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authorBrian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>2015-05-07 17:55:16 -0700
committerBrian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>2015-05-12 10:59:53 -0700
commit073db4a51ee43ccb827f54a4261c0583b028d5ab (patch)
tree1dd8c0c866d8eb1d8f59f26b25afe99b637df441
parent5844feeaa4154d1c46d3462c7a4653d22356d8b4 (diff)
mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount
On A MIPS 32-cores machine a BUG_ON was triggered because some acesses to mtd->usecount were done without taking mtd_table_mutex. kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [<ffffffff80401818>] __put_mtd_device+0x20/0x50 kernel: [<ffffffff804086f4>] blktrans_release+0x8c/0xd8 kernel: [<ffffffff802577e0>] __blkdev_put+0x1a8/0x200 kernel: [<ffffffff802579a4>] blkdev_close+0x1c/0x30 kernel: [<ffffffff8022006c>] __fput+0xac/0x250 kernel: [<ffffffff80171208>] task_work_run+0xd8/0x120 kernel: [<ffffffff8012c23c>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18 kernel: kernel: Code: 2442ffff ac8202d8 000217fe <00020336> dc820128 10400003 00000000 0040f809 00000000 kernel: ---[ end trace 080fbb4579b47a73 ]--- Fixed by taking the mutex in blktrans_open and blktrans_release. Note that this locking is already suggested in include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h: struct mtd_blktrans_ops { ... /* Called with mtd_table_mutex held; no race with add/remove */ int (*open)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); void (*release)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); ... }; But we weren't following it. Originally reported by (and patched by) Zhang and Giuseppe, independently. Improved and rewritten. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Zhang Xingcai <zhangxingcai@huawei.com> Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com> Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com> Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 2b0c52870999..df7c6c70757a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
return -ERESTARTSYS; /* FIXME: busy loop! -arnd*/
mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
if (dev->open)
goto unlock;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
unlock:
dev->open++;
+ mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
blktrans_dev_put(dev);
return ret;
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ error_release:
error_put:
module_put(dev->tr->owner);
kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release);
+ mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
blktrans_dev_put(dev);
return ret;
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
return;
mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
if (--dev->open)
goto unlock;
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
__put_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
}
unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
blktrans_dev_put(dev);
}