[PATCH 5.3 173/197] dm cache: fix bugs when a GFP_NOWAIT allocation fails

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Oct 27 2019 - 17:25:12 EST


From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 13bd677a472d534bf100bab2713efc3f9e3f5978 upstream.

GFP_NOWAIT allocation can fail anytime - it doesn't wait for memory being
available and it fails if the mempool is exhausted and there is not enough
memory.

If we go down this path:
map_bio -> mg_start -> alloc_migration -> mempool_alloc(GFP_NOWAIT)
we can see that map_bio() doesn't check the return value of mg_start(),
and the bio is leaked.

If we go down this path:
map_bio -> mg_start -> mg_lock_writes -> alloc_prison_cell ->
dm_bio_prison_alloc_cell_v2 -> mempool_alloc(GFP_NOWAIT) ->
mg_lock_writes -> mg_complete
the bio is ended with an error - it is unacceptable because it could
cause filesystem corruption if the machine ran out of memory
temporarily.

Change GFP_NOWAIT to GFP_NOIO, so that the mempool code will properly
wait until memory becomes available. mempool_alloc with GFP_NOIO can't
fail, so remove the code paths that deal with allocation failure.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 28 ++--------------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static void wake_migration_worker(struct

static struct dm_bio_prison_cell_v2 *alloc_prison_cell(struct cache *cache)
{
- return dm_bio_prison_alloc_cell_v2(cache->prison, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ return dm_bio_prison_alloc_cell_v2(cache->prison, GFP_NOIO);
}

static void free_prison_cell(struct cache *cache, struct dm_bio_prison_cell_v2 *cell)
@@ -554,9 +554,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_migration *alloc_
{
struct dm_cache_migration *mg;

- mg = mempool_alloc(&cache->migration_pool, GFP_NOWAIT);
- if (!mg)
- return NULL;
+ mg = mempool_alloc(&cache->migration_pool, GFP_NOIO);

memset(mg, 0, sizeof(*mg));

@@ -664,10 +662,6 @@ static bool bio_detain_shared(struct cac
struct dm_bio_prison_cell_v2 *cell_prealloc, *cell;

cell_prealloc = alloc_prison_cell(cache); /* FIXME: allow wait if calling from worker */
- if (!cell_prealloc) {
- defer_bio(cache, bio);
- return false;
- }

build_key(oblock, end, &key);
r = dm_cell_get_v2(cache->prison, &key, lock_level(bio), bio, cell_prealloc, &cell);
@@ -1493,11 +1487,6 @@ static int mg_lock_writes(struct dm_cach
struct dm_bio_prison_cell_v2 *prealloc;

prealloc = alloc_prison_cell(cache);
- if (!prealloc) {
- DMERR_LIMIT("%s: alloc_prison_cell failed", cache_device_name(cache));
- mg_complete(mg, false);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }

/*
* Prevent writes to the block, but allow reads to continue.
@@ -1535,11 +1524,6 @@ static int mg_start(struct cache *cache,
}

mg = alloc_migration(cache);
- if (!mg) {
- policy_complete_background_work(cache->policy, op, false);
- background_work_end(cache);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }

mg->op = op;
mg->overwrite_bio = bio;
@@ -1628,10 +1612,6 @@ static int invalidate_lock(struct dm_cac
struct dm_bio_prison_cell_v2 *prealloc;

prealloc = alloc_prison_cell(cache);
- if (!prealloc) {
- invalidate_complete(mg, false);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }

build_key(mg->invalidate_oblock, oblock_succ(mg->invalidate_oblock), &key);
r = dm_cell_lock_v2(cache->prison, &key,
@@ -1669,10 +1649,6 @@ static int invalidate_start(struct cache
return -EPERM;

mg = alloc_migration(cache);
- if (!mg) {
- background_work_end(cache);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }

mg->overwrite_bio = bio;
mg->invalidate_cblock = cblock;