linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.17 072/336] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

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Date:   Wed,  1 Aug 2018 18:46:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>,
        Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.17 072/336] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

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

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

From: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>

[ Upstream commit 60b2b4ee2bc01dd052f99fa9d65da2232102ef8e ]

f2fs_ioc_shutdown() ioctl gets stuck in the below path
when issued with F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC option.

__switch_to+0x90/0xc4
percpu_down_write+0x8c/0xc0
freeze_super+0xec/0x1e4
freeze_bdev+0xc4/0xcc
f2fs_ioctl+0xc0c/0x1ce0
f2fs_compat_ioctl+0x98/0x1f0

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/file.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1851,9 +1851,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file
 	if (get_user(in, (__u32 __user *)arg))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) {
+		ret = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	switch (in) {
 	case F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC:
@@ -1894,7 +1896,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file
 
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 out:
-	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+	if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 	return ret;
 }