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authorYu Kuai <yukuai@fnnas.com>2026-02-14 13:43:50 +0800
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2026-02-16 10:47:25 -0700
commitdfe48ea179733be948c432f6af2fc3913cf5dd28 (patch)
tree5b931d881352843e79ab7d7509f4750dfe6d0284 /kernel
parent3678a334a55e869b413e2fb4824e92200b149d73 (diff)
blk-mq: use NOIO context to prevent deadlock during debugfs creation
Creating debugfs entries can trigger fs reclaim, which can enter back into the block layer request_queue. This can cause deadlock if the queue is frozen. Previously, a WARN_ON_ONCE check was used in debugfs_create_files() to detect this condition, but it was racy since the queue can be frozen from another context at any time. Introduce blk_debugfs_lock()/blk_debugfs_unlock() helpers that combine the debugfs_mutex with memalloc_noio_save()/restore() to prevent fs reclaim from triggering block I/O. Also add blk_debugfs_lock_nomemsave() and blk_debugfs_unlock_nomemrestore() variants for callers that don't need NOIO protection (e.g., debugfs removal or read-only operations). Replace all raw debugfs_mutex lock/unlock pairs with these helpers, using the _nomemsave/_nomemrestore variants where appropriate. Reported-by: Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@redhat.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHj4cs9gNKEYAPagD9JADfO5UH+OiCr4P7OO2wjpfOYeM-RV=A@mail.gmail.com/ Reported-by: Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYWQR7CtYdk3K39g@shinmob/ Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@fnnas.com> Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/blktrace.c38
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index c4db5c2e7103..a3d8a68f8683 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ int blk_trace_remove(struct request_queue *q)
{
int ret;
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_lock_nomemsave(q);
ret = __blk_trace_remove(q);
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock_nomemrestore(q);
return ret;
}
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ int blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
struct blk_user_trace_setup2 buts2;
struct blk_user_trace_setup buts;
struct blk_trace *bt;
+ unsigned int memflags;
int ret;
ret = copy_from_user(&buts, arg, sizeof(buts));
@@ -785,16 +786,16 @@ int blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
.pid = buts.pid,
};
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ memflags = blk_debugfs_lock(q);
bt = blk_trace_setup_prepare(q, name, dev, buts.buf_size, buts.buf_nr,
bdev);
if (IS_ERR(bt)) {
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
return PTR_ERR(bt);
}
blk_trace_setup_finalize(q, name, 1, bt, &buts2);
strscpy(buts.name, buts2.name, BLKTRACE_BDEV_SIZE);
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts, sizeof(buts))) {
blk_trace_remove(q);
@@ -809,6 +810,7 @@ static int blk_trace_setup2(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
{
struct blk_user_trace_setup2 buts2;
struct blk_trace *bt;
+ unsigned int memflags;
if (copy_from_user(&buts2, arg, sizeof(buts2)))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -819,15 +821,15 @@ static int blk_trace_setup2(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
if (buts2.flags != 0)
return -EINVAL;
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ memflags = blk_debugfs_lock(q);
bt = blk_trace_setup_prepare(q, name, dev, buts2.buf_size, buts2.buf_nr,
bdev);
if (IS_ERR(bt)) {
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
return PTR_ERR(bt);
}
blk_trace_setup_finalize(q, name, 2, bt, &buts2);
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts2, sizeof(buts2))) {
blk_trace_remove(q);
@@ -844,6 +846,7 @@ static int compat_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name,
struct blk_user_trace_setup2 buts2;
struct compat_blk_user_trace_setup cbuts;
struct blk_trace *bt;
+ unsigned int memflags;
if (copy_from_user(&cbuts, arg, sizeof(cbuts)))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -860,15 +863,15 @@ static int compat_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name,
.pid = cbuts.pid,
};
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ memflags = blk_debugfs_lock(q);
bt = blk_trace_setup_prepare(q, name, dev, buts2.buf_size, buts2.buf_nr,
bdev);
if (IS_ERR(bt)) {
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
return PTR_ERR(bt);
}
blk_trace_setup_finalize(q, name, 1, bt, &buts2);
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts2.name, ARRAY_SIZE(buts2.name))) {
blk_trace_remove(q);
@@ -898,9 +901,9 @@ int blk_trace_startstop(struct request_queue *q, int start)
{
int ret;
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_lock_nomemsave(q);
ret = __blk_trace_startstop(q, start);
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock_nomemrestore(q);
return ret;
}
@@ -2020,7 +2023,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_show(struct device *dev,
struct blk_trace *bt;
ssize_t ret = -ENXIO;
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_lock_nomemsave(q);
bt = rcu_dereference_protected(q->blk_trace,
lockdep_is_held(&q->debugfs_mutex));
@@ -2041,7 +2044,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_show(struct device *dev,
ret = sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", bt->end_lba);
out_unlock_bdev:
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock_nomemrestore(q);
return ret;
}
@@ -2052,6 +2055,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev,
struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
struct blk_trace *bt;
+ unsigned int memflags;
u64 value;
ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -2071,7 +2075,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev,
goto out;
}
- mutex_lock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ memflags = blk_debugfs_lock(q);
bt = rcu_dereference_protected(q->blk_trace,
lockdep_is_held(&q->debugfs_mutex));
@@ -2106,7 +2110,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev,
}
out_unlock_bdev:
- mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
+ blk_debugfs_unlock(q, memflags);
out:
return ret ? ret : count;
}