Re: [PATCH v2] virtio-scsi: Fix the race condition in virtscsi_handle_event

From: Fam Zheng
Date: Tue Jan 06 2015 - 08:24:45 EST


On Tue, 01/06 11:35, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 03:33:36PM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
> > There is a race condition in virtscsi_handle_event, when many device
> > hotplug/unplug events flush in quickly.
> >
> > The scsi_remove_device in virtscsi_handle_transport_reset may trigger
> > the BUG_ON in scsi_target_reap, because the state is altered behind it,
> > probably by scsi_scan_host of another event. I'm able to reproduce it by
> > repeatedly plugging and unplugging a scsi disk with the same lun number.
> >
> > To make is safe, a single thread workqueue local to the module is added
> > which runs the scan work. With this change, the panic goes away.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v2: Use a single threaded workqueue instead of mutex to serialize work
> > (Venkatesh)
> > ---
> > drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> > index c52bb5d..71b0091 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> > @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ struct virtio_scsi {
> >
> > static struct kmem_cache *virtscsi_cmd_cache;
> > static mempool_t *virtscsi_cmd_pool;
> > +static struct workqueue_struct *virtscsi_scan_wq;
> > +
> >
>
> Don't add two empty lines please.
>
> > static inline struct Scsi_Host *virtio_scsi_host(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > {
> > @@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ static void virtscsi_complete_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, void *buf)
> > struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node = buf;
> >
> > if (!vscsi->stop_events)
> > - queue_work(system_freezable_wq, &event_node->work);
> > + queue_work(virtscsi_scan_wq, &event_node->work);
> > }
> >
> > static void virtscsi_event_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
> > @@ -1119,6 +1121,12 @@ static int __init init(void)
> > pr_err("mempool_create() for virtscsi_cmd_pool failed\n");
> > goto error;
> > }
> > + virtscsi_scan_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("virtscsi-scan");
> > + if (!virtscsi_scan_wq) {
> > + pr_err("create_singlethread_workqueue() for virtscsi_scan_wq failed\n");
> > + goto error;
> > + }
> > +
> > ret = register_virtio_driver(&virtio_scsi_driver);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > goto error;
> > @@ -1126,6 +1134,9 @@ static int __init init(void)
> > return 0;
> >
> > error:
> > + if (virtscsi_scan_wq) {
> > + destroy_workqueue(virtscsi_scan_wq);
> > + }
> > if (virtscsi_cmd_pool) {
> > mempool_destroy(virtscsi_cmd_pool);
> > virtscsi_cmd_pool = NULL;
> > @@ -1142,6 +1153,7 @@ static void __exit fini(void)
> > unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_scsi_driver);
> > mempool_destroy(virtscsi_cmd_pool);
> > kmem_cache_destroy(virtscsi_cmd_cache);
> > + destroy_workqueue(virtscsi_scan_wq);
>
>
> Please destroy in reverse order of initialization:
> between unregister_virtio_driver and mempool_destroy.

OK, will fix this. Thanks.

Fam

>
> > }
> > module_init(init);
> > module_exit(fini);
> > --
> > 1.9.3
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