From: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] loopdev: fix a dead lock
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:56:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1359111382-12654-4-git-send-email-yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359111382-12654-1-git-send-email-yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
bd_mutex and lo_ctl_mutex can be held in different order.
Path #1:
blkdev_open
blkdev_get
__blkdev_get (hold bd_mutex)
lo_open (hold lo_ctl_mutex)
Path #2:
blkdev_ioctl
lo_ioctl (hold lo_ctl_mutex)
lo_set_capacity (hold bd_mutex)
Lockdep does not report it, because path #2 actually holds
a subclass of lo_ctl_mutex. This subclass seems creep into
the code by mistake. The patch author actually just mentioned it
in the changelog, see commit f028f3b2, also see:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123806169129727&w=2
Path #2 hold bd_mutex to call bd_set_size(), I've protected it
with i_mutex in a previous patch, so drop bd_mutex at this site.
Signed-off-by: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index ae12512..7f80653 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1285,11 +1285,9 @@ static int loop_set_capacity(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
/* the width of sector_t may be narrow for bit-shift */
sz = sec;
sz <<= 9;
- mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
bd_set_size(bdev, sz);
/* let user-space know about the new size */
kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
- mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
out:
return err;
--
1.7.9.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-25 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-25 10:56 [PATCH 0/7] Loop device bug fix Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 1/7] block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 2/7] block: remove redundant check to bd_openers Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` Guo Chao [this message]
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 4/7] loopdev: update block device size in loop_set_status() Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 5/7] loopdev: move common code into loop_figure_size() Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 6/7] loopdev: remove an user triggable oops Guo Chao
2013-01-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 7/7] loopdev: ignore negative offset when calculate loop device size Guo Chao
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