Re: bcache: kernel NULL pointer dereference since 6.1.39

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 23.11.23 14:53, Stefan Förster wrote:
> 
> starting with kernel 6.1.39, we see the following error message with
> heavy I/O loads. We needed to revert

Thx for the report. I assume that problem still occurs with the latest
6.1.y kernel?

> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v6.1.39&id=68118c339c6e1e16ae017bef160dbe28a27ae9c8

FWIW, that is mainline commit 028ddcac477b69 ("bcache: Remove
unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") [v6.5-rc1].

Did a quick check and noticed a fix for that change was recently
mainlined as f72f4312d43883 ("bcache: replace a mistaken IS_ERR() by
IS_ERR_OR_NULL() in btree_gc_coalesce()") [v6.7-rc2-post]:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231118163852.9692-1-colyli@xxxxxxx/

It is expected to soon be interegrated into a 6.1.y kernel.

But maybe it's something else. I CCed the involved people, they might know.

Ciao, Thorsten

> to make sure the systems don't suddenly get stuck.
> 
> 1. Kernel 6.6.2-arch1-1 on Dell Latitude:
> 
> [16816.214942] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
> 0000000000000080
> [16816.214948] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> [16816.214951] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> [16816.214953] PGD 0 P4D 0 [16816.214956] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
> [16816.214960] CPU: 7 PID: 83416 Comm: bcache_gc Tainted: P          
> OE      6.6.2-arch1-1 #1 11215f9ba7ddfb51644674a5b2ced71612c62fe9
> [16816.214964] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Latitude 5431/06F77M, BIOS
> 1.17.0 09/21/2023
> [16816.214965] RIP: 0010:btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
> [16816.214999] Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
> 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 53 48 89 fb 0f 1f 44 00
> 00 <48> 8b 83 80 00 00 00 48 8d ab 90 00 00 00 48 39 98 60 c3 00 00 75
> [16816.215001] RSP: 0018:ffffc90021777af8 EFLAGS: 00010207
> [16816.215004] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
> ffff888515ce0670
> [16816.215006] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888515ce0680 RDI:
> 0000000000000000
> [16816.215007] RBP: ffffc90021777bf0 R08: ffff88819476d9e0 R09:
> 00000000013ffde8
> [16816.215009] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc9000061b000 R12:
> ffffc90021777e40
> [16816.215010] R13: ffffc90021777bf0 R14: ffffc90021777bd8 R15:
> ffff88819476c000
> [16816.215011] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88886fdc0000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [16816.215013] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [16816.215015] CR2: 0000000000000080 CR3: 0000000294a20000 CR4:
> 0000000000f50ee0
> [16816.215017] PKRU: 55555554
> [16816.215018] Call Trace:
> [16816.215021]  <TASK>
> [16816.215024]  ? __die+0x23/0x70
> [16816.215030]  ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
> [16816.215035]  ? __pfx_bch_ptr_bad+0x10/0x10 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215059]  ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
> [16816.215065]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
> [16816.215070]  ? btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215095]  ? btree_node_free+0xa3/0x160 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215118]  btree_gc_coalesce+0x2a7/0x890 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215144]  ? bch_extent_bad+0x81/0x190 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215172]  btree_gc_recurse+0x130/0x390 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215197]  ? btree_gc_mark_node+0x72/0x240 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215221]  bch_btree_gc+0x4b6/0x620 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215246]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
> [16816.215250]  ? __pfx_bch_gc_thread+0x10/0x10 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215272]  bch_gc_thread+0x139/0x190 [bcache
> 33eebe64448bb81d5f2a10179a48eb0a5bdb25a6]
> [16816.215295]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
> [16816.215298]  kthread+0xe5/0x120
> [16816.215302]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [16816.215306]  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
> [16816.215309]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [16816.215312]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
> [16816.215318]  </TASK>
> [16816.215319] Modules linked in: bcache tun ccm rfcomm snd_seq_dummy
> snd_hrtimer snd_seq nvidia(POE) typec_displayport cmac algif_hash
> algif_skcipher af_alg bnep hid_sensor_custom hid_sensor_hub
> intel_ishtp_hid snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
> snd_sof_intel_hda_common soundwire_intel snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink
> soundwire_cadence snd_sof_intel_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp
> snd_sof snd_sof_utils intel_uncore_frequency
> intel_uncore_frequency_common snd_ctl_led snd_soc_hdac_hda r8153_ecm
> snd_hda_ext_core iwlmvm cdc_ether snd_soc_acpi_intel_match usbnet
> snd_soc_acpi soundwire_generic_allocation soundwire_bus snd_soc_core
> x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_compress snd_hda_codec_realtek intel_powerclamp
> ac97_bus snd_hda_codec_generic dell_rbtn coretemp btusb
> snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_usb_audio mac80211 btrtl snd_hda_intel kvm_intel
> btintel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_usbmidi_lib btbcm
> dell_laptop snd_ump btmtk libarc4 snd_hda_codec uvcvideo kvm snd_rawmidi
> bluetooth snd_hda_core videobuf2_vmalloc hid_multitouch iwlwifi
> [16816.215367]  dell_wmi snd_hwdep iTCO_wdt snd_seq_device uvc
> nls_iso8859_1 videobuf2_memops dell_smbios intel_pmc_bxt mei_hdcp
> mei_pxp spi_nor snd_pcm processor_thermal_device_pci r8152
> videobuf2_v4l2 dell_wmi_sysman irqbypass intel_rapl_msr dcdbas vfat
> iTCO_vendor_support fat rapl intel_cstate intel_uncore psmouse pcspkr
> dell_wmi_ddv firmware_attributes_class ledtrig_audio videobuf2_common
> ucsi_acpi dell_wmi_descriptor processor_thermal_device mousedev
> ecdh_generic snd_timer mii joydev mtd wmi_bmof e1000e cfg80211
> processor_thermal_rfim mei_me intel_lpss_pci i2c_i801 snd
> processor_thermal_mbox typec_ucsi intel_ish_ipc intel_lpss mei soundcore
> i2c_smbus processor_thermal_rapl rfkill thunderbolt typec idma64
> intel_ishtp roles intel_rapl_common igen6_edac i2c_hid_acpi
> int3403_thermal i2c_hid int340x_thermal_zone intel_hid int3400_thermal
> acpi_thermal_rel sparse_keymap acpi_tad acpi_pad mac_hid vboxnetflt(OE)
> vboxnetadp(OE) vboxdrv(OE) v4l2loopback(OE) videodev mc i2c_dev
> crypto_user fuse loop ip_tables x_tables ext4
> [16816.215420]  crc32c_generic crc16 mbcache jbd2 dm_crypt cbc
> encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee usbhid i915 dm_mod
> crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel polyval_clmulni i2c_algo_bit
> polyval_generic serio_raw rtsx_pci_sdmmc drm_buddy gf128mul atkbd
> ghash_clmulni_intel ttm mmc_core sha512_ssse3 libps2 vivaldi_fmap
> intel_gtt aesni_intel nvme crypto_simd drm_display_helper video
> nvme_core cryptd spi_intel_pci rtsx_pci spi_intel i8042 xhci_pci cec
> nvme_common xhci_pci_renesas serio wmi
> [16816.215451] CR2: 0000000000000080
> [16816.215453] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> [16816.215455] RIP: 0010:btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
> [16816.215478] Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
> 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 53 48 89 fb 0f 1f 44 00
> 00 <48> 8b 83 80 00 00 00 48 8d ab 90 00 00 00 48 39 98 60 c3 00 00 75
> [16816.215480] RSP: 0018:ffffc90021777af8 EFLAGS: 00010207
> [16816.215481] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
> ffff888515ce0670
> [16816.215483] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888515ce0680 RDI:
> 0000000000000000
> [16816.215484] RBP: ffffc90021777bf0 R08: ffff88819476d9e0 R09:
> 00000000013ffde8
> [16816.215486] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc9000061b000 R12:
> ffffc90021777e40
> [16816.215487] R13: ffffc90021777bf0 R14: ffffc90021777bd8 R15:
> ffff88819476c000
> [16816.215488] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88886fdc0000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [16816.215490] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [16816.215492] CR2: 0000000000000080 CR3: 0000000294a20000 CR4:
> 0000000000f50ee0
> [16816.215493] PKRU: 55555554
> [16816.215494] note: bcache_gc[83416] exited with irqs disabled
> 
> 2. Kernel 6.1.55 (Debian 6.1.0-13) on HPE Gen11:
> 
> [60654.670443] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:
> 0000000000000080
> [60654.677474] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> [60654.682651] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> [60654.687825] PGD 0 [60654.689852] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
> [60654.694240] CPU: 16 PID: 146330 Comm: bcache_gc Tainted: G       
> W          6.1.0-13-amd64 #1  Debian 6.1.55-1
> [60654.704399] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11/ProLiant DL380
> Gen11, BIOS 1.48 10/19/2023
> [60654.713071] RIP: 0010:btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
> [60654.718437] Code: ff 48 89 d8 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66
> 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 53 48 89 fb 0f 1f 44 00
> 00 <48> 8b 83 80 00 00 00 48 39 98 70 c3 00 00 0f 84 34 01 00 00 48 8d
> [60654.737342] RSP: 0018:ff77daed34cc3b18 EFLAGS: 00010207
> [60654.742604] RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
> 0000000000000000
> [60654.749790] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ff2971b8de800690 RDI:
> 0000000000000000
> [60654.756975] RBP: ff77daed34cc3c10 R08: ff2971d852dc65e0 R09:
> ff2971b8de800000
> [60654.764536] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ff77daed34a4d000 R12:
> ff77daed34cc3e60
> [60654.771987] R13: ff77daed34cc3c10 R14: ff77daed34cc3c00 R15:
> ff2971d851096400
> [60654.779410] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2971f7bf400000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [60654.787784] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [60654.793794] CR2: 0000000000000080 CR3: 0000000150610002 CR4:
> 0000000000771ee0
> [60654.801203] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
> 0000000000000000
> [60654.808609] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7:
> 0000000000000400
> [60654.816009] PKRU: 55555554
> [60654.818949] Call Trace:
> [60654.821623]  <TASK>
> [60654.823950]  ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f
> [60654.828110]  ? page_fault_oops+0xd2/0x2b0
> [60654.832352]  ? exc_page_fault+0x70/0x170
> [60654.836505]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
> [60654.840922]  ? btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
> [60654.845863]  ? up_write+0x32/0x60
> [60654.849396]  btree_gc_coalesce+0x2aa/0x890 [bcache]
> [60654.854512]  ? bch_extent_bad+0x70/0x170 [bcache]
> [60654.859452]  btree_gc_recurse+0x130/0x390 [bcache]
> [60654.864475]  ? btree_gc_mark_node+0x72/0x230 [bcache]
> [60654.869758]  bch_btree_gc+0x5da/0x600 [bcache]
> [60654.874428]  ? cpuusage_read+0x10/0x10
> [60654.878390]  ? bch_btree_gc+0x600/0x600 [bcache]
> [60654.883232]  bch_gc_thread+0x135/0x180 [bcache]
> [60654.887986]  ? cpuusage_read+0x10/0x10
> [60654.891944]  kthread+0xe6/0x110
> [60654.895290]  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
> [60654.900296]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
> [60654.904079]  </TASK>
> [60654.906455] Modules linked in: bonding tls cfg80211 rfkill
> intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency
> intel_uncore_frequency_common i10nm_edac nfit binfmt_misc libnvdimm
> x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 coretemp
> xt_comment nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink nls_ascii nls_cp437 kvm_intel
> vfat ipmi_ssif fat kvm irqbypass ghash_clmulni_intel sha512_ssse3
> sha512_generic aesni_intel crypto_simd cryptd mgag200 drm_shmem_helper
> pmt_telemetry pmt_crashlog rapl intel_cstate acpi_ipmi evdev intel_sdsi
> pmt_class idxd hpwdt mei_me isst_if_mbox_pci isst_if_mmio drm_kms_helper
> intel_uncore pcspkr isst_if_common mei watchdog hpilo i2c_algo_bit
> ipmi_si idxd_bus acpi_tad intel_vsec sg acpi_power_meter button
> ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler loop fuse efi_pstore drm configfs efivarfs
> ip_tables x_tables autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 btrfs blake2b_generic
> xor raid6_pq zstd_compress libcrc32c crc32c_generic ses enclosure bcache
> sd_mod scsi_transport_sas dm_mod nvme
> [60654.906508]  nvme_core xhci_pci t10_pi megaraid_sas ehci_pci xhci_hcd
> ehci_hcd crc64_rocksoft crc64 tg3 crc_t10dif scsi_mod usbcore
> crct10dif_generic crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel crct10dif_pclmul libphy
> scsi_common usb_common crct10dif_common wmi
> [60655.017712] CR2: 0000000000000080
> [60655.021262] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> [60655.173744] RIP: 0010:btree_node_free+0xf/0x160 [bcache]
> [60655.179337] Code: ff 48 89 d8 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66
> 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 53 48 89 fb 0f 1f 44 00
> 00 <48> 8b 83 80 00 00 00 48 39 98 70 c3 00 00 0f 84 34 01 00 00 48 8d
> [60655.198649] RSP: 0018:ff77daed34cc3b18 EFLAGS: 00010207
> [60655.204121] RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
> 0000000000000000
> [60655.211515] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ff2971b8de800690 RDI:
> 0000000000000000
> [60655.218908] RBP: ff77daed34cc3c10 R08: ff2971d852dc65e0 R09:
> ff2971b8de800000
> [60655.226302] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ff77daed34a4d000 R12:
> ff77daed34cc3e60
> [60655.233696] R13: ff77daed34cc3c10 R14: ff77daed34cc3c00 R15:
> ff2971d851096400
> [60655.241086] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2971f7bf400000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [60655.249438] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [60655.255432] CR2: 0000000000000080 CR3: 0000000150610002 CR4:
> 0000000000771ee0
> [60655.262825] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
> 0000000000000000
> [60655.270218] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7:
> 0000000000000400
> [60655.277607] PKRU: 55555554
> [60655.280543] note: bcache_gc[146330] exited with irqs disabled
> 
> Reproducer for us:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=loop0 bs=1M count=1024
> dd if=/dev/zero of=loop1 bs=1M count=10240
> losetup loop0 loop0
> losetup loop1 loop1
> make-bcache -C /dev/loop0 -B /dev/loop1 --writeback
> mkfs.ext4 /dev/bcache0
> mount /dev/bcache0 /mnt
> 
> Then run fio with:
> 
> [global]
> bs=4k
> ioengine=libaio
> iodepth=4
> size=8g
> direct=1
> runtime=60
> directory=/mnt
> filename=ssd.test.file
> 
> [seq-write]
> rw=write
> stonewall
> 
> [rand-write]
> rw=randwrite
> stonewall
> 
> [seq-read]
> rw=read
> stonewall
> 
> [rand-read]
> rw=randread
> stonewall
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Stefan