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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 31/10/2018 à 02:29, NeilBrown a
      écrit :<br>
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      cite="mid:87bm7a3nue.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name">
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Lockdep reports a possible deadlock between chlg_open() and
mdc_changelog_cdev_init()

mdc_changelog_cdev_init() takes chlg_registered_dev_lock and then
calls misc_register() which takes misc_mtx.
chlg_open() is called while misc_mtx is held, and tries to take
chlg_registered_dev_lock.
If these two functions race, a deadlock can occur as each thread will
hold one of the locks while trying to take the other.

chlg_open() does not need to take a lock.  It only uses the
lock to stablize a list while looking for the matching
chlg_registered_dev, and this can be found directly by examining
file->private_data.

So remove chlg_obd_get(), and use file->private_Data to find the
obd_device.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:neilb@suse.com"><neilb@suse.com></a>
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Note that this bug exists in upstream (OpenSFS) lustre as well.</pre>
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    I think you need to modify mdc_changelog_cdev_init() as well so that
    misc_register() comes after the two list_add_tail() statements.<br>
    <br>
    If someone opens the device a bit a too fast after it becomes
    visible, they might find an empty list at `dev->ced_obds'.<br>
    Previously, holding `chlg_registered_dev_loc' implicitely prevented
    that.<br>
    <br>
    Is it possible that maybe the kernel shouldn't hold `misc_mtx' while
    calling chlg_open()?<br>
    <br>
    Quentin Bouget<br>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:87bm7a3nue.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name">
      <pre wrap="">

 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_changelog.c | 35 +++++------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_changelog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_changelog.c
index d83507cbf95c..645e7f24a859 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_changelog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_changelog.c
@@ -444,31 +444,6 @@ static ssize_t chlg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buff,
        return rc < 0 ? rc : count;
 }
 
-/**
- * Find the OBD device associated to a changelog character device.
- * @param[in]  cdev  character device instance descriptor
- * @return corresponding OBD device or NULL if none was found.
- */
-static struct obd_device *chlg_obd_get(dev_t cdev)
-{
-       int minor = MINOR(cdev);
-       struct obd_device *obd = NULL;
-       struct chlg_registered_dev *curr;
-
-       mutex_lock(&chlg_registered_dev_lock);
-       list_for_each_entry(curr, &chlg_registered_devices, ced_link) {
-               if (curr->ced_misc.minor == minor) {
-                       /* take the first available OBD device attached */
-                       obd = list_first_entry(&curr->ced_obds,
-                                              struct obd_device,
-                                              u.cli.cl_chg_dev_linkage);
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
-       mutex_unlock(&chlg_registered_dev_lock);
-       return obd;
-}
-
 /**
  * Open handler, initialize internal CRS state and spawn prefetch thread if
  * needed.
@@ -479,12 +454,16 @@ static struct obd_device *chlg_obd_get(dev_t cdev)
 static int chlg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
        struct chlg_reader_state *crs;
-       struct obd_device *obd = chlg_obd_get(inode->i_rdev);
+       struct miscdevice *misc = file->private_data;
+       struct chlg_registered_dev *dev;
+       struct obd_device *obd;
        struct task_struct *task;
        int rc;
 
-       if (!obd)
-               return -ENODEV;
+       dev = container_of(misc, struct chlg_registered_dev, ced_misc);
+       obd = list_first_entry(&dev->ced_obds,
+                              struct obd_device,
+                              u.cli.cl_chg_dev_linkage);
 
        crs = kzalloc(sizeof(*crs), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!crs)
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