Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] nbd: convert to use blk_mq_find_and_get_req()

From: yukuai (C)
Date: Mon Sep 13 2021 - 23:11:23 EST


On 2021/09/14 9:11, Ming Lei wrote:
On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 10:12:55PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
blk_mq_tag_to_rq() can only ensure to return valid request in
following situation:

1) client send request message to server first
submit_bio
...
blk_mq_get_tag
...
blk_mq_get_driver_tag
...
nbd_queue_rq
nbd_handle_cmd
nbd_send_cmd

2) client receive respond message from server
recv_work
nbd_read_stat
blk_mq_tag_to_rq

If step 1) is missing, blk_mq_tag_to_rq() will return a stale
request, which might be freed. Thus convert to use
blk_mq_find_and_get_req() to make sure the returned request is not
freed.

But NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT has been added for checking if the reply is
expected, do we still need blk_mq_find_and_get_req() for covering
this issue? BTW, request and its payload is pre-allocated, so there
isn't real use-after-free.

Hi, Ming

Checking NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT relied on the request founded by tag is valid,
not the other way round.

nbd_read_stat
req = blk_mq_tag_to_rq()
cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req)
mutex_lock(cmd->lock)
checking NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT

The checking doesn't have any effect on blk_mq_tag_to_rq().

Thanks,
Kuai