From: lokeshvutla@ti.com (Lokesh Vutla)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] initramfs: finish fput() before accessing any binary from initramfs
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:44:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170117111456.2269-1-lokeshvutla@ti.com> (raw)
commit 4a9d4b024a31 ("switch fput to task_work_add") implements a
schedule_work() for completing fput(), but did not guarantee calling
__fput() after unpacking initramfs. Because of this, there is a
possibility that during boot a driver can see ETXTBSY when it tries
to load a binary from initramfs as fput() is still pending on that
binary. This patch makes sure that fput() is completed after unpacking
initramfs.
Signed-off-by: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@ti.com>
---
- Reproduced on TI K2HK EVM. K2HK Queue Manager subsystem driver[1] tries
to load a firmware from initramfs during boot. Sometimes loading of this
firmware fails with error ETXTBSY. Digging a bit more observed that
deny_write_access() is returning ETXTBSY as inode->i_writecount is > 0
for that file. This is because Unpacking initramfs does a
get_write_access(from open) but hasn't done put_write_access(from fput)
as it hasn't been scheduled yet.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
init/initramfs.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index b32ad7d97ac9..c42c69b48a4b 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/dirent.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/utime.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
static ssize_t __init xwrite(int fd, const char *p, size_t count)
{
@@ -652,6 +653,7 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
* us a chance to load before device_initcalls.
*/
load_default_modules();
+ flush_delayed_fput();
}
return 0;
}
--
2.11.0
next reply other threads:[~2017-01-17 11:14 UTC|newest]
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2017-01-17 11:14 Lokesh Vutla [this message]
2017-01-17 12:53 ` [RFC PATCH] initramfs: finish fput() before accessing any binary from initramfs Tero Kristo
2017-01-18 5:51 ` Lokesh Vutla
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