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From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
	Caleb Sander <csander@purestorage.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Subject: [PATCH] nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:14:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260815001427.3148050-1-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>

nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the
namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but
does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct.
Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in
nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent
reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs.

The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls
synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for
in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.

Fixes: ed754e5deeb1 ("nvme: track shared namespaces")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 453c1f0b2dd09..0f5f13ce0b438 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4295,6 +4295,9 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
 			last_path = true;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->subsys->lock);
+
+	/* guarantee not available in head->list */
+	synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu);
 	if (last_path)
 		nvme_put_ns_head(ns->head);
 	nvme_put_ns_head(ns->head);
-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-15  0:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-15  0:14 Tristan Madani [this message]
2026-08-17  7:00 ` [PATCH] nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path Christoph Hellwig
2026-08-17 14:46 ` John Garry
2026-08-23  0:25 ` Sagi Grimberg
2026-08-25  0:54 ` Keith Busch

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