[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.14.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 59717cbd3e118480e3d835a5195bd4bba3ec0cd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka at redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:11:36 -0400
Subject: blk-core: Fix memory corruption if blkcg_init_queue fails

commit fff4996b7db7955414ac74386efa5e07fd766b50 upstream.

If blkcg_init_queue fails, blk_alloc_queue_node doesn't call bdi_destroy
to clean up structures allocated by the backing dev.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at lib/debugobjects.c:260 debug_print_object+0x85/0xa0()
ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: percpu_counter hint:           (null)
Modules linked in: dm_loop dm_mod ip6table_filter ip6_tables uvesafb cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt cfbfillrect fbcon font bitblit fbcon_rotate fbcon_cw fbcon_ud fbcon_ccw softcursor fb fbdev ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 msr nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state ipt_REJECT xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc tun ipv6 cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative spadfs fuse hid_generic usbhid hid raid0 md_mod dmi_sysfs nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack lm85 hwmon_vid snd_usb_audio snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_hwdep snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi snd soundcore acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf sata_svw serverworks kvm_amd ide_core ehci_pci ohci_hcd libata ehci_hcd kvm usbcore tg3 usb_common libphy k10temp pcspkr ptp i2c_piix4 i2c_core evdev microcode hwmon rtc_cmos pps_core e100 skge floppy mii processor button unix
CPU: 0 PID: 2739 Comm: lvchange Tainted: G        W
3.10.15-devel #14
Hardware name: empty empty/S3992-E, BIOS 'V1.06   ' 06/09/2009
 0000000000000009 ffff88023c3c1ae8 ffffffff813c8fd4 ffff88023c3c1b20
 ffffffff810399eb ffff88043d35cd58 ffffffff81651940 ffff88023c3c1bf8
 ffffffff82479d90 0000000000000005 ffff88023c3c1b80 ffffffff81039a67
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff813c8fd4>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
 [<ffffffff810399eb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6b/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81039a67>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x47/0x50
 [<ffffffff8122aaaf>] ? debug_check_no_obj_freed+0xcf/0x250
 [<ffffffff81229a15>] debug_print_object+0x85/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8122abe3>] debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x203/0x250
 [<ffffffff8113c4ac>] kmem_cache_free+0x20c/0x3a0
 [<ffffffff811f6709>] blk_alloc_queue_node+0x2a9/0x2c0
 [<ffffffff811f672e>] blk_alloc_queue+0xe/0x10
 [<ffffffffa04c0093>] dm_create+0x1a3/0x530 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffffa04c6bb0>] ? list_version_get_info+0xe0/0xe0 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffffa04c6c07>] dev_create+0x57/0x2b0 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffffa04c6bb0>] ? list_version_get_info+0xe0/0xe0 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffffa04c6bb0>] ? list_version_get_info+0xe0/0xe0 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffffa04c6528>] ctl_ioctl+0x268/0x500 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffff81097662>] ? get_lock_stats+0x22/0x70
 [<ffffffffa04c67ce>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0xe/0x20 [dm_mod]
 [<ffffffff81161aad>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2ed/0x520
 [<ffffffff8116cfc7>] ? fget_light+0x377/0x4e0
 [<ffffffff81161d2b>] SyS_ioctl+0x4b/0x90
 [<ffffffff813cff16>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
---[ end trace 4b5ff0d55673d986 ]---
------------[ cut here ]------------

This fix should be backported to stable kernels starting with 2.6.37. Note
that in the kernels prior to 3.5 the affected code is different, but the
bug is still there - bdi_init is called and bdi_destroy isn't.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 6ec83eb..5176e78 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -654,10 +654,12 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	__set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS, &q->queue_flags);

 	if (blkcg_init_queue(q))
-		goto fail_id;
+		goto fail_bdi;

 	return q;

+fail_bdi:
+	bdi_destroy(&q->backing_dev_info);
 fail_id:
 	ida_simple_remove(&blk_queue_ida, q->id);
 fail_q:
--
1.8.3.2