Re: [PATCH] block/rnbd: client: avoid flush_workqueue(system_long_wq) usage

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On 2022/04/12 22:46, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Flushing system-wide workqueues is dangerous and will be forbidden.
> 
> Since system_long_wq is used only inside rnbd_destroy_sessions(),
> let's use list_head than creating a local workqueue for tracking
> work_struct to flush.
> 
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/49925af7-78a8-a3dd-bce6-cfc02e1a9236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Notice: This patch is only compile tested. Please test before applying.
> 
>  drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c | 5 ++++-
>  drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
> index b66e8840b94b..b14e7c15133e 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
> @@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ static void rnbd_destroy_sessions(void)
>  {
>  	struct rnbd_clt_session *sess, *sn;
>  	struct rnbd_clt_dev *dev, *tn;
> +	LIST_HEAD(list);
>  
>  	/* Firstly forbid access through sysfs interface */
>  	rnbd_clt_destroy_sysfs_files();
> @@ -1762,11 +1763,13 @@ static void rnbd_destroy_sessions(void)
>  			 */
>  			INIT_WORK(&dev->unmap_on_rmmod_work, unmap_device_work);
>  			queue_work(system_long_wq, &dev->unmap_on_rmmod_work);
> +			list_add_tail(&dev->unmap_on_rmmod_list, &list);
>  		}
>  		rnbd_clt_put_sess(sess);
>  	}
>  	/* Wait for all scheduled unmap works */
> -	flush_workqueue(system_long_wq);
> +	list_for_each_entry(dev, &list, unmap_on_rmmod_list)
> +		flush_work(&dev->unmap_on_rmmod_work);

Since kfree(dev) might be called from unmap_device_work(), this seems unsafe.
We need rnbd_clt_get_dev() before queue_work() and rnbd_clt_put_dev() after flush_work()
in order to make dev->unmap_on_rmmod_list traversal safe...

>  	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&sess_list));
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.h b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.h
> index 2e2e8c4a85c1..a6d704abda61 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.h
> +++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.h
> @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ struct rnbd_clt_dev {
>  	char			*blk_symlink_name;
>  	refcount_t		refcount;
>  	struct work_struct	unmap_on_rmmod_work;
> +	struct list_head	unmap_on_rmmod_list;
>  };
>  
>  /* rnbd-clt.c */




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