[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix a panic problem caused by o2cb_ctl

[Joseph Qi]

On 19/1/25 14:05, Jia Guo wrote:
> In the process of creating a node, it will cause NULL pointer reference

NULL pointer dereference

> in kernel if o2cb_ctl failed in the interval
> (mkdir, o2cb_set_node_attribute(node_num)] in function o2cb_add_node.
> 
> The node num is initialized to 0 in function o2nm_node_group_make_item,
> o2nm_node_group_drop_item will mistake the node number 0 for a
> valid node number when we delete the node before the node number is set
> correctly. If the local node number of the current host happens to be 0,
> cluster->cl_local_node will be set to O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM while
> o2hb_thread still running. The panic stack is generated as follows:
> 
> o2hb_thread
>     \-o2hb_do_disk_heartbeat
>         \-o2hb_check_own_slot
>             |-slot = &reg->hr_slots[o2nm_this_node()];
>             //o2nm_this_node() return O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM
> 
> We need to check whether the node number is set when we delete the node.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia Guo <guojia12 at huawei.com>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c | 13 +++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> index 0e4166c..992ccc0 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> @@ -620,10 +620,16 @@ static void o2nm_node_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
>  {
>  	struct o2nm_node *node = to_o2nm_node(item);
>  	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster = to_o2nm_cluster(group->cg_item.ci_parent);
> +	int nd_num_set = 0;
> 
> -	o2net_disconnect_node(node);
> +	/* nd_num might be 0 if the node number hasn't been set.. */
> +	if (cluster->cl_nodes[node->nd_num] == node) {
> +		nd_num_set = 1;
> +
> +	if (nd_num_set)
> +		o2net_disconnect_node(node);
> 
> -	if (cluster->cl_has_local &&
> +	if (nd_num_set && cluster->cl_has_local &&
>  	    (cluster->cl_local_node == node->nd_num)) {
>  		cluster->cl_has_local = 0;
>  		cluster->cl_local_node = O2NM_INVALID_NODE_NUM;
> @@ -638,8 +644,7 @@ static void o2nm_node_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
>  	if (node->nd_ipv4_address)
>  		rb_erase(&node->nd_ip_node, &cluster->cl_node_ip_tree);

Why we have to this if node number hasn't been set?
If this is also under the condition, we may rewrite this patch like:
if (nd_num_set) {
	do_something();
}

Thanks,
Joseph

> 
> -	/* nd_num might be 0 if the node number hasn't been set.. */
> -	if (cluster->cl_nodes[node->nd_num] == node) {
> +	if (nd_num_set) {
>  		cluster->cl_nodes[node->nd_num] = NULL;
>  		clear_bit(node->nd_num, cluster->cl_nodes_bitmap);
>  	}
>