Re: [PATCH v3] target: close target_put_sess_cmd() vs.core_tmr_abort_task() race

[Nicholas A. Bellinger]

On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 19:39 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 07:11:12PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 19:34 -0400, JÃrn Engel wrote:
> > > And because I'm lame and stupid, here's v3.
> > > 
> > > It is possible for one thread to to take se_sess->sess_cmd_lock in
> > > core_tmr_abort_task() before taking a reference count on
> > > se_cmd->cmd_kref, while another thread in target_put_sess_cmd() drops
> > > se_cmd->cmd_kref before taking se_sess->sess_cmd_lock.
> > > 
> > > This introduces kref_put_and_lock() and uses it in
> > > target_put_sess_cmd() to close the race window.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/target/target_core_transport.c |   17 +++++++++++------
> > >  include/linux/kref.h                   |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> > > index 04ec9cb..b98c158 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> > > @@ -2207,21 +2207,19 @@ static void target_release_cmd_kref(struct kref *kref)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = container_of(kref, struct se_cmd, cmd_kref);
> > >  	struct se_session *se_sess = se_cmd->se_sess;
> > > -	unsigned long flags;
> > >  
> > > -	spin_lock_irqsave(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
> > >  	if (list_empty(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list)) {
> > > -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
> > > +		spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
> > >  		se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd);
> > >  		return;
> > >  	}
> > >  	if (se_sess->sess_tearing_down && se_cmd->cmd_wait_set) {
> > > -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
> > > +		spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
> > >  		complete(&se_cmd->cmd_wait_comp);
> > >  		return;
> > >  	}
> > >  	list_del(&se_cmd->se_cmd_list);
> > > -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock, flags);
> > > +	spin_unlock(&se_sess->sess_cmd_lock);
> > >  
> > >  	se_cmd->se_tfo->release_cmd(se_cmd);
> > 
> > The fact that this changes ->release_cmd() to be called with irqs still
> > disabled is going to cause a problem for any fabrics that take a _bh
> > lock from this code-path.
> > 
> > iscsi-target is the only fabric AFAICT that this could potentially be
> > problematic for, but as I'm currently in the process of converting it to
> > use ->cmd_kref for v3.10 code some extra refactoring to avoid these
> > locks from within ->release_cmd() should not be a big deal..
> > 
> > So that said, applied to target-pending/for-next.
> 
> Really?  Don't you need my ack as you are adding a new kref api call
> here.

Yes, sorry.  

Putting this into queue for the moment.

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