The patch titled
dm crypt: fix avoid cloned bio ref after free
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free.patch
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Subject: dm crypt: fix avoid cloned bio ref after free
From: Olaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Do not access the bio after generic_make_request
We should never access a bio after generic_make_request - there's no guarantee
it still exists.
Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c~dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free
+++ a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -655,9 +655,12 @@ static void process_write(struct crypt_i
generic_make_request(clone);
+ /* Do not reference clone after this - it
+ * may be gone already. */
+
/* out of memory -> run queues */
if (remaining)
- congestion_wait(bio_data_dir(clone), HZ/100);
+ congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/100);
}
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from olaf.kirch@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
dm-crypt-fix-call-to-clone_init.patch
dm-crypt-fix-avoid-cloned-bio-ref-after-free.patch
dm-crypt-fix-remove-first_clone.patch
dm-crypt-use-smaller-bvecs-in-clones.patch
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