dm: avoid _hash_lock deadlock

Fix a reported deadlock if there are still unprocessed multipath events
on a device that is being removed.

_hash_lock is held during dev_remove while trying to send the
outstanding events.  Sending the events requests the _hash_lock
again in dm_copy_name_and_uuid.

This patch introduces a separate lock around regions that modify the
link to the hash table (dm_set_mdptr) or the name or uuid so that
dm_copy_name_and_uuid no longer needs _hash_lock.

Additionally, dm_copy_name_and_uuid can only be called if md exists
so we can drop the dm_get() and dm_put() which can lead to a BUG()
while md is being freed.

The deadlock:
 #0 [ffff8106298dfb48] schedule at ffffffff80063035
 #1 [ffff8106298dfc20] __down_read at ffffffff8006475d
 #2 [ffff8106298dfc60] dm_copy_name_and_uuid at ffffffff8824f740
 #3 [ffff8106298dfc90] dm_send_uevents at ffffffff88252685
 #4 [ffff8106298dfcd0] event_callback at ffffffff8824c678
 #5 [ffff8106298dfd00] dm_table_event at ffffffff8824dd01
 #6 [ffff8106298dfd10] __hash_remove at ffffffff882507ad
 #7 [ffff8106298dfd30] dev_remove at ffffffff88250865
 #8 [ffff8106298dfd60] ctl_ioctl at ffffffff88250d80
 #9 [ffff8106298dfee0] do_ioctl at ffffffff800418c4
#10 [ffff8106298dff00] vfs_ioctl at ffffffff8002fab9
#11 [ffff8106298dff40] sys_ioctl at ffffffff8004bdaf
#12 [ffff8106298dff80] tracesys at ffffffff8005d28d (via system_call)

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c b/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c
index 6f65883aef12..c7c555a8c7b2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-uevent.c
@@ -139,14 +139,13 @@ void dm_send_uevents(struct list_head *events, struct kobject *kobj)
 		list_del_init(&event->elist);
 
 		/*
-		 * Need to call dm_copy_name_and_uuid from here for now.
-		 * Context of previous var adds and locking used for
-		 * hash_cell not compatable.
+		 * When a device is being removed this copy fails and we
+		 * discard these unsent events.
 		 */
 		if (dm_copy_name_and_uuid(event->md, event->name,
 					  event->uuid)) {
-			DMERR("%s: dm_copy_name_and_uuid() failed",
-			      __func__);
+			DMINFO("%s: skipping sending uevent for lost device",
+			       __func__);
 			goto uevent_free;
 		}