From 2995fa78e423d7193f3b57835f6c1c75006a0315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikulas Patocka Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:37:54 -0500 Subject: dm sysfs: fix a module unload race This reverts commit be35f48610 ("dm: wait until embedded kobject is released before destroying a device") and provides an improved fix. The kobject release code that calls the completion must be placed in a non-module file, otherwise there is a module unload race (if the process calling dm_kobject_release is preempted and the DM module unloaded after the completion is triggered, but before dm_kobject_release returns). To fix this race, this patch moves the completion code to dm-builtin.c which is always compiled directly into the kernel if BLK_DEV_DM is selected. The patch introduces a new dm_kobject_holder structure, its purpose is to keep the completion and kobject in one place, so that it can be accessed from non-module code without the need to export the layout of struct mapped_device to that code. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/md/dm-builtin.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/md/dm-builtin.c (limited to 'drivers/md/dm-builtin.c') diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c b/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6c9049c51b2b --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/md/dm-builtin.c @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +#include "dm.h" + +/* + * The kobject release method must not be placed in the module itself, + * otherwise we are subject to module unload races. + * + * The release method is called when the last reference to the kobject is + * dropped. It may be called by any other kernel code that drops the last + * reference. + * + * The release method suffers from module unload race. We may prevent the + * module from being unloaded at the start of the release method (using + * increased module reference count or synchronizing against the release + * method), however there is no way to prevent the module from being + * unloaded at the end of the release method. + * + * If this code were placed in the dm module, the following race may + * happen: + * 1. Some other process takes a reference to dm kobject + * 2. The user issues ioctl function to unload the dm device + * 3. dm_sysfs_exit calls kobject_put, however the object is not released + * because of the other reference taken at step 1 + * 4. dm_sysfs_exit waits on the completion + * 5. The other process that took the reference in step 1 drops it, + * dm_kobject_release is called from this process + * 6. dm_kobject_release calls complete() + * 7. a reschedule happens before dm_kobject_release returns + * 8. dm_sysfs_exit continues, the dm device is unloaded, module reference + * count is decremented + * 9. The user unloads the dm module + * 10. The other process that was rescheduled in step 7 continues to run, + * it is now executing code in unloaded module, so it crashes + * + * Note that if the process that takes the foreign reference to dm kobject + * has a low priority and the system is sufficiently loaded with + * higher-priority processes that prevent the low-priority process from + * being scheduled long enough, this bug may really happen. + * + * In order to fix this module unload race, we place the release method + * into a helper code that is compiled directly into the kernel. + */ + +void dm_kobject_release(struct kobject *kobj) +{ + complete(dm_get_completion_from_kobject(kobj)); +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_kobject_release); -- cgit 1.4.1