Re: [PATCH] ext4: avoid huge mmp update interval value

[Pavel Skripkin]

On 8/5/21 10:45 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 06:14:18PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > Syzbot reported task hung bug in ext4_fill_super(). The problem was in
> > too huge mmp update interval.
> >
> > Syzkaller reproducer setted s_mmp_update_interval to 39785 seconds. This
> > update interaval is unreasonable huge and it can cause tasks to hung on
> > kthread_stop() call, since it will wait until timeout timer expires.
>
> I must be missing something.  kthread_stop() should wake up the
> kmmpd() thread, which should see kthread_should_stop(), and then it
> should exit.  What is causing it to wait until the timeout timer
> expires?
>
> 					- Ted


Hi, Ted!

I guess, I've explained my idea badly, sorry :)

I mean, that there is a chance to hit this situation:

CPU0				CPU1
				kthread_should_stop()  <-- false
kthread_stop()
set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP)				
wake_up_process()
wait_for_completion()
				schedule_timeout_interruptible()

*waits until timer expires*


Since there wasn't any validation checks for mmp_update_interval, CPU0 
will wait for up to (1 << 16) seconds (s_mmp_update_interval it __le16).


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin