This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
GFS2: don't hold s_umount over blkdev_put
to the 3.4-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:
gfs2-don-t-hold-s_umount-over-blkdev_put.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From dfe5b9ad83a63180f358b27d1018649a27b394a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:52:34 +0000
Subject: GFS2: don't hold s_umount over blkdev_put
From: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit dfe5b9ad83a63180f358b27d1018649a27b394a9 upstream.
This is a GFS2 version of Tejun's patch:
4f331f01b9c43bf001d3ffee578a97a1e0633eac
vfs: don't hold s_umount over close_bdev_exclusive() call
In this case its blkdev_put itself that is the issue and this
patch uses the same solution of dropping and retaking s_umount.
Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -1298,8 +1298,18 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_mount(struct
if (IS_ERR(s))
goto error_bdev;
- if (s->s_root)
+ if (s->s_root) {
+ /*
+ * s_umount nests inside bd_mutex during
+ * __invalidate_device(). blkdev_put() acquires
+ * bd_mutex and can't be called under s_umount. Drop
+ * s_umount temporarily. This is safe as we're
+ * holding an active reference.
+ */
+ up_write(&s->s_umount);
blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+ down_write(&s->s_umount);
+ }
memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
args.ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_DEFAULT;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.4/gfs2-fix-incorrect-invalidation-for-dio-buffered-i-o.patch
queue-3.4/gfs2-don-t-hold-s_umount-over-blkdev_put.patch
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