From 6076905b5ef39e0ea58db32583c9e0036c05e47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikulas Patocka Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:51:52 +0000 Subject: dm: avoid _hash_lock deadlock Fix a reported deadlock if there are still unprocessed multipath events on a device that is being removed. _hash_lock is held during dev_remove while trying to send the outstanding events. Sending the events requests the _hash_lock again in dm_copy_name_and_uuid. This patch introduces a separate lock around regions that modify the link to the hash table (dm_set_mdptr) or the name or uuid so that dm_copy_name_and_uuid no longer needs _hash_lock. Additionally, dm_copy_name_and_uuid can only be called if md exists so we can drop the dm_get() and dm_put() which can lead to a BUG() while md is being freed. The deadlock: #0 [ffff8106298dfb48] schedule at ffffffff80063035 #1 [ffff8106298dfc20] __down_read at ffffffff8006475d #2 [ffff8106298dfc60] dm_copy_name_and_uuid at ffffffff8824f740 #3 [ffff8106298dfc90] dm_send_uevents at ffffffff88252685 #4 [ffff8106298dfcd0] event_callback at ffffffff8824c678 #5 [ffff8106298dfd00] dm_table_event at ffffffff8824dd01 #6 [ffff8106298dfd10] __hash_remove at ffffffff882507ad #7 [ffff8106298dfd30] dev_remove at ffffffff88250865 #8 [ffff8106298dfd60] ctl_ioctl at ffffffff88250d80 #9 [ffff8106298dfee0] do_ioctl at ffffffff800418c4 #10 [ffff8106298dff00] vfs_ioctl at ffffffff8002fab9 #11 [ffff8106298dff40] sys_ioctl at ffffffff8004bdaf #12 [ffff8106298dff80] tracesys at ffffffff8005d28d (via system_call) Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: guy keren Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm-uevent.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/md/dm-uevent.c') diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c b/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c index 6f65883aef12..c7c555a8c7b2 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c @@ -139,14 +139,13 @@ void dm_send_uevents(struct list_head *events, struct kobject *kobj) list_del_init(&event->elist); /* - * Need to call dm_copy_name_and_uuid from here for now. - * Context of previous var adds and locking used for - * hash_cell not compatable. + * When a device is being removed this copy fails and we + * discard these unsent events. */ if (dm_copy_name_and_uuid(event->md, event->name, event->uuid)) { - DMERR("%s: dm_copy_name_and_uuid() failed", - __func__); + DMINFO("%s: skipping sending uevent for lost device", + __func__); goto uevent_free; } -- cgit v1.2.3