From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit 5acda9d12dcf1ad0d9a5a2a7c646de3472fa7555 upstream. After commit 839a8e8660b6 ("writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue") when device is removed while we are writing to it we crash in bdi_writeback_workfn() -> set_worker_desc() because bdi->dev is NULL. This can happen because even though bdi_unregister() cancels all pending flushing work, nothing really prevents new ones from being queued from balance_dirty_pages() or other places. Fix the problem by clearing BDI_registered bit in bdi_unregister() and checking it before scheduling of any flushing work. Fixes: 839a8e8660b6777e7fe4e80af1a048aebe2b5977 Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++----- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 2 +- mm/backing-dev.c | 13 +++++++++---- 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 6abd284754e2..5bbec31440a4 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -88,16 +88,29 @@ static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head) #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/events/writeback.h> +static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) + mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); +} + static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work); spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + if (!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) { + if (work->done) + complete(work->done); + goto out_unlock; + } list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list); - spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); - mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); +out_unlock: + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); } static void @@ -113,7 +126,7 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages, work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!work) { trace_writeback_nowork(bdi); - mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); + bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi); return; } @@ -160,7 +173,7 @@ void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do. */ trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi); - mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); + bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi); } /* @@ -1016,7 +1029,7 @@ void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct *work) current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE; if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() || - list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list))) { + !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) { /* * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index 5f66d519a726..a4cf599ecfc8 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info { unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac; struct bdi_writeback wb; /* default writeback info for this bdi */ - spinlock_t wb_lock; /* protects work_list */ + spinlock_t wb_lock; /* protects work_list & wb.dwork scheduling */ struct list_head work_list; diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index fab8401fc54e..09d9591b7708 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) unsigned long timeout; timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); - queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) + queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); } /* @@ -310,9 +313,6 @@ static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); synchronize_rcu_expedited(); - - /* bdi_list is now unused, clear it to mark @bdi dying */ - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list); } int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, @@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) */ bdi_remove_from_list(bdi); + /* Make sure nobody queues further work */ + spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + clear_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + /* * Drain work list and shutdown the delayed_work. At this point, * @bdi->bdi_list is empty telling bdi_Writeback_workfn() that @bdi -- 1.9.2 -- 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