[PATCH] loop: Fix irq lock ordering bug

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"loop: Use worker per cgroup instead of kworker" in patch series
"Charge loop device i/o to issuing cgroup", v3.  introduced a lock
ordering bug. The previously existing lo->lo_lock was always acquired
as spin_lock_irq but never actually used in irq context. The above
patch started to use this lock in irq context which triggered a
lockdep warning on sysfs reading.

Fix this by executing file_path outside of the lock.

Signed-off-by: Dan Schatzberg <schatzberg.dan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index eb766db48685..366658e60064 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -768,12 +768,18 @@ static ssize_t loop_attr_backing_file_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 	char *p = NULL;
+	struct file *filp = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 	if (lo->lo_backing_file)
-		p = file_path(lo->lo_backing_file, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		filp = get_file(lo->lo_backing_file);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 
+	if (filp) {
+		p = file_path(filp, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		fput(filp);
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p))
 		ret = PTR_ERR(p);
 	else {
-- 
2.17.1





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