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[17/21] lustre: obdclass: result of try_module_get() should not be ignored.

Message ID 154949781334.10620.18347323437724979128.stgit@noble.brown (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series lustre: Assorted cleanups for obdclass | expand

Commit Message

NeilBrown Feb. 7, 2019, 12:03 a.m. UTC
If try_module_get() fails, the open must fail.

In practice this should be impossible, but it is
best to make the code look right.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Andreas Dilger Feb. 8, 2019, 5:58 a.m. UTC | #1
On Feb 6, 2019, at 17:03, NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> wrote:
> 
> If try_module_get() fails, the open must fail.
> 
> In practice this should be impossible, but it is
> best to make the code look right.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@whamcloud.com>

Cheers, Andreas
---
Andreas Dilger
Principal Lustre Architect
Whamcloud
James Simmons Feb. 11, 2019, 4:22 a.m. UTC | #2
> If try_module_get() fails, the open must fail.
> 
> In practice this should be impossible, but it is
> best to make the code look right.

I remembar having discussion with Greg about this approach in libcfs.
He though it was racey to do this in general. The discussion was a
while ago so I need to dig up the thread. In the end we remove the
whole module handling in the xxx_open() and such.
 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c |    3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
> index 48d1dabafa65..982d47b6f50e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
> @@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ int class_handle_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  /*  opening /dev/obd */
>  static int obd_class_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
> -	try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> -	return 0;
> +	return try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) ? 0 : -ENODEV;
>  }
>  
>  /*  closing /dev/obd */
> 
> 
>
NeilBrown Feb. 11, 2019, 5:01 a.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Feb 11 2019, James Simmons wrote:

>> If try_module_get() fails, the open must fail.
>> 
>> In practice this should be impossible, but it is
>> best to make the code look right.
>
> I remembar having discussion with Greg about this approach in libcfs.
> He though it was racey to do this in general. The discussion was a
> while ago so I need to dig up the thread. In the end we remove the
> whole module handling in the xxx_open() and such.

Yes, you are right. This should just be removed.
This is a chardev, and the .owner of a chardev will always have a
reference held while the device is open - cdev_get/cdev_put ensure that.

We can just get rid of the obd_class_open and obd_class_release.

I'll drop this patch and replace it.

Thanks,
NeilBrown


>  
>> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c |    3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
>> index 48d1dabafa65..982d47b6f50e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
>> @@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ int class_handle_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>>  /*  opening /dev/obd */
>>  static int obd_class_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>>  {
>> -	try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
>> -	return 0;
>> +	return try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) ? 0 : -ENODEV;
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*  closing /dev/obd */
>> 
>> 
>>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
index 48d1dabafa65..982d47b6f50e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@  int class_handle_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 /*  opening /dev/obd */
 static int obd_class_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	return 0;
+	return try_module_get(THIS_MODULE) ? 0 : -ENODEV;
 }
 
 /*  closing /dev/obd */