From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> Commit b13015af94cf ("md/raid5-cache: Clear conf->log after finishing work") introduce a new problem: // caller hold reconfig_mutex r5l_exit_log flush_work(&log->disable_writeback_work) r5c_disable_writeback_async wait_event /* * conf->log is not NULL, and mddev_trylock() * will fail, wait_event() can never pass. */ conf->log = NULL Fix this problem by setting 'config->log' to NULL before wake_up() as it used to be, so that wait_event() from r5c_disable_writeback_async() can exist. In the meantime, move forward md_unregister_thread() so that null-ptr-deref this commit fixed can still be fixed. Fixes: b13015af94cf ("md/raid5-cache: Clear conf->log after finishing work") Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: - Use a different solution. drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c index 47ba7d9e81e1..2eac4a50d99b 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c @@ -3168,12 +3168,15 @@ void r5l_exit_log(struct r5conf *conf) { struct r5l_log *log = conf->log; - /* Ensure disable_writeback_work wakes up and exits */ - wake_up(&conf->mddev->sb_wait); - flush_work(&log->disable_writeback_work); md_unregister_thread(&log->reclaim_thread); + /* + * 'reconfig_mutex' is held by caller, set 'confg->log' to NULL to + * ensure disable_writeback_work wakes up and exits. + */ conf->log = NULL; + wake_up(&conf->mddev->sb_wait); + flush_work(&log->disable_writeback_work); mempool_exit(&log->meta_pool); bioset_exit(&log->bs); -- 2.39.2