In io_read() or io_write(), when io request is submitted successfully,
it'll go through the below sequence:
kfree(iovec);
req->flags &= ~REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
return ret;
But clearing REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP might be unsafe. The io request may
already have been completed, and then io_complete_rw_iopoll()
and io_complete_rw() will be called, both of which will also modify
req->flags if needed. This causes a race condition, with concurrent
non-atomic modification of req->flags.
To eliminate this race, in io_read() or io_write(), if io request is
submitted successfully, we don't remove REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP flag. If
REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP is set, we'll leave __io_req_aux_free() to the
iovec cleanup work correspondingly.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Wang <xiaoguang.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
}
}
out_free:
- kfree(iovec);
- req->flags &= ~REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
+ if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP))
+ kfree(iovec);
return ret;
}
}
}
out_free:
- req->flags &= ~REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
- kfree(iovec);
+ if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP))
+ kfree(iovec);
return ret;
}