linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 097/109] dm: use noio when sending kobject event

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:44:40 +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, Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>,
        Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>,
        Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 097/109] dm: use noio when sending kobject event

From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>

commit 6958c1c640af8c3f40fa8a2eee3b5b905d95b677 upstream.

kobject_uevent may allocate memory and it may be called while there are dm
devices suspended. The allocation may recurse into a suspended device,
causing a deadlock. We must set the noio flag when sending a uevent.

The observed deadlock was reported here:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2020-March/msg00025.html

Reported-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/dm.c |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
@@ -2886,17 +2887,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_internal_resume_fas
 int dm_kobject_uevent(struct mapped_device *md, enum kobject_action action,
 		       unsigned cookie)
 {
+	int r;
+	unsigned noio_flag;
 	char udev_cookie[DM_COOKIE_LENGTH];
 	char *envp[] = { udev_cookie, NULL };
 
+	noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
+
 	if (!cookie)
-		return kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(md->disk)->kobj, action);
+		r = kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(md->disk)->kobj, action);
 	else {
 		snprintf(udev_cookie, DM_COOKIE_LENGTH, "%s=%u",
 			 DM_COOKIE_ENV_VAR_NAME, cookie);
-		return kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(md->disk)->kobj,
-					  action, envp);
+		r = kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(md->disk)->kobj,
+				       action, envp);
 	}
+
+	memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
+
+	return r;
 }
 
 uint32_t dm_next_uevent_seq(struct mapped_device *md)