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

From: Liwei Song
Date: Tue Sep 13 2022 - 01:53:43 EST




On 9/9/22 22:36, ChristophHellwig wrote:
> Can you try this patch (it'll need to be split up into a few if it
> works):

Hi Christoph,

Thanks for your help,
With this patch, the race condition issue I met can be fixed, but there will be
a deadlock issue as below when boot the board:

[ 10.277872] ======================================================
[ 10.282765] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 10.287661] 5.18.0-yocto-standard+ #4 Not tainted
[ 10.291078] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 10.295967] systemd-udevd/173 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 10.299994] ffff800009999150 (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blktrans_open+0x60/0x128
[ 10.306854]
but task is already holding lock:
[ 10.310097] ffff000180832718 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0xf8/0x2f8
[ 10.317464]
which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 10.321749]
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 10.326659]
-> #1 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[ 10.330373] __mutex_lock+0x90/0x8f8
[ 10.333202] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x70
[ 10.336365] bd_register_pending_holders+0x30/0x120
[ 10.340489] device_add_disk+0x1f4/0x370
[ 10.343669] add_mtd_blktrans_dev+0x304/0x468
[ 10.343691] mtdblock_add_mtd+0x7c/0xd0
[ 10.343702] blktrans_notify_add+0x50/0x70
[ 10.343713] add_mtd_device+0x40c/0x460
[ 10.343724] add_mtd_partitions+0xa0/0x1a8
[ 10.343735] parse_mtd_partitions+0x1b4/0x400
[ 10.343746] mtd_device_parse_register+0x94/0x2a0
[ 10.343757] spi_nor_probe+0x220/0x2e8
[ 10.343767] spi_mem_probe+0x74/0xb0
[ 10.343777] spi_probe+0x88/0xe0
[ 10.343787] really_probe+0xb0/0x268
[ 10.343801] __driver_probe_device+0x7c/0xe0
[ 10.343811] driver_probe_device+0x50/0x100
[ 10.343823] __device_attach_driver+0x98/0xd0
[ 10.343833] bus_for_each_drv+0x74/0xd8
[ 10.343844] __device_attach+0xf0/0x150
[ 10.343854] device_initial_probe+0x24/0x30
[ 10.343865] bus_probe_device+0xa4/0xb0
[ 10.343875] device_add+0x424/0x8b8
[ 10.343884] __spi_add_device+0x7c/0x120
[ 10.343898] spi_add_device+0x4c/0x80
[ 10.343909] of_register_spi_device+0x228/0x380
[ 10.343920] spi_register_controller+0x3c4/0x718
[ 10.343931] devm_spi_register_controller+0x28/0x80
[ 10.343943] cqspi_probe+0x714/0x9f8
[ 10.343952] platform_probe+0x6c/0xd8
[ 10.343962] really_probe+0xb0/0x268
[ 10.343972] __driver_probe_device+0x7c/0xe0
[ 10.343982] driver_probe_device+0x50/0x100
[ 10.343994] __driver_attach+0xa4/0x100
[ 10.344004] bus_for_each_dev+0x84/0xd8
[ 10.344014] driver_attach+0x30/0x40
[ 10.344024] bus_add_driver+0x160/0x208
[ 10.344034] driver_register+0x64/0x110
[ 10.344045] __platform_driver_register+0x34/0x40
[ 10.344054] cqspi_platform_driver_init+0x20/0x28
[ 10.344068] do_one_initcall+0xa4/0x440
[ 10.344080] kernel_init_freeable+0x320/0x378
[ 10.344092] kernel_init+0x2c/0x138
[ 10.344104] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 10.344115]
-> #0 (mtd_table_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[ 10.344137] __lock_acquire+0x1118/0x15d8
[ 10.344148] lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x3f8
[ 10.344156] __mutex_lock+0x90/0x8f8
[ 10.344166] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x70
[ 10.344177] blktrans_open+0x60/0x128
[ 10.344189] blkdev_get_whole+0x3c/0xb8
[ 10.344203] blkdev_get_by_dev+0x1ac/0x2f8
[ 10.344211] blkdev_open+0x64/0xb8
[ 10.344219] do_dentry_open+0x1b0/0x3b8
[ 10.344234] vfs_open+0x38/0x48
[ 10.344243] path_openat+0x758/0x938
[ 10.344255] do_filp_open+0x94/0x118
[ 10.344267] do_sys_openat2+0x234/0x308
[ 10.344278] do_sys_open+0x84/0xc0
[ 10.344286] __arm64_sys_openat+0x2c/0x38
[ 10.344295] invoke_syscall+0x64/0x138
[ 10.344309] el0_svc_common.constprop.4+0xf8/0x118
[ 10.344320] do_el0_svc+0x80/0xa0
[ 10.344330] el0_svc+0x68/0x1c8
[ 10.344339] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xb0
[ 10.344349] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160
[ 10.344358]
other info that might help us debug this:

[ 10.344362] Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 10.344366] CPU0 CPU1
[ 10.344370] ---- ----
[ 10.344373] lock(&disk->open_mutex);
[ 10.344384] lock(mtd_table_mutex);
[ 10.344395] lock(&disk->open_mutex);
[ 10.344406] lock(mtd_table_mutex);
[ 10.344416]
*** DEADLOCK ***

[ 10.344420] 1 lock held by systemd-udevd/173:
[ 10.344427] #0: ffff000180832718 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0xf8/0x2f8
[ 10.344457]
stack backtrace:
[ 10.344465] CPU: 3 PID: 173 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.18.0-yocto-standard+ #4
[ 10.344476] Hardware name: SoCFPGA Stratix 10 SoCDK (DT)
[ 10.344483] Call trace:
[ 10.344488] dump_backtrace.part.6+0xf4/0x100
[ 10.344498] show_stack+0x2c/0x48
[ 10.344508] dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xcc
[ 10.344522] dump_stack+0x14/0x2c
[ 10.344532] print_circular_bug.isra.49+0x1a8/0x200
[ 10.344546] check_noncircular+0x124/0x138
[ 10.344557] __lock_acquire+0x1118/0x15d8
[ 10.344566] lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x3f8
[ 10.344574] __mutex_lock+0x90/0x8f8
[ 10.344585] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x70
[ 10.344595] blktrans_open+0x60/0x128
[ 10.344607] blkdev_get_whole+0x3c/0xb8
[ 10.344618] blkdev_get_by_dev+0x1ac/0x2f8
[ 10.344627] blkdev_open+0x64/0xb8
[ 10.344636] do_dentry_open+0x1b0/0x3b8
[ 10.344647] vfs_open+0x38/0x48
[ 10.344656] path_openat+0x758/0x938
[ 10.344666] do_filp_open+0x94/0x118
[ 10.344676] do_sys_openat2+0x234/0x308
[ 10.344687] do_sys_open+0x84/0xc0
[ 10.344695] __arm64_sys_openat+0x2c/0x38
[ 10.344704] invoke_syscall+0x64/0x138
[ 10.344715] el0_svc_common.constprop.4+0xf8/0x118
[ 10.344726] do_el0_svc+0x80/0xa0
[ 10.344736] el0_svc+0x68/0x1c8
[ 10.344745] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xb0
[ 10.344754] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160


Thanks,
Liwei.


>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> index 60b222799871e..9eda1dd98a406 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> @@ -24,24 +24,16 @@
>
> static LIST_HEAD(blktrans_majors);
>
> -static void blktrans_dev_release(struct kref *kref)
> +static void blktrans_free_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
> {
> - struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev =
> - container_of(kref, struct mtd_blktrans_dev, ref);
> + struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev = disk->private_data;
>
> - put_disk(dev->disk);
> blk_mq_free_tag_set(dev->tag_set);
> kfree(dev->tag_set);
> list_del(&dev->list);
> kfree(dev);
> }
>
> -static void blktrans_dev_put(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev)
> -{
> - kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release);
> -}
> -
> -
> static blk_status_t do_blktrans_request(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr,
> struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev,
> struct request *req)
> @@ -187,63 +179,58 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
> struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
> int ret = 0;
>
> - kref_get(&dev->ref);
> + if (disk_openers(bdev->bd_disk) > 0)
> + return 0;
>
> - mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> -
> - if (dev->open)
> - goto unlock;
> + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
> + if (!dev->mtd) {
> + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + ret = __get_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
> + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>
> + mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> __module_get(dev->tr->owner);
> -
> - if (!dev->mtd)
> - goto unlock;
> -
> if (dev->tr->open) {
> ret = dev->tr->open(dev);
> if (ret)
> goto error_put;
> }
> -
> - ret = __get_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
> - if (ret)
> - goto error_release;
> dev->file_mode = mode;
> -
> -unlock:
> dev->open++;
> mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> - return ret;
>
> -error_release:
> - if (dev->tr->release)
> - dev->tr->release(dev);
> + return 0;
> +
> error_put:
> module_put(dev->tr->owner);
> mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> - blktrans_dev_put(dev);
> +
> + put_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
> return ret;
> }
>
> static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
> {
> struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev = disk->private_data;
> + struct mtd_info *mtd = NULL;
>
> - mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> -
> - if (--dev->open)
> - goto unlock;
> + if (disk_openers(disk) > 0)
> + return;
>
> + mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> + dev->open--;
> module_put(dev->tr->owner);
> -
> - if (dev->mtd) {
> - if (dev->tr->release)
> - dev->tr->release(dev);
> - __put_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
> - }
> -unlock:
> + mtd = dev->mtd;
> + if (mtd && dev->tr->release)
> + dev->tr->release(dev);
> mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> - blktrans_dev_put(dev);
> +
> + if (mtd)
> + put_mtd_device(dev->mtd);
> }
>
> static int blktrans_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
> @@ -266,6 +253,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations mtd_block_ops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .open = blktrans_open,
> .release = blktrans_release,
> + .free_disk = blktrans_free_disk,
> .getgeo = blktrans_getgeo,
> };
>
> @@ -318,7 +306,6 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
> added:
>
> mutex_init(&new->lock);
> - kref_init(&new->ref);
> if (!tr->writesect)
> new->readonly = 1;
>
> @@ -410,6 +397,7 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
>
> int del_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *old)
> {
> + struct mtd_info *old_mtd = NULL;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&mtd_table_mutex);
> @@ -438,13 +426,14 @@ int del_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *old)
> if (old->open) {
> if (old->tr->release)
> old->tr->release(old);
> - __put_mtd_device(old->mtd);
> + old_mtd = old->mtd;
> }
> -
> old->mtd = NULL;
> -
> mutex_unlock(&old->lock);
> - blktrans_dev_put(old);
> + put_disk(old->disk);
> +
> + if (old->mtd)
> + put_mtd_device(old_mtd);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h b/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
> index 15cc9b95e32b5..41a81fc9f0462 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mtd/blktrans.h
> @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
> #define __MTD_TRANS_H__
>
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> -#include <linux/kref.h>
> #include <linux/sysfs.h>
>
> struct hd_geometry;
> @@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ struct mtd_blktrans_dev {
> unsigned long size;
> int readonly;
> int open;
> - struct kref ref;
> struct gendisk *disk;
> struct attribute_group *disk_attributes;
> struct request_queue *rq;
>