bdi: avoid oops on device removal

After commit 839a8e8660b6 ("writeback: replace custom worker pool
implementation with unbound workqueue") when device is removed while we
are writing to it we crash in bdi_writeback_workfn() ->
set_worker_desc() because bdi->dev is NULL.

This can happen because even though bdi_unregister() cancels all pending
flushing work, nothing really prevents new ones from being queued from
balance_dirty_pages() or other places.

Fix the problem by clearing BDI_registered bit in bdi_unregister() and
checking it before scheduling of any flushing work.

Fixes: 839a8e8660b6777e7fe4e80af1a048aebe2b5977

Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 6788fe0c9761be16f9b360c5fff7cbe098a33bf5..a16315957ef3d3e6b41fcf760a54ec8e25df54d7 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -89,16 +89,29 @@ static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
 
+static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+       spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+       if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))
+               mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+}
+
 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
                           struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
        trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+       if (!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
+               if (work->done)
+                       complete(work->done);
+               goto out_unlock;
+       }
        list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
-       spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
        mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+out_unlock:
+       spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -114,7 +127,7 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
        work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (!work) {
                trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
-               mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+               bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
                return;
        }
 
@@ -161,7 +174,7 @@ void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
         * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
         */
        trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
-       mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+       bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1017,7 +1030,7 @@ void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
        current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 
        if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
-                  list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list))) {
+                  !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) {
                /*
                 * The normal path.  Keep writing back @bdi until its
                 * work_list is empty.  Note that this path is also taken

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 24819001f5c84500ce61dad882e9da2ef331df25..e488e9459a93f5e3e39ff339a7b0a1bbdee08165 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
        unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac;
 
        struct bdi_writeback wb;  /* default writeback info for this bdi */
-       spinlock_t wb_lock;       /* protects work_list */
+       spinlock_t wb_lock;       /* protects work_list & wb.dwork scheduling */
 
        struct list_head work_list;
 

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index fab8401fc54e9241eeacd314f064d696e608d481..09d9591b770806c5beed5a27b2cd37b29e68ce5c 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
        unsigned long timeout;
 
        timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
-       queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout);
+       spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+       if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))
+               queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -310,9 +313,6 @@ static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
        spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
 
        synchronize_rcu_expedited();
-
-       /* bdi_list is now unused, clear it to mark @bdi dying */
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list);
 }
 
 int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
         */
        bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
 
+       /* Make sure nobody queues further work */
+       spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+       clear_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+
        /*
         * Drain work list and shutdown the delayed_work.  At this point,
         * @bdi->bdi_list is empty telling bdi_Writeback_workfn() that @bdi