When block device is closed, we call inode_detach_wb() in __blkdev_put()
which sets inode->i_wb to NULL. That is contrary to expectations that
inode->i_wb stays valid once set during the whole inode's lifetime and
leads to oops in wb_get() in locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() because
inode_to_wb() returned NULL.
The reason why we called inode_detach_wb() is not valid anymore though.
BDI is guaranteed to stay along until we call bdi_put() from
bdev_evict_inode() so we can postpone calling inode_detach_wb() to that
moment.
Also add a warning to catch if someone uses inode_detach_wb() in a
dangerous way.
Reported-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/block_dev.c | 8 ++------
include/linux/writeback.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 5ec8750f5332..c66f5dd4a02a 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
list_del_init(&bdev->bd_list);
spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+ /* Detach inode from wb early as bdi_put() may free bdi->wb */
+ inode_detach_wb(inode);
if (bdev->bd_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info) {
bdi_put(bdev->bd_bdi);
bdev->bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info;
@@ -1880,12 +1882,6 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
kill_bdev(bdev);
bdev_write_inode(bdev);
- /*
- * Detaching bdev inode from its wb in __destroy_inode()
- * is too late: the queue which embeds its bdi (along with
- * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_disk() below.
- */
- inode_detach_wb(bdev->bd_inode);
}
if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
if (disk->fops->release)
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index a3c0cbd7c888..d5815794416c 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode *inode)
{
if (inode->i_wb) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR));
wb_put(inode->i_wb);
inode->i_wb = NULL;
}
--
2.10.2
