Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/30] cxlflash: Fix potential oops following LUN removal

From: Brian King <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:26:18 -0500

On 09/16/2015 04:27 PM, Matthew R. Ochs wrote:
> When a LUN is removed, the sdev that is associated with the LUN
> remains intact until its reference count drops to 0. In order
> to prevent an sdev from being removed while a context is still
> associated with it, obtain an additional reference per-context
> for each LUN attached to the context.
> 
> This resolves a potential Oops in the release handler when a
> dealing with a LUN that has already been removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Manoj N. Kumar <[email-masked]>
> Suggested-by: Brian King <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
> index fa513ba..1fa4af6 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
> @@ -880,6 +880,9 @@ static int _cxlflash_disk_detach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>  			sys_close(lfd);
>  	}
> 
> +	/* Release the sdev reference that bound this LUN to the context */
> +	scsi_device_put(sdev);
> +
>  out:
>  	if (put_ctx)
>  		put_context(ctxi);
> @@ -1287,11 +1290,18 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>  			}
>  	}
> 
> +	rc = scsi_device_get(sdev);
> +	if (unlikely(rc)) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to get sdev reference!\n", __func__);
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
>  	lun_access = kzalloc(sizeof(*lun_access), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (unlikely(!lun_access)) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to allocate lun_access!\n", __func__);
> +		scsi_device_put(sdev);

Looks like you've got a double scsi_device_put in this path, since there is another put
in the the err0 path.

>  		rc = -ENOMEM;
> -		goto out;
> +		goto err0;
>  	}
> 
>  	lun_access->lli = lli;
> @@ -1311,21 +1321,21 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: Could not initialize context %p\n",
>  			__func__, ctx);
>  		rc = -ENODEV;
> -		goto err0;
> +		goto err1;
>  	}
> 
>  	ctxid = cxl_process_element(ctx);
>  	if (unlikely((ctxid > MAX_CONTEXT) || (ctxid < 0))) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: ctxid (%d) invalid!\n", __func__, ctxid);
>  		rc = -EPERM;
> -		goto err1;
> +		goto err2;
>  	}
> 
>  	file = cxl_get_fd(ctx, &cfg->cxl_fops, &fd);
>  	if (unlikely(fd < 0)) {
>  		rc = -ENODEV;
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: Could not get file descriptor\n", __func__);
> -		goto err1;
> +		goto err2;
>  	}
> 
>  	/* Translate read/write O_* flags from fcntl.h to AFU permission bits */
> @@ -1335,7 +1345,7 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>  	if (unlikely(!ctxi)) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: Failed to create context! (%d)\n",
>  			__func__, ctxid);
> -		goto err2;
> +		goto err3;
>  	}
> 
>  	work = &ctxi->work;
> @@ -1346,13 +1356,13 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>  	if (unlikely(rc)) {
>  		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: Could not start context rc=%d\n",
>  			__func__, rc);
> -		goto err3;
> +		goto err4;
>  	}
> 
>  	rc = afu_attach(cfg, ctxi);
>  	if (unlikely(rc)) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "%s: Could not attach AFU rc %d\n", __func__, rc);
> -		goto err4;
> +		goto err5;
>  	}
> 
>  	/*
> @@ -1388,13 +1398,13 @@ out:
>  		__func__, ctxid, fd, attach->block_size, rc, attach->last_lba);
>  	return rc;
> 
> -err4:
> +err5:
>  	cxl_stop_context(ctx);
> -err3:
> +err4:
>  	put_context(ctxi);
>  	destroy_context(cfg, ctxi);
>  	ctxi = NULL;
> -err2:
> +err3:
>  	/*
>  	 * Here, we're overriding the fops with a dummy all-NULL fops because
>  	 * fput() calls the release fop, which will cause us to mistakenly
> @@ -1406,10 +1416,12 @@ err2:
>  	fput(file);
>  	put_unused_fd(fd);
>  	fd = -1;
> -err1:
> +err2:
>  	cxl_release_context(ctx);
> -err0:
> +err1:
>  	kfree(lun_access);
> +err0:
> +	scsi_device_put(sdev);
>  	goto out;
>  }
> 

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Brian King
Power Linux I/O
IBM Linux Technology Center