[PATCH v2] block: loop: restore backing file state on loop_configure() failure
From: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-03 02:09:53
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block layer, the rest · Maintainers:
Jens Axboe, Linus Torvalds
If queue_limits_commit_update() fails after loop_assign_backing_file(), restore the backing file GFP mask, clear lo_backing_file and lo_device, and re-enable uevents before unlocking. Scope the rollback to a dedicated out_restore_backing label reached only from errors after the backing file is modified in this call. The common out_unlock path is also used for early validation failures such as -EBUSY when lo->lo_state != Lo_unbound; in that case the device may already have a valid backing file that must not be cleared. Signed-off-by: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <redacted> --- Changes since v1: - Drop the brd xa_destroy patch: xa_init() does not allocate; there is nothing to destroy on the blk_alloc_disk() failure path. - Fix loop rollback scope: do not restore from the common out_unlock path. That label is also reached for early failures such as -EBUSY when the device is already bound, where lo_backing_file belongs to the existing configuration. Use a dedicated out_restore_backing label only for errors after loop_assign_backing_file(). drivers/block/loop.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 6f12976035b0..aec7fbad1903 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode, /* No need to freeze the queue as the device isn't bound yet. */ error = queue_limits_commit_update(lo->lo_queue, &lim); if (error) - goto out_unlock; + goto out_restore_backing; /* * We might switch to direct I/O mode for the loop device, write back
@@ -1122,6 +1122,13 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode, return 0; +out_restore_backing: + mapping_set_gfp_mask(lo->lo_backing_file->f_mapping, + lo->old_gfp_mask); + lo->lo_backing_file = NULL; + lo->lo_device = NULL; + dev_set_uevent_suppress(disk_to_dev(lo->lo_disk), 0); + out_unlock: loop_global_unlock(lo, is_loop); out_bdev:
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