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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mtd: fix lock hierarchy in deregister_mtd_blktrans
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On Sat, 2021-07-17 at 10:07:19 UTC, Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi wrote:
> There is a lock hierarchy of major_names_lock --> mtd_table_mutex. One
> existing chain is as follows:
>
> 1. major_names_lock --> loop_ctl_mutex (when blk_request_module calls
> loop_probe)
>
> 2. loop_ctl_mutex --> bdev->bd_mutex (when loop_control_ioctl calls
> loop_remove, which then calls del_gendisk)
>
> 3. bdev->bd_mutex --> mtd_table_mutex (when blkdev_get_by_dev calls
> __blkdev_get, which then calls blktrans_open)
>
> Since unregister_blkdev grabs the major_names_lock, we need to call it
> outside the critical section for mtd_table_mutex, otherwise we invert
> the lock hierarchy.
>
> Reported-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
> Signed-off-by: Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi <desmondcheongzx@gmail.com>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/fixes, thanks.

Miquel

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