[PATCH] loop: drop loop_ctl_mutex around del_gendisk() in loop_remove()

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syzbot is reporting circular locking dependency between loop_ctl_mutex and
bdev->bd_mutex [1] due to commit c76f48eb5c084b1e ("block: take bd_mutex
around delete_partitions in del_gendisk").

But calling del_gendisk() from loop_remove() without loop_ctl_mutex held
triggers a different race problem regarding sysfs entry management. We
somehow need to serialize "add_disk() from loop_add()" and "del_gendisk()
 from loop_remove()". Fortunately, since loop_control_ioctl() is called
with no locks held, we can use "sleep and retry" approach without risking
deadlock.

Since "struct loop_device"->lo_disk->private_data is set to non-NULL at
loop_add() and is reset to NULL before calling loop_remove(), we can use
it as a flag for taking appropriate action ("sleep and retry" or "skip")
when loop_remove() is in progress.

Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=61e04e51b7ac86930589 [1]
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+61e04e51b7ac86930589@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: syzbot <syzbot+61e04e51b7ac86930589@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c76f48eb5c084b1e ("block: take bd_mutex around delete_partitions in del_gendisk")
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index d58d68f3c7cd..d4c9567b2904 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,9 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 
 static void loop_remove(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
+	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	del_gendisk(lo->lo_disk);
+	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	blk_cleanup_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&lo->tag_set);
 	put_disk(lo->lo_disk);
@@ -2201,7 +2203,7 @@ static int find_free_cb(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
 	struct loop_device *lo = ptr;
 	struct loop_device **l = data;
 
-	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_unbound) {
+	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_unbound && lo->lo_disk->private_data) {
 		*l = lo;
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -2254,6 +2256,13 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct loop_device *lo;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (0) {
+unlock_and_retry:
+		mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+		if (schedule_timeout_killable(HZ / 10))
+			return -EINTR;
+	}
+	debug_check_no_locks_held();
 	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -2263,6 +2272,8 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	case LOOP_CTL_ADD:
 		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, parm);
 		if (ret >= 0) {
+			if (!lo->lo_disk->private_data)
+				goto unlock_and_retry;
 			ret = -EEXIST;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2272,6 +2283,8 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, parm);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
+		if (!lo->lo_disk->private_data)
+			goto unlock_and_retry;
 		ret = mutex_lock_killable(&lo->lo_mutex);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -2286,9 +2299,10 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			break;
 		}
 		lo->lo_disk->private_data = NULL;
+		parm = lo->lo_number;
 		mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-		idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, lo->lo_number);
 		loop_remove(lo);
+		idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, parm);
 		break;
 	case LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE:
 		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, -1);
-- 
2.25.1





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