From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> The write lock should be held when validating the tree to avoid updates racing with checks. Holding the rcu read lock during a large tree validation may also cause a prolonged rcu read window. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0000000000001d12d4062005aea1@xxxxxxxxxx/ Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure") Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+036af2f0c7338a33b0cd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- lib/maple_tree.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c index 755ba8b18e14..fe1b01b29201 100644 --- a/lib/maple_tree.c +++ b/lib/maple_tree.c @@ -7588,14 +7588,14 @@ static void mt_validate_nulls(struct maple_tree *mt) * 2. The gap is correctly set in the parents */ void mt_validate(struct maple_tree *mt) + __must_hold(mas->tree->ma_lock) { unsigned char end; MA_STATE(mas, mt, 0, 0); - rcu_read_lock(); mas_start(&mas); if (!mas_is_active(&mas)) - goto done; + return; while (!mte_is_leaf(mas.node)) mas_descend(&mas); @@ -7616,9 +7616,6 @@ void mt_validate(struct maple_tree *mt) mas_dfs_postorder(&mas, ULONG_MAX); } mt_validate_nulls(mt); -done: - rcu_read_unlock(); - } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt_validate); -- 2.43.0