Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2018-08-22

Re: [PATCH v2] bcache: release dc->writeback_lock properly in bch_writeback_thread()

From: Coly Li <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-22 18:07:55
Also in: linux-block, stable

On 2018/8/23 2:02 AM, Coly Li wrote:
From: Shan Hai <redacted>

The writeback thread would exit with a lock held when the cache device is
detached via sysfs interface, fix it by releasing the held lock before exiting
the while-loop.

Fixes: fadd94e05c02 (bcache: quit dc->writeback_thread when BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING is set)
Signed-off-by: Shan Hai <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <redacted>
Tested-by: Shenghui Wang <redacted>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org #4.17+
---
Changelog:
v2: add Fixes tag by Coly Li.
v1: initial patch from Shan Hai.
Hi Jens,

Please pick this patch for your next pull request. The change from Shan
Hai fixes a real issue which is reported and lately verified by Shenghui
Wang.

Thanks in advance.

Coly Li
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
index 6be05bd7ca67..08c3a9f9676c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
@@ -685,8 +685,10 @@ static int bch_writeback_thread(void *arg)
 			 * data on cache. BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING flag is set in
 			 * bch_cached_dev_detach().
 			 */
-			if (test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags))
+			if (test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags)) {
+				up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 
 		up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
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