[PATCH 09/15] nvme: add Clang context annotations for nvme_subsystems_lock

From: Nilay Shroff

Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 10:39:10 EST


The global nvme_subsystems list, nvme_subsystem::entry,
nvme_subsystem::ctrls, and nvme_ctrl::subsys_entry are protected by
nvme_subsystems_lock. Annotate these objects with
__guarded_by(&nvme_subsystems_lock) so that Clang's context analysis
can validate accesses to them.

__nvme_find_get_subsystem() and nvme_validate_cntlid() traverse the
global subsystem list and subsystem controller list and therefore
require callers to hold nvme_subsystems_lock. Annotate both helpers
with __must_hold(&nvme_subsystems_lock).

The initialization of subsys->ctrls in nvme_init_subsystem() occurs
before the subsystem is published and therefore does not require
protection by nvme_subsystems_lock. Annotate the initialization with
context_unsafe() to suppress the corresponding context analysis
warning.

Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 11 +++++++++--
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index a18c4abf7b38..409aff13c69d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_reset_wq);
struct workqueue_struct *nvme_delete_wq;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_delete_wq);

-static LIST_HEAD(nvme_subsystems);
+static __guarded_by(&nvme_subsystems_lock) LIST_HEAD(nvme_subsystems);
DEFINE_MUTEX(nvme_subsystems_lock);

static DEFINE_IDA(nvme_instance_ida);
@@ -3164,6 +3164,7 @@ static void nvme_put_subsystem(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys)
}

static struct nvme_subsystem *__nvme_find_get_subsystem(const char *subsysnqn)
+ __must_hold(&nvme_subsystems_lock)
{
struct nvme_subsystem *subsys;

@@ -3208,6 +3209,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_is_io_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)

static bool nvme_validate_cntlid(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys,
struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
+ __must_hold(&nvme_subsystems_lock)
{
struct nvme_ctrl *tmp;

@@ -3249,7 +3251,12 @@ static int nvme_init_subsystem(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
subsys->instance = -1;
guard(mutex_init)(&subsys->lock);
kref_init(&subsys->ref);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&subsys->ctrls);
+ /*
+ * Initializing subsys->ctrls list doesn't need to be protected
+ * using @nvme_subsystems_lock. So suppress the Clang's warning
+ * declaring context_unsafe.
+ */
+ context_unsafe(INIT_LIST_HEAD(&subsys->ctrls));
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&subsys->nsheads);
nvme_init_subnqn(subsys, ctrl, id);
memcpy(subsys->serial, id->sn, sizeof(subsys->serial));
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index be1467bfae28..837e279bdf01 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
wait_queue_head_t state_wq;

struct nvme_subsystem *subsys;
- struct list_head subsys_entry;
+ struct list_head subsys_entry __guarded_by(&nvme_subsystems_lock);

struct opal_dev *opal_dev;

@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ struct nvme_subsystem {
* a separate refcount.
*/
struct kref ref;
- struct list_head entry;
+ struct list_head entry __guarded_by(&nvme_subsystems_lock);
struct mutex lock;
- struct list_head ctrls;
+ struct list_head ctrls __guarded_by(&nvme_subsystems_lock);
struct list_head nsheads __guarded_by(&lock);
char subnqn[NVMF_NQN_SIZE];
char serial[20];
--
2.53.0