linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] loop: be paranoid on exit and prevent new additions / removals

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Message-ID: <20200429140513.GD700644@T590>
Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:05:13 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, bvanassche@....org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        jack@...e.cz, nstange@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mhocko@...e.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] loop: be paranoid on exit and prevent new
 additions / removals

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 07:46:27AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Be pedantic on removal as well and hold the mutex.
> This should prevent uses of addition while we exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/block/loop.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index da693e6a834e..6dccba22c9b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -2333,6 +2333,8 @@ static void __exit loop_exit(void)
>  
>  	range = max_loop ? max_loop << part_shift : 1UL << MINORBITS;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
> +
>  	idr_for_each(&loop_index_idr, &loop_exit_cb, NULL);
>  	idr_destroy(&loop_index_idr);
>  
> @@ -2340,6 +2342,8 @@ static void __exit loop_exit(void)
>  	unregister_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop");
>  
>  	misc_deregister(&loop_misc);
> +
> +	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
>  }
>  
>  module_init(loop_init);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>

-- 
Ming