[PATCH v2 7/8] md: open new legs before locking the array
From: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@ionos.com>
Date: 2026-09-10 08:11:27
Also in:
dm-devel, linux-raid, lkml
Subsystem:
software raid (multiple disks) support, the rest · Maintainers:
Song Liu, Yu Kuai, Linus Torvalds
From: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@cloud.ionos.com>
Opening a leg takes disk->open_mutex, and the scsi disk probe path nests
q->limits_lock inside it (sd_open() -> sd_revalidate_disk()). md opens
legs under reconfig_mutex, which this series makes q->limits_lock nest
outside, closing a cycle. Booting with lockdep on an md root reports it
during assembly:
-> #2 (&q->limits_lock): sd_revalidate_disk / sd_open
-> #1 (&disk->open_mutex): md_import_device
md_add_new_disk
md_ioctl <- ADD_NEW_DISK
-> #0 (&mddev->reconfig_mutex): md_ioctl <- RUN_ARRAY
Move every open out from under the lock. md_import_new_disk() mirrors
md_add_new_disk()'s branch selection so all three of its branches take a
pre-opened leg, and hot_add_disk(), new_dev_store() and md_setup_drive()
open before they lock as well.
The mddev fields the open depends on are read without reconfig_mutex, so
each caller rechecks them once the array is locked and rejects the add
with -EBUSY if the branch or the superblock format would have changed.
md_autostart_arrays() needs no change: it opens under
detected_devices_mutex.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@cloud.ionos.com>
---
drivers/md/md-autodetect.c | 17 ++-
drivers/md/md.c | 238 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
drivers/md/md.h | 21 +++-
3 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
index e15ae2fb58a2..e592577356ad 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void __init md_setup_drive(struct md_setup_args *args) .major = MAJOR(devices[i]), .minor = MINOR(devices[i]), }; + struct md_new_disk nd; if (args->level != LEVEL_NONE) { dinfo.number = i;
@@ -216,7 +217,21 @@ static void __init md_setup_drive(struct md_setup_args *args) (1 << MD_DISK_ACTIVE) | (1 << MD_DISK_SYNC); } - md_add_new_disk(mddev, &dinfo, NULL); + /* + * Opening a leg takes disk->open_mutex, which must not nest + * inside reconfig_mutex, see md_import_new_disk(). Drop the + * array lock around it; this is __init and the array is not + * reachable yet, so nothing else can touch it in between. + */ + mddev_unlock(mddev); + if (md_import_new_disk(mddev, &dinfo, &nd)) { + mddev_lock_nointr(mddev); + continue; + } + mddev_lock_nointr(mddev); + + md_add_new_disk(mddev, &dinfo, &nd, NULL); + md_put_new_disk(&nd); } /*
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 5be956e80563..fa033d7d3831 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c@@ -4942,6 +4942,7 @@ new_dev_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len) struct md_rdev *rdev; unsigned int noio_flags; int err; + int persistent, external, major_version, minor_version; if (!*buf || *e != ':' || !e[1] || e[1] == '\n') return -EINVAL;
@@ -4953,32 +4954,52 @@ new_dev_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len) minor != MINOR(dev)) return -EOVERFLOW; - err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev); - if (err) - return err; - noio_flags = memalloc_noio_save(); - if (mddev->persistent) { - rdev = md_import_device(dev, mddev->major_version, - mddev->minor_version); - if (!IS_ERR(rdev) && !list_empty(&mddev->disks)) { - struct md_rdev *rdev0 - = list_entry(mddev->disks.next, - struct md_rdev, same_set); - err = super_types[mddev->major_version] - .load_super(rdev, rdev0, mddev->minor_version); - if (err < 0) - goto out; - } - } else if (mddev->external) + /* + * Open before locking the array: bdev_open() takes disk->open_mutex, + * which must not nest inside reconfig_mutex, see md_import_new_disk(). + * The fields below are read without the lock and rechecked under it. + */ + persistent = READ_ONCE(mddev->persistent); + external = READ_ONCE(mddev->external); + major_version = READ_ONCE(mddev->major_version); + minor_version = READ_ONCE(mddev->minor_version); + + if (persistent) + rdev = md_import_device(dev, major_version, minor_version); + else if (external) rdev = md_import_device(dev, -2, -1); else rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, -1); - if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { - memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flags); - mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev); + if (IS_ERR(rdev)) return PTR_ERR(rdev); + + err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev); + if (err) { + export_rdev(rdev); + return err; } + noio_flags = memalloc_noio_save(); + + if (persistent != mddev->persistent || external != mddev->external || + major_version != mddev->major_version || + minor_version != mddev->minor_version) { + pr_warn("%s: array reconfigured while opening %pg\n", + mdname(mddev), rdev->bdev); + err = -EBUSY; + goto out; + } + + if (mddev->persistent && !list_empty(&mddev->disks)) { + struct md_rdev *rdev0 + = list_entry(mddev->disks.next, + struct md_rdev, same_set); + err = super_types[mddev->major_version] + .load_super(rdev, rdev0, mddev->minor_version); + if (err < 0) + goto out; + } + err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev); out: if (err)
@@ -7685,12 +7706,35 @@ static int get_disk_info(struct mddev *mddev, void __user * arg) return 0; } +/* + * @nd carries an rdev the caller opened before locking the array, for the + * branch its snapshot selected. Every caller must open first; doing it + * here would nest disk->open_mutex inside reconfig_mutex. + */ int md_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, - struct queue_limits *lim) + struct md_new_disk *nd, struct queue_limits *lim) { struct md_rdev *rdev; dev_t dev = MKDEV(info->major,info->minor); + /* + * The open ran unlocked, so anything that selects a different branch + * below, or a different superblock format, means it was done against + * an array that no longer looks like this one. + */ + if (nd && nd->rdev && + (nd->have_raid_disks != (mddev->raid_disks != 0) || + nd->have_pers != !!mddev->pers || + nd->persistent != mddev->persistent || + nd->major_version != mddev->major_version || + nd->minor_version != mddev->minor_version)) { + pr_warn("%s: array reconfigured while opening %pg\n", + mdname(mddev), nd->rdev->bdev); + export_rdev(nd->rdev); + nd->rdev = NULL; + return -EBUSY; + } + if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) && !(info->state & ((1 << MD_DISK_CLUSTER_ADD) | (1 << MD_DISK_CANDIDATE)))) { pr_warn("%s: Cannot add to clustered mddev.\n",
@@ -7703,13 +7747,12 @@ int md_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, if (!mddev->raid_disks) { int err; + /* expecting a device which has a superblock */ - rdev = md_import_device(dev, mddev->major_version, mddev->minor_version); - if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { - pr_warn("md: md_import_device returned %ld\n", - PTR_ERR(rdev)); - return PTR_ERR(rdev); - } + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nd || !nd->rdev)) + return -EINVAL; + rdev = nd->rdev; + nd->rdev = NULL; if (!list_empty(&mddev->disks)) { struct md_rdev *rdev0 = list_entry(mddev->disks.next,
@@ -7742,16 +7785,10 @@ int md_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, mdname(mddev)); return -EINVAL; } - if (mddev->persistent) - rdev = md_import_device(dev, mddev->major_version, - mddev->minor_version); - else - rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, -1); - if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { - pr_warn("md: md_import_device returned %ld\n", - PTR_ERR(rdev)); - return PTR_ERR(rdev); - } + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nd || !nd->rdev)) + return -EINVAL; + rdev = nd->rdev; + nd->rdev = NULL; /* set saved_raid_disk if appropriate */ if (!mddev->persistent) { if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC) &&
@@ -7853,12 +7890,11 @@ int md_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, if (!(info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY))) { int err; - rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, 0); - if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { - pr_warn("md: error, md_import_device() returned %ld\n", - PTR_ERR(rdev)); - return PTR_ERR(rdev); - } + + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nd || !nd->rdev)) + return -EINVAL; + rdev = nd->rdev; + nd->rdev = NULL; rdev->desc_nr = info->number; if (info->raid_disk < mddev->raid_disks) rdev->raid_disk = info->raid_disk;
@@ -7930,7 +7966,8 @@ static int hot_remove_disk(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev, return -EBUSY; } -static int hot_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev) +/* @nd carries a leg the caller opened before the array was locked */ +static int hot_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_new_disk *nd) { int err; struct md_rdev *rdev;
@@ -7949,12 +7986,10 @@ static int hot_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev) return -EINVAL; } - rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, 0); - if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { - pr_warn("md: error, md_import_device() returned %ld\n", - PTR_ERR(rdev)); + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!nd->rdev)) return -EINVAL; - } + rdev = nd->rdev; + nd->rdev = NULL; if (mddev->persistent) rdev->sb_start = calc_dev_sboffset(rdev);
@@ -8497,14 +8532,61 @@ static inline int md_ioctl_valid(unsigned int cmd) * journal device or a personality without ->hot_remove_disk, but that depends * on disk info still in user memory here, so it is included as a whole. */ -static bool md_ioctl_may_add_disk(unsigned int cmd) + +/* + * Open the leg before the array is locked; bdev_open() takes + * disk->open_mutex, which must not nest inside reconfig_mutex. mddev is + * read unlocked on purpose, and md_add_new_disk() rechecks the snapshot. + */ +int md_import_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, + struct md_new_disk *nd) { - switch (cmd) { - case ADD_NEW_DISK: - case HOT_REMOVE_DISK: - return true; - default: - return false; + dev_t dev = MKDEV(info->major, info->minor); + struct md_rdev *rdev; + + memset(nd, 0, sizeof(*nd)); + nd->have_raid_disks = READ_ONCE(mddev->raid_disks) != 0; + nd->have_pers = !!READ_ONCE(mddev->pers); + nd->persistent = READ_ONCE(mddev->persistent); + nd->major_version = READ_ONCE(mddev->major_version); + nd->minor_version = READ_ONCE(mddev->minor_version); + + if (!nd->have_raid_disks) { + /* a device with a superblock, for an array being assembled */ + rdev = md_import_device(dev, nd->major_version, + nd->minor_version); + } else if (nd->have_pers) { + /* a hot spare; this is the branch that stacks limits */ + nd->stacks = true; + if (nd->persistent) + rdev = md_import_device(dev, nd->major_version, + nd->minor_version); + else + rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, -1); + } else if (nd->major_version == 0) { + rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, 0); + } else { + /* md_add_new_disk() rejects this, nothing to open */ + return 0; + } + + if (IS_ERR(rdev)) { + int err = PTR_ERR(rdev); + + pr_warn("md: md_import_device returned %d\n", err); + return err; + } + + nd->rdev = rdev; + return 0; +} + +/* release a leg md_add_new_disk() did not take ownership of */ +void md_put_new_disk(struct md_new_disk *nd) +{ + if (nd->rdev) { + export_rdev(nd->rdev); + nd->rdev = NULL; } }
@@ -8566,6 +8648,8 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, struct request_queue *q = NULL; struct queue_limits lim; struct queue_limits *limp = NULL; + struct md_new_disk nd = { }; + mdu_disk_info_t info; bool suspend; err = md_ioctl_valid(cmd);
@@ -8616,8 +8700,27 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, if (!md_is_rdwr(mddev)) flush_work(&mddev->sync_work); + if (cmd == ADD_NEW_DISK) { + if (copy_from_user(&info, argp, sizeof(info))) { + err = -EFAULT; + goto out; + } + err = md_import_new_disk(mddev, &info, &nd); + if (err) + goto out; + } else if (cmd == HOT_ADD_DISK) { + nd.rdev = md_import_device(new_decode_dev(arg), -1, 0); + if (IS_ERR(nd.rdev)) { + pr_warn("md: error, md_import_device() returned %ld\n", + PTR_ERR(nd.rdev)); + nd.rdev = NULL; + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + } + /* q->limits_lock nests outside both, see md_start_sync() */ - if ((md_ioctl_may_add_disk(cmd) || cmd == RUN_ARRAY) && + if ((nd.stacks || cmd == HOT_REMOVE_DISK || cmd == RUN_ARRAY) && !mddev_is_dm(mddev)) { q = mddev->gendisk->queue; lim = queue_limits_start_update(q);
@@ -8681,14 +8784,10 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, * So require mddev->pers and MD_DISK_SYNC. */ if (mddev->pers) { - mdu_disk_info_t info; - if (copy_from_user(&info, argp, sizeof(info))) - err = -EFAULT; - else if (!(info.state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC))) + if (!(info.state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC))) /* Need to clear read-only for this */ break; - else - err = md_add_new_disk(mddev, &info, limp); + err = md_add_new_disk(mddev, &info, &nd, limp); goto unlock; } break;
@@ -8721,14 +8820,8 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, switch (cmd) { case ADD_NEW_DISK: - { - mdu_disk_info_t info; - if (copy_from_user(&info, argp, sizeof(info))) - err = -EFAULT; - else - err = md_add_new_disk(mddev, &info, limp); + err = md_add_new_disk(mddev, &info, &nd, limp); goto unlock; - } case CLUSTERED_DISK_NACK: if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
@@ -8738,7 +8831,7 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, goto unlock; case HOT_ADD_DISK: - err = hot_add_disk(mddev, new_decode_dev(arg)); + err = hot_add_disk(mddev, &nd); goto unlock; case RUN_ARRAY:
@@ -8770,6 +8863,9 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, } out: + /* a leg we opened but nothing took ownership of */ + md_put_new_disk(&nd); + if (cmd == STOP_ARRAY_RO || (err && cmd == STOP_ARRAY)) clear_bit(MD_CLOSING, &mddev->flags); return err;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 73f6ef20f266..73a27d83d65a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h@@ -1051,8 +1051,27 @@ struct mdu_disk_info_s; extern int mdp_major; void md_autostart_arrays(int part); int md_set_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_array_info_s *info); +/* + * A leg opened before the array was locked, with the mddev fields that + * selected the branch and the superblock format. Opening takes + * disk->open_mutex, which must not nest inside reconfig_mutex; the fields + * are read unlocked and md_add_new_disk() rechecks them. + */ +struct md_new_disk { + struct md_rdev *rdev; + bool stacks; /* the add can reach ->hot_add_disk() */ + bool have_pers; + bool have_raid_disks; + int persistent; + int major_version; + int minor_version; +}; + +int md_import_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, + struct md_new_disk *nd); +void md_put_new_disk(struct md_new_disk *nd); int md_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_disk_info_s *info, - struct queue_limits *lim); + struct md_new_disk *nd, struct queue_limits *lim); int do_md_run(struct mddev *mddev, struct queue_limits *lim); #define MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY (1u << 0) int mddev_stack_rdev_limits(struct mddev *mddev, struct queue_limits *lim,
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