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Subject[PATCH 3.12 112/124] mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount
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From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>

3.12-stable 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@huawei.com>
Reported-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com>
Tested-by: Giuseppe Cantavenera <giuseppe.cantavenera.ext@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
---
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 5073cbc796d8..32d5e40c6863 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ 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;
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ 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;
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ 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;
@@ -245,6 +248,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
return;

mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);

if (--dev->open)
goto unlock;
@@ -258,6 +262,7 @@ static void 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);
}
--
2.4.6


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