Re: [PATCH] ubi: Fix deadlock caused by recursively holding work_sem

[Zhihao Cheng]

> During the processing of the bgt, if the sync_erase() return -EBUSY
> or some other error code in __erase_worker(),schedule_erase() called
> again lead to the down_read(ubi->work_sem) hold twice and may get
> block by down_write(ubi->work_sem) in ubi_update_fastmap(),
> which cause deadlock.
>
>            ubi bgt                        other task
>   do_work
>    down_read(&ubi->work_sem)          ubi_update_fastmap
>    erase_worker                         # Blocked by down_read
>     __erase_worker                      down_write(&ubi->work_sem)
>      schedule_erase
>       schedule_ubi_work
>        down_read(&ubi->work_sem)
>
> Fix this by changing input parameter @nested of the schedule_erase() to
> 'true' to avoid recursively acquiring the down_read(&ubi->work_sem).
>
> Also, fix the incorrect comment about @nested parameter of the
> schedule_erase() because when down_write(ubi->work_sem) is held, the
> @nested is also need be true.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217093
> Fixes: 2e8f08deabbc ("ubi: Fix races around ubi_refill_pools()")
> Signed-off-by: ZhaoLong Wang <wangzhaolong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> index 40f39e5d6dfc..26a214f016c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int erase_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wl_wrk,
>    * @vol_id: the volume ID that last used this PEB
>    * @lnum: the last used logical eraseblock number for the PEB
>    * @torture: if the physical eraseblock has to be tortured
> - * @nested: denotes whether the work_sem is already held in read mode
> + * @nested: denotes whether the work_sem is already held
>    *
>    * This function returns zero in case of success and a %-ENOMEM in case of
>    * failure.
> @@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static int __erase_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wl_wrk)
>   		int err1;
>   
>   		/* Re-schedule the LEB for erasure */
> -		err1 = schedule_erase(ubi, e, vol_id, lnum, 0, false);
> +		err1 = schedule_erase(ubi, e, vol_id, lnum, 0, true);
>   		if (err1) {
>   			spin_lock(&ubi->wl_lock);
>   			wl_entry_destroy(ubi, e);