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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-07-21 17:05:25 +1000 | 
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| committer | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-07-21 17:05:25 +1000 | 
| commit | 4b80991c6cb9efa607bc4fd6f3ecdf5511c31bb0 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e2ba7d509af245c29bdf04b00960cc367972c44 /net/unix/af_unix.c | |
| parent | f2ea68cf42aafdd93393b6b8b20fc3c2b5f4390c (diff) | |
md: Protect access to mddev->disks list using RCU
All modifications and most access to the mddev->disks list are made
under the reconfig_mutex lock.  However there are three places where
the list is walked without any locking.  If a reconfig happens at this
time, havoc (and oops) can ensue.
So use RCU to protect these accesses:
  - wrap them in rcu_read_{,un}lock()
  - use list_for_each_entry_rcu
  - add to the list with list_add_rcu
  - delete from the list with list_del_rcu
  - delay the 'free' with call_rcu rather than schedule_work
Note that export_rdev did a list_del_init on this list.  In almost all
cases the entry was not in the list anymore so it was a no-op and so
safe.  It is no longer safe as after list_del_rcu we may not touch
the list_head.
An audit shows that export_rdev is called:
  - after unbind_rdev_from_array, in which case the delete has
     already been done,
  - after bind_rdev_to_array fails, in which case the delete isn't needed.
  - before the device has been put on a list at all (e.g. in
      add_new_disk where reading the superblock fails).
  - and in autorun devices after a failure when the device is on a
      different list.
So remove the list_del_init call from export_rdev, and add it back
immediately before the called to export_rdev for that last case.
Note also that ->same_set is sometimes used for lists other than
mddev->list (e.g. candidates).  In these cases rcu is not needed.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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