This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
scsi: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race
to the 4.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
scsi-fix-scsi_error_handler-vs.-scsi_host_dev_release-race.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 537b604c8b3aa8b96fe35f87dd085816552e294c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:16:37 +0200
Subject: scsi: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
commit 537b604c8b3aa8b96fe35f87dd085816552e294c upstream.
b9d5c6b7ef57 ("[SCSI] cleanup setting task state in
scsi_error_handler()") has introduced a race between scsi_error_handler
and scsi_host_dev_release resulting in the hang when the device goes
away because scsi_error_handler might miss a wake up:
CPU0 CPU1
scsi_error_handler scsi_host_dev_release
kthread_stop()
kthread_should_stop()
test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP)
set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP)
wake_up_process()
wait_for_completion()
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)
schedule()
The most straightforward solution seems to be to invert the ordering of
the set_current_state and kthread_should_stop.
The issue has been noticed during reboot test on a 3.0 based kernel but
the current code seems to be affected in the same way.
[jejb: additional comment added]
Reported-and-debugged-by: Mike Mayer <Mike.Meyer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -2169,8 +2169,17 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
* We never actually get interrupted because kthread_run
* disables signal delivery for the created thread.
*/
- while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ while (true) {
+ /*
+ * The sequence in kthread_stop() sets the stop flag first
+ * then wakes the process. To avoid missed wakeups, the task
+ * should always be in a non running state before the stop
+ * flag is checked
+ */
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (kthread_should_stop())
+ break;
+
if ((shost->host_failed == 0 && shost->host_eh_scheduled == 0) ||
shost->host_failed != atomic_read(&shost->host_busy)) {
SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(1,
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mhocko@xxxxxxxx are
queue-4.1/scsi-fix-scsi_error_handler-vs.-scsi_host_dev_release-race.patch
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