Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen/blkfront: Add BUG_ON to deal with misbehaving backends.

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 11.06.12 at 20:52, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 17:34:51 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] xen/blkfront: Add WARN to deal with misbehaving backends.
> 
> Part of the ring structure is the 'id' field which is under
> control of the frontend. The frontend stamps it with "some"
> value (this some in this implementation being a value less
> than BLK_RING_SIZE), and when it gets a response expects
> said value to be in the response structure. We have a check
> for the id field when spolling new requests but not when
> de-spolling responses.
> 
> We also add an extra check in add_id_to_freelist to make
> sure that the 'struct request' was not NULL - as we cannot
> pass a NULL to __blk_end_request_all, otherwise that crashes
> (and all the operations that the response is dealing with
> end up with __blk_end_request_all).
> 
> Lastly we also print the name of the operation that failed.
> 
> [v1: s/BUG/WARN/ suggested by Stefano]
> [v2: Add extra check in add_id_to_freelist]
> [v3: Redid op_name per Jan's suggestion]
> [v4: add const * and add WARN on failure returns]
> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |   58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> index 60eed4b..e4fb337 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> @@ -141,14 +141,36 @@ static int get_id_from_freelist(struct blkfront_info 
> *info)
>       return free;
>  }
>  
> -static void add_id_to_freelist(struct blkfront_info *info,
> +static int add_id_to_freelist(struct blkfront_info *info,
>                              unsigned long id)
>  {
> +     if (info->shadow[id].req.u.rw.id != id)
> +             return -EINVAL;
> +     if (info->shadow[id].request == NULL)
> +             return -EINVAL;
>       info->shadow[id].req.u.rw.id  = info->shadow_free;
>       info->shadow[id].request = NULL;
>       info->shadow_free = id;
> +     return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static const char *op_name(int op)
> +{
> +     static const char *const names[] = {
> +             [BLKIF_OP_READ] = "read",
> +             [BLKIF_OP_WRITE] = "write",
> +             [BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER] = "barrier",
> +             [BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE] = "flush",
> +             [BLKIF_OP_DISCARD] = "discard" };
> +
> +     if (op < 0 || op >= ARRAY_SIZE(names))
> +             return "unknown";
> +
> +     if (!names[op])
> +             return "reserved";
> +
> +     return names[op];
> +}
>  static int xlbd_reserve_minors(unsigned int minor, unsigned int nr)
>  {
>       unsigned int end = minor + nr;
> @@ -746,20 +768,36 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void 
> *dev_id)
>  
>               bret = RING_GET_RESPONSE(&info->ring, i);
>               id   = bret->id;
> +             /*
> +              * The backend has messed up and given us an id that we would
> +              * never have given to it (we stamp it up to BLK_RING_SIZE -
> +              * look in get_id_from_freelist.
> +              */
> +             if (id >= BLK_RING_SIZE) {
> +                     WARN(1, "%s: response to %s has incorrect id (%ld)\n",
> +                          info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret->operation), id);
> +                     /* We can't safely get the 'struct request' as
> +                      * the id is busted. */
> +                     continue;
> +             }
>               req  = info->shadow[id].request;
>  
>               if (bret->operation != BLKIF_OP_DISCARD)
>                       blkif_completion(&info->shadow[id]);
>  
> -             add_id_to_freelist(info, id);
> +             if (add_id_to_freelist(info, id)) {
> +                     WARN(1, "%s: response to %s (id %ld) couldn't be 
> recycled!\n",
> +                          info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret->operation), id);
> +                     continue;
> +             }
>  
>               error = (bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_OKAY) ? 0 : -EIO;
>               switch (bret->operation) {
>               case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
>                       if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
>                               struct request_queue *rq = info->rq;
> -                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: discard op 
> failed\n",
> -                                        info->gd->disk_name);
> +                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: %s op 
> failed\n",
> +                                        info->gd->disk_name, 
> op_name(bret->operation));
>                               error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>                               info->feature_discard = 0;
>                               info->feature_secdiscard = 0;
> @@ -771,18 +809,14 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void 
> *dev_id)
>               case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
>               case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
>                       if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
> -                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: write %s op 
> failed\n",
> -                                    info->flush_op == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER 
> ?
> -                                    "barrier" :  "flush disk cache",
> -                                    info->gd->disk_name);
> +                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: %s op 
> failed\n",
> +                                    info->gd->disk_name, 
> op_name(bret->operation));
>                               error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>                       }
>                       if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_ERROR &&
>                                    info->shadow[id].req.u.rw.nr_segments == 
> 0)) {
> -                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: empty write 
> %s op failed\n",
> -                                    info->flush_op == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER 
> ?
> -                                    "barrier" :  "flush disk cache",
> -                                    info->gd->disk_name);
> +                             printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: empty %s op 
> failed\n",
> +                                    info->gd->disk_name, 
> op_name(bret->operation));
>                               error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>                       }
>                       if (unlikely(error)) {
> -- 
> 1.7.7.6



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