From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> 3.4.110-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ commit 073db4a51ee43ccb827f54a4261c0583b028d5ab upstream. On A MIPS 32-cores machine a BUG_ON was triggered because some acesses to mtd->usecount were done without taking mtd_table_mutex. kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [<ffffffff80401818>] __put_mtd_device+0x20/0x50 kernel: [<ffffffff804086f4>] blktrans_release+0x8c/0xd8 kernel: [<ffffffff802577e0>] __blkdev_put+0x1a8/0x200 kernel: [<ffffffff802579a4>] blkdev_close+0x1c/0x30 kernel: [<ffffffff8022006c>] __fput+0xac/0x250 kernel: [<ffffffff80171208>] task_work_run+0xd8/0x120 kernel: [<ffffffff8012c23c>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18 kernel: kernel: Code: 2442ffff ac8202d8 000217fe <00020336> dc820128 10400003 00000000 0040f809 00000000 kernel: ---[ end trace 080fbb4579b47a73 ]--- Fixed by taking the mutex in blktrans_open and blktrans_release. Note that this locking is already suggested in include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h: struct mtd_blktrans_ops { ... /* Called with mtd_table_mutex held; no race with add/remove */ int (*open)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); void (*release)(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev); ... }; But we weren't following it. Originally reported by (and patched by) Zhang and Giuseppe, independently. Improved and rewritten. Reported-by: Zhang Xingcai <zhangxingcai@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c index f1f0671..1917f7d 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) return -ERESTARTSYS; /* FIXME: busy loop! -arnd*/ mutex_lock(&dev->lock); + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); if (dev->open) goto unlock; @@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) unlock: dev->open++; + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); blktrans_dev_put(dev); return ret; @@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ error_release: error_put: module_put(dev->tr->owner); kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release); + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); blktrans_dev_put(dev); return ret; @@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ static int blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) return ret; mutex_lock(&dev->lock); + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); if (--dev->open) goto unlock; @@ -273,6 +277,7 @@ static int blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) __put_mtd_device(dev->mtd); } unlock: + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); blktrans_dev_put(dev); return ret; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html