There is a race condition when removing glue directory.
It can be reproduced in following test:
path 1: Add first child device
device_add()
get_device_parent()
/*find parent from glue_dirs.list*/
list_for_each_entry(k, &dev->class->p->glue_dirs.list, entry)
if (k->parent == parent_kobj) {
kobj = kobject_get(k);
break;
}
....
class_dir_create_and_add()
path2: Remove last child device under glue dir
device_del()
cleanup_device_parent()
cleanup_glue_dir()
kobject_put(glue_dir);
If path2 has been called cleanup_glue_dir(), but not
call kobject_put(glue_dir), the glue dir is still
in parent's kset list. Meanwhile, path1 find the glue
dir from the glue_dirs.list. Path2 may release glue dir
before path1 call kobject_get(). So kernel will report
the warning and bug_on.
This is a "classic" problem we have of a kref in a list
that can be found while the last instance could be removed
at the same time.
This patch reuse gdp_mutex to fix this race condition.
The following calltrace is captured in kernel 3.4, but
the latest kernel still has this bug.
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<4>[ 3965.441471] WARNING: at ...include/linux/kref.h:41 kobject_get+0x33/0x40()
<4>[ 3965.441474] Hardware name: Romley
<4>[ 3965.441475] Modules linked in: isd_iop(O) isd_xda(O)...
...
<4>[ 3965.441605] Call Trace:
<4>[ 3965.441611] [<ffffffff8103717a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
<4>[ 3965.441615] [<ffffffff810371c5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
<4>[ 3965.441618] [<ffffffff81215963>] kobject_get+0x33/0x40
<4>[ 3965.441624] [<ffffffff812d1e45>] get_device_parent.isra.11+0x135/0x1f0
<4>[ 3965.441627] [<ffffffff812d22d4>] device_add+0xd4/0x6d0
<4>[ 3965.441631] [<ffffffff812d0dbc>] ? dev_set_name+0x3c/0x40
....
<2>[ 3965.441912] kernel BUG at ..../fs/sysfs/group.c:65!
<4>[ 3965.441915] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
...
<4>[ 3965.686743] [<ffffffff811a677e>] sysfs_create_group+0xe/0x10
<4>[ 3965.686748] [<ffffffff810cfb04>] blk_trace_init_sysfs+0x14/0x20
<4>[ 3965.686753] [<ffffffff811fcabb>] blk_register_queue+0x3b/0x120
<4>[ 3965.686756] [<ffffffff812030bc>] add_disk+0x1cc/0x490
....
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Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Weng Meiling <wengmeiling.weng@huawei.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> #3.4+
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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