On 09/18/2017 09:53 AM, Javier González wrote:
On 16 Sep 2017, at 20.39, Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: nvm_tgt_types list was protected by wrong lock for NVM_INFO ioctl call and can race with addition or removal of target types. Also unregistering target type was not protected correctly. Fixes: 5cd907853 ("lightnvm: remove nested lock conflict with mm") Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- V2: also add correct lock while unregistering and fix "Fixes" tag at end. Note I found these while investigating another issue and skimming the core code but worth fixing. drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c index 9f9a137..1b8338d 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c @@ -589,9 +589,9 @@ void nvm_unregister_tgt_type(struct nvm_tgt_type *tt) if (!tt) return; - down_write(&nvm_lock); + down_write(&nvm_tgtt_lock); list_del(&tt->list); - up_write(&nvm_lock); + up_write(&nvm_tgtt_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_unregister_tgt_type); @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static long nvm_ioctl_info(struct file *file, void __user *arg) info->version[1] = NVM_VERSION_MINOR; info->version[2] = NVM_VERSION_PATCH; - down_write(&nvm_lock); + down_write(&nvm_tgtt_lock); list_for_each_entry(tt, &nvm_tgt_types, list) { struct nvm_ioctl_info_tgt *tgt = &info->tgts[tgt_iter]; @@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static long nvm_ioctl_info(struct file *file, void __user *arg) } info->tgtsize = tgt_iter; - up_write(&nvm_lock); + up_write(&nvm_tgtt_lock); if (copy_to_user(arg, info, sizeof(struct nvm_ioctl_info))) { kfree(info); -- 2.7.4LGTM. Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks Rakesh.
