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diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 05b553368bb4..9166b9f63d33 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static bool bd_may_claim(struct block_device *bdev, struct block_device *whole, return true; /* already a holder */ else if (bdev->bd_holder != NULL) return false; /* held by someone else */ - else if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) + else if (whole == bdev) return true; /* is a whole device which isn't held */ else if (whole->bd_holder == bd_may_claim)
bdev->bd_contains is not stable before calling __blkdev_get(). When __blkdev_get() is called on a parition with ->bd_openers == 0 it sets bdev->bd_contains = bdev; which is not correct for a partition. After a call to __blkdev_get() succeeds, ->bd_openers will be > 0 and then ->bd_contains is stable. When FMODE_EXCL is used, blkdev_get() calls bd_start_claiming() -> bd_prepare_to_claim() -> bd_may_claim() This call happens before __blkdev_get() is called, so ->bd_contains is not stable. So bd_may_claim() cannot safely use ->bd_contains. It currently tries to use it, and this can lead to a BUG_ON(). This happens when a whole device is already open with a bd_holder (in use by dm in my particular example) and two threads race to open a partition of that device for the first time, one opening with O_EXCL and one without. The thread that doesn't use O_EXCL gets through blkdev_get() to __blkdev_get(), gains the ->bd_mutex, and sets bdev->bd_contains = bdev; Immediately thereafter the other thread, using FMODE_EXCL, calls bd_start_claiming() from blkdev_get(). This should fail because the whole device has a holder, but because bdev->bd_contains == bdev bd_may_claim() incorrectly reports success. This thread continues and blocks on bd_mutex. The first thread then sets bdev->bd_contains correctly and drops the mutex. The thread using FMODE_EXCL then continues and when it calls bd_may_claim() again in: BUG_ON(!bd_may_claim(bdev, whole, holder)); The BUG_ON fires. Fix this by removing the dependency on ->bd_contains in bd_may_claim(). As bd_may_claim() has direct access to the whole device, it can simply test if the target bdev is the whole device. Fixes: 6b4517a7913a ("block: implement bd_claiming and claiming block") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (v2.6.35+) Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> --- fs/block_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)