[PATCH] nilfs2: fix potential bug in end_buffer_async_write

[Ryusuke Konishi]

According to a syzbot report, end_buffer_async_write(), which handles
the completion of block device writes, may detect abnormal condition
of the buffer async_write flag and cause a BUG_ON failure when using
nilfs2.

Nilfs2 itself does not use end_buffer_async_write().
But, the async_write flag is now used as a marker by
commit 7f42ec394156 ("nilfs2: fix issue with race condition of
competition between segments for dirty blocks") as a means of
resolving double list insertion of dirty blocks in
nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() and nilfs_lookup_node_buffers()
and the resulting crash.

This modification is safe as long as it is used for file data and
b-tree node blocks where the page caches are independent.  However,
it was irrelevant and redundant to also introduce async_write for
segment summary and super root blocks that share buffers with the
backing device.  This led to the possibility that the BUG_ON check
in end_buffer_async_write would fail as described above, if
independent writebacks of the backing device occurred in parallel.

The use of async_write for segment summary buffers has already been
removed in a previous change.

Fix this issue by removing the manipulation of the async_write flag
for the remaining super root block buffer.

Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+5c04210f7c7f897c1e7f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/00000000000019a97c05fd42f8c8@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 7f42ec394156 ("nilfs2: fix issue with race condition of competition between segments for dirty blocks")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Andrew, please apply this as a bugfix.

This fixes a kernel bug issue reported by syzbot.  This may conflict
with the merged folio conversion series when backporting it to stable
trees.  I would like to send a separate request to the stable team
in that case.

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi

 fs/nilfs2/segment.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 2590a0860eab..2bfb08052d39 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,6 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 
 		list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_payload_buffers,
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
-			set_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
 				if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) {
 					folio_lock(bd_folio);
@@ -1714,6 +1713,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_prepare_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 				}
 				break;
 			}
+			set_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh->b_folio != fs_folio) {
 				nilfs_begin_folio_io(fs_folio);
 				fs_folio = bh->b_folio;
@@ -1800,7 +1800,6 @@ static void nilfs_abort_logs(struct list_head *logs, int err)
 
 		list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_payload_buffers,
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
-			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
 				clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) {
@@ -1809,6 +1808,7 @@ static void nilfs_abort_logs(struct list_head *logs, int err)
 				}
 				break;
 			}
+			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
 			if (bh->b_folio != fs_folio) {
 				nilfs_end_folio_io(fs_folio, err);
 				fs_folio = bh->b_folio;
@@ -1896,8 +1896,9 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 				 BIT(BH_Delay) | BIT(BH_NILFS_Volatile) |
 				 BIT(BH_NILFS_Redirected));
 
-			set_mask_bits(&bh->b_state, clear_bits, set_bits);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {
+				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+				clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 				if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) {
 					folio_end_writeback(bd_folio);
 					bd_folio = bh->b_folio;
@@ -1905,6 +1906,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 				update_sr = true;
 				break;
 			}
+			set_mask_bits(&bh->b_state, clear_bits, set_bits);
 			if (bh->b_folio != fs_folio) {
 				nilfs_end_folio_io(fs_folio, 0);
 				fs_folio = bh->b_folio;
-- 
2.34.1