On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 07:46:27AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Be pedantic on removal as well and hold the mutex.
This should prevent uses of addition while we exit.
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index da693e6a834e..6dccba22c9b5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2333,6 +2333,8 @@ static void __exit loop_exit(void)
range = max_loop ? max_loop << part_shift : 1UL << MINORBITS;
+ mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+
idr_for_each(&loop_index_idr, &loop_exit_cb, NULL);
idr_destroy(&loop_index_idr);
@@ -2340,6 +2342,8 @@ static void __exit loop_exit(void)
unregister_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop");
misc_deregister(&loop_misc);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
}
module_init(loop_init);
What type of issue is this helping with? Can it be triggered today? if
so, shouldn't it be backported to stable kernels?
thanks,
greg k-h