dm mpath: fix race condition between multipath_dtr and pg_init_done
authorShiva Krishna Merla <shivakrishna.merla@netapp.com>
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 03:26:38 +0000 (03:26 +0000)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Fri, 1 Nov 2013 01:39:47 +0000 (21:39 -0400)
Whenever multipath_dtr() is happening we must prevent queueing any
further path activation work.  Implement this by adding a new
'pg_init_disabled' flag to the multipath structure that denotes future
path activation work should be skipped if it is set.  By disabling
pg_init and then re-enabling in flush_multipath_work() we also avoid the
potential for pg_init to be initiated while suspending an mpath device.

Without this patch a race condition exists that may result in a kernel
panic:

1) If after pg_init_done() decrements pg_init_in_progress to 0, a call
   to wait_for_pg_init_completion() assumes there are no more pending path
   management commands.
2) If pg_init_required is set by pg_init_done(), due to retryable
   mode_select errors, then process_queued_ios() will again queue the
   path activation work.
3) If free_multipath() completes before activate_path() work is called a
   NULL pointer dereference like the following can be seen when
   accessing members of the recently destructed multipath:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000090
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa003db1b>]  [<ffffffffa003db1b>] activate_path+0x1b/0x30 [dm_multipath]
[<ffffffff81090ac0>] worker_thread+0x170/0x2a0
[<ffffffff81096c80>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40

[switch to disabling pg_init in flush_multipath_work & header edits by Mike Snitzer]
Signed-off-by: Shiva Krishna Merla <shivakrishna.merla@netapp.com>
Reviewed-by: Krishnasamy Somasundaram <somasundaram.krishnasamy@netapp.com>
Tested-by: Speagle Andy <Andy.Speagle@netapp.com>
Acked-by: Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
drivers/md/dm-mpath.c

index de570a55876451a0326d071da4cf68fd772eec2e..799e479db93bb0a7f0e2356dd29efec9c64500ad 100644 (file)
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct multipath {
        unsigned queue_if_no_path:1;    /* Queue I/O if last path fails? */
        unsigned saved_queue_if_no_path:1; /* Saved state during suspension */
        unsigned retain_attached_hw_handler:1; /* If there's already a hw_handler present, don't change it. */
+       unsigned pg_init_disabled:1;    /* pg_init is not currently allowed */
 
        unsigned pg_init_retries;       /* Number of times to retry pg_init */
        unsigned pg_init_count;         /* Number of times pg_init called */
@@ -497,7 +498,8 @@ static void process_queued_ios(struct work_struct *work)
            (!pgpath && !m->queue_if_no_path))
                must_queue = 0;
 
-       if (m->pg_init_required && !m->pg_init_in_progress && pgpath)
+       if (m->pg_init_required && !m->pg_init_in_progress && pgpath &&
+           !m->pg_init_disabled)
                __pg_init_all_paths(m);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
@@ -942,10 +944,20 @@ static void multipath_wait_for_pg_init_completion(struct multipath *m)
 
 static void flush_multipath_work(struct multipath *m)
 {
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
+       m->pg_init_disabled = 1;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
+
        flush_workqueue(kmpath_handlerd);
        multipath_wait_for_pg_init_completion(m);
        flush_workqueue(kmultipathd);
        flush_work(&m->trigger_event);
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
+       m->pg_init_disabled = 0;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void multipath_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)
@@ -1164,7 +1176,7 @@ static int pg_init_limit_reached(struct multipath *m, struct pgpath *pgpath)
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
 
-       if (m->pg_init_count <= m->pg_init_retries)
+       if (m->pg_init_count <= m->pg_init_retries && !m->pg_init_disabled)
                m->pg_init_required = 1;
        else
                limit_reached = 1;
@@ -1714,7 +1726,7 @@ out:
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static struct target_type multipath_target = {
        .name = "multipath",
-       .version = {1, 5, 1},
+       .version = {1, 6, 0},
        .module = THIS_MODULE,
        .ctr = multipath_ctr,
        .dtr = multipath_dtr,