Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 6 authors, 2021-05-17

Re: [PATCH v2] nvme-tcp: Check if request has started before processing it

From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Date: 2021-03-15 17:16:51
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Hi Sagi,

On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 11:57:30AM -0800, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
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Daniel, again, there is nothing specific about this to nvme-tcp,
this is a safeguard against a funky controller (or a different
bug that is hidden by this).
As far I can tell, the main difference between nvme-tcp and FC/NVMe,
nvme-tcp has not a FW or a big driver which filter out some noise from a
misbehaving controller. I haven't really checked the other transports
but I wouldn't surprised they share the same properties as FC/NVMe.
quoted
The same can happen in any other transport so I would suggest that if
this is a safeguard we want to put in place, we should make it a
generic one.

i.e. nvme_tag_to_rq() that _all_ transports call consistently.
Okay, I'll review all the relevant code and see what could made more
generic and consistent.

Though I think nvme-tcp plays in a different league as it is exposed to
normal networking traffic and this is a very hostile environment.
It is, but in this situation, the controller is sending a second
completion that results in a use-after-free, which makes the
transport irrelevant. Unless there is some other flow (which is unclear
to me) that causes this which is a bug that needs to be fixed rather
than hidden with a safeguard.

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