[PATCH 3.2 051/221] dm: fix a race condition in dm_get_md

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.69-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2bec1f4a8832e74ebbe859f176d8a9cb20dd97f4 upstream.

The function dm_get_md finds a device mapper device with a given dev_t,
increases the reference count and returns the pointer.

dm_get_md calls dm_find_md, dm_find_md takes _minor_lock, finds the
device, tests that the device doesn't have DMF_DELETING or DMF_FREEING
flag, drops _minor_lock and returns pointer to the device. dm_get_md then
calls dm_get. dm_get calls BUG if the device has the DMF_FREEING flag,
otherwise it increments the reference count.

There is a possible race condition - after dm_find_md exits and before
dm_get is called, there are no locks held, so the device may disappear or
DMF_FREEING flag may be set, which results in BUG.

To fix this bug, we need to call dm_get while we hold _minor_lock. This
patch renames dm_find_md to dm_get_md and changes it so that it calls
dm_get while holding the lock.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/md/dm.c | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ int dm_setup_md_queue(struct mapped_devi
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct mapped_device *dm_find_md(dev_t dev)
+struct mapped_device *dm_get_md(dev_t dev)
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 	unsigned minor = MINOR(dev);
@@ -2243,12 +2243,15 @@ static struct mapped_device *dm_find_md(
 	spin_lock(&_minor_lock);
 
 	md = idr_find(&_minor_idr, minor);
-	if (md && (md == MINOR_ALLOCED ||
-		   (MINOR(disk_devt(dm_disk(md))) != minor) ||
-		   dm_deleting_md(md) ||
-		   test_bit(DMF_FREEING, &md->flags))) {
-		md = NULL;
-		goto out;
+	if (md) {
+		if ((md == MINOR_ALLOCED ||
+		     (MINOR(disk_devt(dm_disk(md))) != minor) ||
+		     dm_deleting_md(md) ||
+		     test_bit(DMF_FREEING, &md->flags))) {
+			md = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		dm_get(md);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -2256,16 +2259,6 @@ out:
 
 	return md;
 }
-
-struct mapped_device *dm_get_md(dev_t dev)
-{
-	struct mapped_device *md = dm_find_md(dev);
-
-	if (md)
-		dm_get(md);
-
-	return md;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_get_md);
 
 void *dm_get_mdptr(struct mapped_device *md)

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