__blkdev_put() could surprise writeback thread by detaching the wb object from an inode that hasn't cleared the I_SYNC flag yet. This causes a NULL pointer dereference as seen below: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list+0x38/0x440 PGD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 34 Comm: kworker/u8:1 Not tainted 4.11.0-rc1+ #202 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:16) task: ffff88013aa780c0 task.stack: ffffc9000012c000 RIP: 0010:locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list+0x38/0x440 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000012fb70 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000018 RDX: ffff88013aa780c0 RSI: ffff880139a478f8 RDI: ffff88013aa788b8 RBP: ffffc9000012fba0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000969da8e2 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff880139a47858 R13: ffff880139a478e0 R14: ffff880139a478f8 R15: ffff8801371f4058 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88013ae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000001012000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: writeback_sb_inodes+0x3e1/0x7a0 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x87/0xc0 wb_writeback+0x2e7/0x5c0 wb_workfn+0x2d1/0x9c0 process_one_work+0x1d3/0x620 worker_thread+0x126/0x4a0 kthread+0x10a/0x140 ret_from_fork+0x2e/0x40 RIP: locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list+0x38/0x440 RSP: ffffc9000012fb70 CR2: 0000000000000000 ---[ end trace e0ea8a2695f4c86c ]--- Make __blkdev_put() wait for the I_SYNC flag to clear before detaching wb. Fixes: 43d1c0eb7e11 ("block: detach bdev inode from its wb in __blkdev_put()") Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 2eca00ec4370..70fb82fcedd0 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void kill_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) invalidate_bh_lrus(); truncate_inode_pages(mapping, 0); -} +} EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_bdev); /* Invalidate clean unused buffers and pagecache. */ @@ -617,13 +617,13 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence) inode_unlock(bd_inode); return retval; } - + int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) { struct inode *bd_inode = bdev_file_inode(filp); struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode); int error; - + error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(filp->f_mapping, start, end); if (error) return error; @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ void bdput(struct block_device *bdev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdput); - + static struct block_device *bd_acquire(struct inode *inode) { struct block_device *bdev; @@ -1880,7 +1880,10 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part) * Detaching bdev inode from its wb in __destroy_inode() * is too late: the queue which embeds its bdi (along with * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_disk() below. + * Before detaching wb, wait for any writeback activity for + * inode to settle. */ + inode_wait_for_writeback(bdev->bd_inode); inode_detach_wb(bdev->bd_inode); } if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) { -- 2.12.0.246.ga2ecc84866-goog