[PATCH -next v6 4/5] md/bitmap: factor out a helper to set timeout

[Yu Kuai]

From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Register/unregister 'mddev->thread' are both under 'reconfig_mutex',
however, some context didn't hold the mutex to access mddev->thread,
which can cause null-ptr-deference:

1) md_bitmap_daemon_work() can be called from md_check_recovery() where
'reconfig_mutex' is not held, deference 'mddev->thread' might cause
null-ptr-deference, because md_unregister_thread() reset the pointer
before stopping the thread.

2) timeout_store() access 'mddev->thread' multiple times,
null-ptr-deference can be triggered if 'mddev->thread' is reset in the
middle.

This patch factor out a helper to set timeout, the new helper always
check if 'mddev->thread' is null first, so that problem 1 can be fixed.

Now that this helper only access 'mddev->thread' once, but it's possible
that 'mddev->thread' is freed while this helper is still in progress,
hence the problem is not fixed yet. Follow up patches will fix this by
protecting md_thread with rcu.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/md/md-bitmap.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index 014e5c8a4fe0..29fd41ef55a6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -1218,11 +1218,22 @@ static bitmap_counter_t *md_bitmap_get_counter(struct bitmap_counts *bitmap,
 					       sector_t offset, sector_t *blocks,
 					       int create);
 
+static void mddev_set_timeout(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long timeout,
+			      bool force)
+{
+	struct md_thread *thread = mddev->thread;
+
+	if (!thread)
+		return;
+
+	if (force || thread->timeout < MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
+		thread->timeout = timeout;
+}
+
 /*
  * bitmap daemon -- periodically wakes up to clean bits and flush pages
  *			out to disk
  */
-
 void md_bitmap_daemon_work(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	struct bitmap *bitmap;
@@ -1246,7 +1257,7 @@ void md_bitmap_daemon_work(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	bitmap->daemon_lastrun = jiffies;
 	if (bitmap->allclean) {
-		mddev->thread->timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+		mddev_set_timeout(mddev, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, true);
 		goto done;
 	}
 	bitmap->allclean = 1;
@@ -1343,8 +1354,7 @@ void md_bitmap_daemon_work(struct mddev *mddev)
 
  done:
 	if (bitmap->allclean == 0)
-		mddev->thread->timeout =
-			mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep;
+		mddev_set_timeout(mddev, mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep, true);
 	mutex_unlock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex);
 }
 
@@ -1797,8 +1807,7 @@ void md_bitmap_destroy(struct mddev *mddev)
 	mddev->bitmap = NULL; /* disconnect from the md device */
 	spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex);
-	if (mddev->thread)
-		mddev->thread->timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+	mddev_set_timeout(mddev, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, true);
 
 	md_bitmap_free(bitmap);
 }
@@ -1941,7 +1950,7 @@ int md_bitmap_load(struct mddev *mddev)
 	/* Kick recovery in case any bits were set */
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &bitmap->mddev->recovery);
 
-	mddev->thread->timeout = mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep;
+	mddev_set_timeout(mddev, mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep, true);
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 
 	md_bitmap_update_sb(bitmap);
@@ -2446,17 +2455,11 @@ timeout_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT-1;
 	if (timeout < 1)
 		timeout = 1;
-	mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep = timeout;
-	if (mddev->thread) {
-		/* if thread->timeout is MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, then
-		 * the bitmap is all clean and we don't need to
-		 * adjust the timeout right now
-		 */
-		if (mddev->thread->timeout < MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
-			mddev->thread->timeout = timeout;
-	}
 
+	mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep = timeout;
+	mddev_set_timeout(mddev, timeout, false);
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+
 	return len;
 }
 
-- 
2.39.2