[PATCH] writeback: fix memory leak in wb_queue_work()

From: Tahsin Erdogan
Date: Fri Mar 10 2017 - 15:10:43 EST


When WB_registered flag is not set, wb_queue_work() skips queuing the
work, but does not perform the necessary clean up. In particular, if
work->auto_free is true, it should free the memory.

The leak condition can be reprouced by following these steps:

mount /dev/sdb /mnt/sdb
/* In qemu console: device_del sdb */
umount /dev/sdb

Above will result in a wb_queue_work() call on an unregistered wb and
thus leak memory.

Reported-by: John Sperbeck <jsperbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index ef600591d96f..63ee2940775c 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -173,19 +173,33 @@ static void wb_wakeup(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
spin_unlock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
}

+static void finish_writeback_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+{
+ struct wb_completion *done = work->done;
+
+ if (work->auto_free)
+ kfree(work);
+ if (done && atomic_dec_and_test(&done->cnt))
+ wake_up_all(&wb->bdi->wb_waitq);
+}
+
static void wb_queue_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
trace_writeback_queue(wb, work);

- spin_lock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
- if (!test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))
- goto out_unlock;
if (work->done)
atomic_inc(&work->done->cnt);
- list_add_tail(&work->list, &wb->work_list);
- mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
-out_unlock:
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
+
+ if (test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state)) {
+ list_add_tail(&work->list, &wb->work_list);
+ mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
+ } else
+ finish_writeback_work(wb, work);
+
spin_unlock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
}

@@ -1873,16 +1887,9 @@ static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)

set_bit(WB_writeback_running, &wb->state);
while ((work = get_next_work_item(wb)) != NULL) {
- struct wb_completion *done = work->done;
-
trace_writeback_exec(wb, work);
-
wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
-
- if (work->auto_free)
- kfree(work);
- if (done && atomic_dec_and_test(&done->cnt))
- wake_up_all(&wb->bdi->wb_waitq);
+ finish_writeback_work(wb, work);
}

/*
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