Re: [PATCH] mtd_blkdevs: add mtd_table_mutex lock back to blktrans_{open, release} to avoid race condition

[ChristophHellwig]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 03:57:53PM +0800, Liwei Song wrote:
> without lock mtd_table_mutex in blktrans_{open, release}, there will
> be a race condition when access devices /dev/mtd1 and /dev/mtdblock1
> at the same time with a high frequency open and close test:
> 
> kernel BUG at drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c:1221!
> lr : blktrans_release+0xb0/0x120

This does not seem on a current mainline kernel and seems to be
a somewhat incomplete backtrace.  Can you send the full dmesg of
a latest mainline run and maybe share the reproducer?

> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> index b8ae1ec14e17..147e4a11dfe4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> @@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
>  
>  	kref_get(&dev->ref);
>  
> +	if (!mutex_trylock(&mtd_table_mutex))
> +		return ret;

No, that's not really the solution.

Turning the kref_get above into a kref_get_unless_zero might be better
path to look into.