linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 3/9] block: prevent race condition on bi_status in __bio_chain

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Message-Id: <20251129090122.2457896-4-zhangshida@kylinos.cn>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:01:16 +0800
From: zhangshida <starzhangzsd@...il.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v3 3/9] block: prevent race condition on bi_status in __bio_chain_endio

From: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@...inos.cn>

Andreas point out that multiple completions can race setting
bi_status.

The check (parent->bi_status) and the subsequent write are not an
atomic operation. The value of parent->bi_status could have changed
between the time you read it for the if check and the time you write
to it. So we use cmpxchg to fix the race, as suggested by Christoph.

Suggested-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Suggested-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@...estorage.com>
Signed-off-by: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@...inos.cn>
---
 block/bio.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 1b5e4577f4c..097c1cd2054 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -314,8 +314,9 @@ static struct bio *__bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct bio *parent = bio->bi_private;
 
-	if (bio->bi_status && !parent->bi_status)
-		parent->bi_status = bio->bi_status;
+	if (bio->bi_status)
+		cmpxchg(&parent->bi_status, 0, bio->bi_status);
+
 	bio_put(bio);
 	return parent;
 }
-- 
2.34.1