linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 025/136] IB/srp: Avoid that a cable pull can trigger a kernel crash

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Date:   Sun, 11 Feb 2018 04:31:11 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Doug Ledford" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@....com>,
        "Sagi Grimberg" <sagi@...mberg.me>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 025/136] IB/srp: Avoid that a cable pull can trigger
 a kernel crash

3.16.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>

commit 8a0d18c62121d3c554a83eb96e2752861d84d937 upstream.

This patch fixes the following kernel crash:

general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Workqueue: ib_mad2 timeout_sends [ib_core]
Call Trace:
 ib_sa_path_rec_callback+0x1c4/0x1d0 [ib_core]
 send_handler+0xb2/0xd0 [ib_core]
 timeout_sends+0x14d/0x220 [ib_core]
 process_one_work+0x200/0x630
 worker_thread+0x4e/0x3b0
 kthread+0x113/0x150

Fixes: commit aef9ec39c47f ("IB: Add SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP) initiator")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>
Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -600,12 +600,19 @@ static void srp_path_rec_completion(int
 
 static int srp_lookup_path(struct srp_target_port *target)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
 	target->path.numb_path = 1;
 
 	init_completion(&target->done);
 
+	/*
+	 * Avoid that the SCSI host can be removed by srp_remove_target()
+	 * before srp_path_rec_completion() is called.
+	 */
+	if (!scsi_host_get(target->scsi_host))
+		goto out;
+
 	target->path_query_id = ib_sa_path_rec_get(&srp_sa_client,
 						   target->srp_host->srp_dev->dev,
 						   target->srp_host->port,
@@ -619,18 +626,24 @@ static int srp_lookup_path(struct srp_ta
 						   GFP_KERNEL,
 						   srp_path_rec_completion,
 						   target, &target->path_query);
-	if (target->path_query_id < 0)
-		return target->path_query_id;
+	ret = target->path_query_id;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto put;
 
 	ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&target->done);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (target->status < 0)
+	ret = target->status;
+	if (ret < 0)
 		shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, target->scsi_host,
 			     PFX "Path record query failed\n");
 
-	return target->status;
+put:
+	scsi_host_put(target->scsi_host);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int srp_send_req(struct srp_target_port *target)