From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 7cdf6a0aae1cccf5167f3f04ecddcf648b78e289 upstream.
The crash can be reproduced by running the lvm2 testsuite test
lvconvert-thin-external-cache.sh for several minutes, e.g.:
while :; do make check T=shell/lvconvert-thin-external-cache.sh; done
The crash happens in this call chain:
do_waker -> policy_tick -> smq_tick -> end_hotspot_period -> clear_bitset
-> memset -> __memset -- which accesses an invalid pointer in the vmalloc
area.
The work entry on the workqueue is executed even after the bitmap was
freed. The problem is that cancel_delayed_work doesn't wait for the
running work item to finish, so the work item can continue running and
re-submitting itself even after cache_postsuspend. In order to make sure
that the work item won't be running, we must use cancel_delayed_work_sync.
Also, change flush_workqueue to drain_workqueue, so that if some work item
submits itself or another work item, we are properly waiting for both of
them.
Fixes: c6b4fcbad044 ("dm: add cache target")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.9
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -2971,8 +2971,8 @@ static void cache_postsuspend(struct dm_
prevent_background_work(cache);
BUG_ON(atomic_read(&cache->nr_io_migrations));
- cancel_delayed_work(&cache->waker);
- flush_workqueue(cache->wq);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cache->waker);
+ drain_workqueue(cache->wq);
WARN_ON(cache->tracker.in_flight);
/*
