[PATCH] scsi: target: core: annotate LUN hlist traversals
From: Runyu Xiao
Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 07:43:39 EST
Some target-core writer-side helpers walk RCU hlist state while already
holding the mutex that serializes the operation:
core_free_device_list_for_node() holds nacl->lun_entry_mutex
core_clear_lun_from_tpg() holds nacl->lun_entry_mutex
core_tpg_add_node_to_devs() holds tpg->tpg_lun_mutex
The code already uses the same lockdep condition for the
rcu_dereference_check() of lun->lun_se_dev in
core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(). Pass the corresponding mutex condition to
the RCU hlist iterators as well so CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST can see the
non-RCU protection.
This was found by our static analysis tool and then manually reviewed
against the current tree. In the reviewed CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST triage
runs, the LUN hlist walkers produced the expected "RCU-list traversed
in non-reader section!!" warning with stacks matching
core_free_device_list_for_node(), core_clear_lun_from_tpg(), and
core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(). The change is limited to documenting the
existing protection contract.
This is a lockdep annotation cleanup. It does not change LUN list
lifetime or serialization.
Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 9db2201aa553..82aa831c69c9 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ void core_free_device_list_for_node(
struct se_dev_entry *deve;
mutex_lock(&nacl->lun_entry_mutex);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(deve, &nacl->lun_entry_hlist, link)
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(deve, &nacl->lun_entry_hlist, link,
+ lockdep_is_held(&nacl->lun_entry_mutex))
core_disable_device_list_for_node(deve->se_lun, deve, nacl, tpg);
mutex_unlock(&nacl->lun_entry_mutex);
}
@@ -483,7 +484,8 @@ void core_clear_lun_from_tpg(struct se_lun *lun, struct se_portal_group *tpg)
list_for_each_entry(nacl, &tpg->acl_node_list, acl_list) {
mutex_lock(&nacl->lun_entry_mutex);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(deve, &nacl->lun_entry_hlist, link) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(deve, &nacl->lun_entry_hlist, link,
+ lockdep_is_held(&nacl->lun_entry_mutex)) {
if (lun != deve->se_lun)
continue;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
index ccff9f6e4826..74bfcaa11188 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ void core_tpg_add_node_to_devs(
struct se_device *dev;
mutex_lock(&tpg->tpg_lun_mutex);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(lun, &tpg->tpg_lun_hlist, link) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(lun, &tpg->tpg_lun_hlist, link,
+ lockdep_is_held(&tpg->tpg_lun_mutex)) {
if (lun_orig && lun != lun_orig)
continue;
--
2.34.1