linux-kernel - Re: request_queue use-after-free

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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:56:34 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ceph Development <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: request_queue use-after-free - inode_detach_wb()

Hello, Ilya.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 04:48:06PM +0100, Ilya Dryomov wrote:
> Just to be clear, the bdi/wb vs inode lifetime rules are that inodes
> should always be within bdi/wb?  There's been a lot of churn in this

Yes, that's where *I* think we should be headed.  Stuff in lower
layers should stick around while upper layer things are around.

> and related areas recently, including in block drivers: 6cd18e711dd8
> ("block: destroy bdi before blockdev is unregistered"), b02176f30cd3
> ("block: don't release bdi while request_queue has live references"),
> so I want to fully get my head around this.

End-of-life issue has always been a bit of mess in the block layer.
Thanks a lot for working on this.

-- 
tejun
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