Re: [PATCH] md/raid1: protect head_position for read balance
"Chen Cheng" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.raid |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
在 2026/6/19 12:51, [email protected] 写道: > Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider: > > Pre-existing issues: > - [Medium] The commit fixes a KCSAN-reported data race on `head_position` in `raid1.c` but misses the identical data race in the sibling `raid10.c` subsystem. > - [Medium] The patch addresses a KCSAN data race for `head_position` but misses identical concurrent data races on adjacent heuristic variables `next_seq_sect` and `seq_start`, leading to a potential double-fetch bug and unsigned integer underflow. > -- > > commit 754549019263d81271c296e50e19909fb366125b > Author: Chen Cheng <[email protected]> > > md/raid1: protect head_position for read balance > > KCSAN reports a data race between raid1_end_read_request() and > raid1_read_request(). > > The completion path updates conf->mirrors[disk].head_position in > update_head_pos() without a lock, while the read-balance heuristic reads > the same field locklessly in is_sequential() and choose_best_rdev(). > > [Severity: Medium] > This is a pre-existing issue, but does raid10 also need this same fix? > > Looking at drivers/md/raid10.c, update_head_pos() updates > conf->mirrors[r10_bio->devs[slot].devnum].head_position locklessly, and > read_balance() reads it locklessly: > > drivers/md/raid10.c:read_balance() { > ... > new_distance = abs(r10_bio->devs[slot].addr - > conf->mirrors[disk].head_position); > ... > } > > Since raid10 shares this read-balancing heuristic, should the data race be > addressed there as well to prevent torn reads? > > [ ... ] > sure, already submited in another patch . >> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c >> index 5b9368bd9e700..4cdf4484cab6c 100644 >> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c >> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c > [ ... ] >> @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static bool is_sequential(struct r1conf *conf, int disk, struct r1bio *r1_bio) >> { >> /* TODO: address issues with this check and concurrency. */ >> return conf->mirrors[disk].next_seq_sect == r1_bio->sector || >> - conf->mirrors[disk].head_position == r1_bio->sector; >> + READ_ONCE(conf->mirrors[disk].head_position) == r1_bio->sector; >> } > > [Severity: Medium] > This is a pre-existing issue, but should next_seq_sect and seq_start also > be protected to prevent double-fetch bugs and underflows? > > While this patch secures head_position, next_seq_sect is still read locklessly > here and in should_choose_next(): > > drivers/md/raid1.c:should_choose_next() { > ... > return opt_iosize > 0 && mirror->seq_start != MaxSector && > mirror->next_seq_sect > opt_iosize && > mirror->next_seq_sect - opt_iosize >= mirror->seq_start; > } > > Because mirror->next_seq_sect is read multiple times without READ_ONCE(), > could the compiler emit multiple memory loads? > > If a concurrent update from update_read_sectors() reduces next_seq_sect > after the safety check (mirror->next_seq_sect > opt_iosize) but before the > subtraction, could it cause an unsigned integer underflow, bypassing the > seq_start check? > good catch , and , I notice either. I will submit in separate patch .