Re: [PATCH v2] loop: drop caches if offset or block_size are changed

[Jens Axboe]

On 12/17/18 12:42 PM, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> If we don't drop caches used in old offset or block_size, we can get old data
> from new offset/block_size, which gives unexpected data to user.
> 
> For example, Martijn found a loopback bug in the below scenario.
> 1) LOOP_SET_FD loads first two pages on loop file
> 2) LOOP_SET_STATUS64 changes the offset on the loop file
> 3) mount is failed due to the cached pages having wrong superblock
> 
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v1 to v2:
>  - cover block_size change
> 
>  drivers/block/loop.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index cb0cc8685076..382557c81674 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -1154,6 +1154,12 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
>  
>  	if (lo->lo_offset != info->lo_offset ||
>  	    lo->lo_sizelimit != info->lo_sizelimit) {
> +		struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
> +
> +		/* drop stale caches used in old offset */
> +		sync_blockdev(bdev);
> +		kill_bdev(bdev);
> +
>  		if (figure_loop_size(lo, info->lo_offset, info->lo_sizelimit)) {
>  			err = -EFBIG;
>  			goto exit;
> @@ -1388,6 +1394,15 @@ static int loop_set_block_size(struct loop_device *lo, unsigned long arg)
>  	blk_queue_io_min(lo->lo_queue, arg);
>  	loop_update_dio(lo);
>  
> +	/* Don't change the size if it is same as current */
> +	if (lo->lo_queue->limits.logical_block_size != arg) {
> +		struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
> +
> +		/* drop stale caches likewise set_blocksize */
> +		sync_blockdev(bdev);
> +		kill_bdev(bdev);
> +	}
> +
>  	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
>  
>  	return 0;

Looks fine to me, my only worry would be verifying that we're fine calling
sync/kill from those contexts. The queue is frozen at this point, what
happens if we do need to flush out dirty data?

-- 
Jens Axboe