From: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@xxxxxxxxxx> 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> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 c490711..ee2b6d7 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); @@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ 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]; @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ 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); -- 2.9.3