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> index 34ad095..6a363bb 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> @@ -529,13 +529,14 @@ static void bfq_get_entity(struct bfq_entity *entity)
>  {
>  	struct bfq_queue *bfqq = bfq_entity_to_bfqq(entity);
>  
> +	/* Grab reference only for bfq_queue's objects, bfq_group ones
> +	 * are owned by blkcg_gq
> +	 */
>  	if (bfqq) {
>  		bfqq->ref++;
>  		bfq_log_bfqq(bfqq->bfqd, bfqq, "get_entity: %p %d",
>  			     bfqq, bfqq->ref);
> -	} else
> -		bfqg_and_blkg_get(container_of(entity, struct bfq_group,
> -					       entity));
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -649,14 +650,8 @@ static void bfq_forget_entity(struct bfq_service_tree *st,
>  
>  	entity->on_st_or_in_serv = false;
>  	st->wsum -= entity->weight;
> -	if (is_in_service)
> -		return;
> -
> -	if (bfqq)
> +	if (bfqq && !is_in_service)
>  		bfq_put_queue(bfqq);
> -	else
> -		bfqg_and_blkg_put(container_of(entity, struct bfq_group,
> -					       entity));
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.7.4