linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] md: Flush workqueue md_rdev_misc_wq in md

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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:14:13 -0600
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@...ux.dev>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Martin Oliveira <Martin.Oliveira@...eticom.com>,
        David Sloan <David.Sloan@...eticom.com>,
        David Sloan <david.sloan@...eticom.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] md: Flush workqueue md_rdev_misc_wq in md_alloc()

From: David Sloan <david.sloan@...eticom.com>

A race condition still exists when removing and re-creating md devices
in test cases. However, it is only seen on some setups.

The race condition was tracked down to a reference still being held
to the kobject by the rdev in the md_rdev_misc_wq which will be released
in rdev_delayed_delete().

md_alloc() waits for previous deletions by waiting on the md_misc_wq,
but the md_rdev_misc_wq may still be holding a reference to a recently
removed device.

To fix this, also flush the md_rdev_misc_wq in md_alloc().

Signed-off-by: David Sloan <david.sloan@...eticom.com>
[logang@...tatee.com: rewrote commit message]
Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
---
 drivers/md/md.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index afaf36b2f6ab..71d221601bf8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5620,6 +5620,7 @@ struct mddev *md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	 * removed (mddev_delayed_delete).
 	 */
 	flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
+	flush_workqueue(md_rdev_misc_wq);
 
 	mutex_lock(&disks_mutex);
 	mddev = mddev_alloc(dev);
-- 
2.30.2