linux-kernel - [PATCH] device-dax: fix percpu_ref

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:18:02 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] device-dax: fix percpu_ref_exit ordering

We need to wait until the percpu_ref is released before exit. Otherwise,
we sometimes lose the race and trigger this new warning that was added
in v4.9 (commit a67823c1ed10 "percpu-refcount: init ->confirm_switch
member properly"):

 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3629 at lib/percpu-refcount.c:107 percpu_ref_exit+0x51/0x60
 [..]
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff814bf093>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc2
  [<ffffffff810b15db>] __warn+0xcb/0xf0
  [<ffffffff810b170d>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
  [<ffffffff814d70c1>] percpu_ref_exit+0x51/0x60
  [<ffffffffa005706a>] dax_pmem_percpu_exit+0x1a/0x50 [dax_pmem]
  [<ffffffff81615f1f>] devm_action_release+0xf/0x20

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Fixes: ab68f2622136 ("/dev/dax, pmem: direct access to persistent memory")
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 drivers/dax/pmem.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dax/pmem.c b/drivers/dax/pmem.c
index 9630d8837ba9..4a15fa5df98b 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/pmem.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ static void dax_pmem_percpu_exit(void *data)
 
 	dev_dbg(dax_pmem->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 	percpu_ref_exit(ref);
-	wait_for_completion(&dax_pmem->cmp);
 }
 
 static void dax_pmem_percpu_kill(void *data)
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ static void dax_pmem_percpu_kill(void *data)
 
 	dev_dbg(dax_pmem->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 	percpu_ref_kill(ref);
+	wait_for_completion(&dax_pmem->cmp);
 }
 
 static int dax_pmem_probe(struct device *dev)