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[1/2] maple_tree: Disable mas_wr_append() when other readers are possible

Message ID 20230817191505.1170876-1-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [1/2] maple_tree: Disable mas_wr_append() when other readers are possible | expand

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Liam R. Howlett Aug. 17, 2023, 7:15 p.m. UTC
The current implementation of append may cause duplicate data and/or
incorrect ranges to be returned to a reader during an update.  Although
this has not been reported or seen, disable the append write operation
while the tree is in rcu mode out of an abundance of caution.

During the analysis of the mas_next_slot() the following was
artificially created by separating the writer and reader code:

Writer:                                 reader:
mas_wr_append
    set end pivot
    updates end metata
    Detects write to last slot
    last slot write is to start of slot
    store current contents in slot
    overwrite old end pivot
                                        mas_next_slot():
                                                read end metadata
                                                read old end pivot
                                                return with incorrect range
    store new value

Alternatively:

Writer:                                 reader:
mas_wr_append
    set end pivot
    updates end metata
    Detects write to last slot
    last lost write to end of slot
    store value
                                        mas_next_slot():
                                                read end metadata
                                                read old end pivot
                                                read new end pivot
                                                return with incorrect range
    set old end pivot

There may be other accesses that are not safe since we are now updating
both metadata and pointers, so disabling append if there could be rcu
readers is the safest action.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
---
 lib/maple_tree.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Comments

Liam R. Howlett Aug. 17, 2023, 11:56 p.m. UTC | #1
I forgot the fixes tag, I will include that in v2.

* Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> [230817 15:15]:
> The current implementation of append may cause duplicate data and/or
> incorrect ranges to be returned to a reader during an update.  Although
> this has not been reported or seen, disable the append write operation
> while the tree is in rcu mode out of an abundance of caution.
> 
> During the analysis of the mas_next_slot() the following was
> artificially created by separating the writer and reader code:
> 
> Writer:                                 reader:
> mas_wr_append
>     set end pivot
>     updates end metata
>     Detects write to last slot
>     last slot write is to start of slot
>     store current contents in slot
>     overwrite old end pivot
>                                         mas_next_slot():
>                                                 read end metadata
>                                                 read old end pivot
>                                                 return with incorrect range
>     store new value
> 
> Alternatively:
> 
> Writer:                                 reader:
> mas_wr_append
>     set end pivot
>     updates end metata
>     Detects write to last slot
>     last lost write to end of slot
>     store value
>                                         mas_next_slot():
>                                                 read end metadata
>                                                 read old end pivot
>                                                 read new end pivot
>                                                 return with incorrect range
>     set old end pivot
> 
> There may be other accesses that are not safe since we are now updating
> both metadata and pointers, so disabling append if there could be rcu
> readers is the safest action.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
> ---
>  lib/maple_tree.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
> index ffb9d15bd815..05d5db255c39 100644
> --- a/lib/maple_tree.c
> +++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
> @@ -4107,6 +4107,10 @@ static inline unsigned char mas_wr_new_end(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
>   * mas_wr_append: Attempt to append
>   * @wr_mas: the maple write state
>   *
> + * This is currently unsafe in rcu mode since the end of the node may be cached
> + * by readers while the node contents may be updated which could result in
> + * inaccurate information.
> + *
>   * Return: True if appended, false otherwise
>   */
>  static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas,
> @@ -4116,6 +4120,9 @@ static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas,
>  	struct ma_state *mas = wr_mas->mas;
>  	unsigned char node_pivots = mt_pivots[wr_mas->type];
>  
> +	if (mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
> +		return false;
> +
>  	if (mas->offset != wr_mas->node_end)
>  		return false;
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>
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diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index ffb9d15bd815..05d5db255c39 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -4107,6 +4107,10 @@  static inline unsigned char mas_wr_new_end(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
  * mas_wr_append: Attempt to append
  * @wr_mas: the maple write state
  *
+ * This is currently unsafe in rcu mode since the end of the node may be cached
+ * by readers while the node contents may be updated which could result in
+ * inaccurate information.
+ *
  * Return: True if appended, false otherwise
  */
 static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas,
@@ -4116,6 +4120,9 @@  static inline bool mas_wr_append(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas,
 	struct ma_state *mas = wr_mas->mas;
 	unsigned char node_pivots = mt_pivots[wr_mas->type];
 
+	if (mt_in_rcu(mas->tree))
+		return false;
+
 	if (mas->offset != wr_mas->node_end)
 		return false;