[PATCH] md/raid5: serialize plug list add with device_lock
From: Li Youhong
Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 05:58:50 EST
From: Li Youhong <liyouhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
raid5_unplug() can spin forever under conf->device_lock when
raid5_plug_cb.list still points at a stripe whose sh->lru has
already been reinitialized (self-looped). That disables IRQs on
the holder CPU and causes multi-CPU hard lockups on waiters of
the same lock.
This happens because release_stripe_plug() sets
STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST and list_add_tail(sh->lru) without
device_lock, while do_release_stripe() may concurrently move the
same lru onto handle/inactive when the last reference drops.
Note: a 2020 proposal tried extra refs / checking
STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST in do_release_stripe() without serializing
the plug enqueue:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20200108163023.9301-1-guoqing.jiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
That still leaves a TOCTOU window where the bit is clear during
the check and set afterwards, allowing two list_add on the same
lru. It was not merged.
Serialize the bit update and list_add with device_lock. If
do_release_stripe() still sees STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST, restore the
reference and let raid5_unplug() own the final release.
Observed on production 9-disk NVMe RAID5 under MySQL AIO
(io_submit -> blk_finish_plug -> raid5_unplug).
Fixes: 8811b5968f62 ("raid5: make_request use batch stripe release")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Li Youhong <liyouhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/raid5.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index b91545ce090d..c9197b63b1c4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ static void do_release_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
int i;
int injournal = 0; /* number of date pages with R5_InJournal */
+ /*
+ * Stripe is owned by release_stripe_plug()'s cb->list. A concurrent
+ * last-ref release can reach here after the stripe was queued for
+ * unplug (lru may already be non-empty). Do not re-add lru elsewhere;
+ * restore the reference and let raid5_unplug() finish the release.
+ */
+ if (test_bit(STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST, &sh->state)) {
+ atomic_inc(&sh->count);
+ return;
+ }
+
BUG_ON(!list_empty(&sh->lru));
BUG_ON(atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes)==0);
@@ -5760,6 +5771,9 @@ static void release_stripe_plug(struct mddev *mddev,
raid5_unplug, mddev,
sizeof(struct raid5_plug_cb));
struct raid5_plug_cb *cb;
+ struct r5conf *conf = mddev->private;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool queued = false;
if (!blk_cb) {
raid5_release_stripe(sh);
@@ -5775,9 +5789,22 @@ static void release_stripe_plug(struct mddev *mddev,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(cb->temp_inactive_list + i);
}
- if (!test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST, &sh->state))
- list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &cb->list);
- else
+ /*
+ * Serialize with do_release_stripe() on device_lock so sh->lru cannot
+ * be added to handle/inactive and cb->list at the same time.
+ */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+ if (!test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST, &sh->state)) {
+ if (unlikely(!list_empty(&sh->lru))) {
+ clear_bit(STRIPE_ON_UNPLUG_LIST, &sh->state);
+ } else {
+ list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &cb->list);
+ queued = true;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+
+ if (!queued)
raid5_release_stripe(sh);
}
--
2.25.1