linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.12 73/83] elevator: acquire q->sysfs_lock in elevator

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Date:	Fri,  6 Dec 2013 13:52:03 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@....com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.12 73/83] elevator: acquire q->sysfs_lock in elevator_change()

3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@....com>

commit 7c8a3679e3d8e9d92d58f282161760a0e247df97 upstream.

Add locking of q->sysfs_lock into elevator_change() (an exported function)
to ensure it is held to protect q->elevator from elevator_init(), even if
elevator_change() is called from non-sysfs paths.
sysfs path (elv_iosched_store) uses __elevator_change(), non-locking
version, as the lock is already taken by elv_iosched_store().

Signed-off-by: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@....com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 block/elevator.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ fail_init:
 /*
  * Switch this queue to the given IO scheduler.
  */
-int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, const char *name)
+static int __elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, const char *name)
 {
 	char elevator_name[ELV_NAME_MAX];
 	struct elevator_type *e;
@@ -987,6 +987,18 @@ int elevator_change(struct request_queue
 
 	return elevator_switch(q, e);
 }
+
+int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, const char *name)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Protect q->elevator from elevator_init() */
+	mutex_lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+	ret = __elevator_change(q, name);
+	mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_change);
 
 ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *name,
@@ -997,7 +1009,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct request
 	if (!q->elevator)
 		return count;
 
-	ret = elevator_change(q, name);
+	ret = __elevator_change(q, name);
 	if (!ret)
 		return count;
 


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