* [PATCH 1/2] nbd: replace wait_for_reconnect with non-blocking retry
@ 2026-07-07 10:27 Yun Zhou
2026-07-07 10:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] nbd: detect management process exit via netlink notifier Yun Zhou
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Yun Zhou @ 2026-07-07 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: josef, axboe; +Cc: linux-block, nbd, linux-kernel, yun.zhou
wait_for_reconnect() sleeps in the block dispatch path holding the
SRCU read lock. This blocks blk_mq_quiesce_queue() (which needs
synchronize_srcu) for the entire dead_conn_timeout duration, triggering
hung task warnings.
Replace it with a non-blocking nbd_reconnect_possible() check that
returns BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE to keep the request on the dispatch list,
with a 1-second delayed queue run to re-evaluate. Once the timeout
expires or the device is disconnected, fail the I/O immediately.
Fixes: 560bc4b39952 ("nbd: handle dead connections")
Reported-by: syzbot+30c16035531e3248dcbc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=30c16035531e3248dcbc
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 70a04d541ea4..43aa4121f0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ struct nbd_config {
u32 flags;
unsigned long runtime_flags;
u64 dead_conn_timeout;
+ unsigned long dead_conn_start; /* jiffies, 0 = not waiting */
struct nbd_sock **socks;
int num_connections;
atomic_t live_connections;
- wait_queue_head_t conn_wait;
atomic_t recv_threads;
wait_queue_head_t recv_wq;
@@ -1124,20 +1124,25 @@ static int find_fallback(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index)
return new_index;
}
-static int wait_for_reconnect(struct nbd_device *nbd)
+static bool nbd_reconnect_possible(struct nbd_device *nbd)
{
struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
+
if (!config->dead_conn_timeout)
- return 0;
+ return false;
+ if (test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags))
+ return false;
- if (!wait_event_timeout(config->conn_wait,
- test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED,
- &config->runtime_flags) ||
- atomic_read(&config->live_connections) > 0,
- config->dead_conn_timeout))
- return 0;
+ /* Record when all connections first went dead */
+ if (!READ_ONCE(config->dead_conn_start))
+ WRITE_ONCE(config->dead_conn_start, jiffies ? : 1);
+
+ /* Check if we've exceeded the reconnect timeout */
+ if (time_after(jiffies, READ_ONCE(config->dead_conn_start) +
+ (unsigned long)config->dead_conn_timeout))
+ return false;
- return !test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags);
+ return true;
}
static blk_status_t nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
@@ -1168,23 +1173,24 @@ static blk_status_t nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
nsock = config->socks[index];
mutex_lock(&nsock->tx_lock);
if (nsock->dead) {
- int old_index = index;
index = find_fallback(nbd, index);
mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
if (index < 0) {
- if (wait_for_reconnect(nbd)) {
- index = old_index;
- goto again;
+ if (!nbd_reconnect_possible(nbd)) {
+ sock_shutdown(nbd);
+ nbd_config_put(nbd);
+ return BLK_STS_IOERR;
}
- /* All the sockets should already be down at this point,
- * we just want to make sure that DISCONNECTED is set so
- * any requests that come in that were queue'ed waiting
- * for the reconnect timer don't trigger the timer again
- * and instead just error out.
+ /*
+ * All connections are dead but reconnect timeout
+ * has not expired. Return BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE
+ * so the request stays on the dispatch list, and
+ * schedule a delayed queue run after 1 second to
+ * re-evaluate.
*/
- sock_shutdown(nbd);
+ blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queues(nbd->disk->queue, 1000);
nbd_config_put(nbd);
- return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+ return BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE;
}
goto again;
}
@@ -1437,7 +1443,9 @@ static int nbd_reconnect_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg)
queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work);
atomic_inc(&config->live_connections);
- wake_up(&config->conn_wait);
+ /* Reconnected -- stop waiting for dead_conn_timeout */
+ WRITE_ONCE(config->dead_conn_start, 0);
+ blk_mq_run_hw_queues(nbd->disk->queue, true);
return 0;
}
sk_clear_memalloc(sock->sk);
@@ -1499,6 +1507,13 @@ static int nbd_disconnect(struct nbd_device *nbd)
dev_info(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "NBD_DISCONNECT\n");
set_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED, &config->runtime_flags);
set_bit(NBD_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED, &nbd->flags);
+ /*
+ * If all connections are already dead, no sock_shutdown callback
+ * will fire to set NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED. Set it here so
+ * nbd_reconnect_possible() stops waiting immediately.
+ */
+ if (atomic_read(&config->live_connections) == 0)
+ set_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags);
send_disconnects(nbd);
return 0;
}
@@ -1766,7 +1781,6 @@ static int nbd_alloc_and_init_config(struct nbd_device *nbd)
atomic_set(&config->recv_threads, 0);
init_waitqueue_head(&config->recv_wq);
- init_waitqueue_head(&config->conn_wait);
config->blksize_bits = NBD_DEF_BLKSIZE_BITS;
atomic_set(&config->live_connections, 0);
@@ -2337,7 +2351,6 @@ static void nbd_disconnect_and_put(struct nbd_device *nbd)
mutex_lock(&nbd->config_lock);
nbd_disconnect(nbd);
sock_shutdown(nbd);
- wake_up(&nbd->config->conn_wait);
/*
* Clear NBD_RT_BOUND before releasing config_lock so that
* nbd_genl_reconfigure() won't queue new recv_work between
--
2.43.0
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2026-07-07 10:27 [PATCH 1/2] nbd: replace wait_for_reconnect with non-blocking retry Yun Zhou
@ 2026-07-07 10:27 ` Yun Zhou
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Yun Zhou @ 2026-07-07 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: josef, axboe; +Cc: linux-block, nbd, linux-kernel, yun.zhou
Register a netlink notifier to detect when the NBD management process
closes its netlink socket (on exit or crash).
Without this, in-flight I/O waits for socket timeout while udevd holds
disk->open_mutex for partition scanning, blocking poweroff's
sync_bdevs() and causing a hung task during shutdown.
Fix this by tracking the management process's netlink portid and, on
NETLINK_URELEASE, calling sock_shutdown() on all devices it owns.
This fails in-flight I/O immediately so shutdown can proceed.
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 43aa4121f0c5..3bf88f7b3535 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
#include <linux/nbd.h>
#include <linux/nbd-netlink.h>
#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/nbd.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ struct nbd_device {
unsigned long flags;
pid_t pid; /* pid of nbd-client, if attached */
+ u32 owner_portid; /* netlink portid of management process */
char *backend;
};
@@ -2331,12 +2333,19 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
}
set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_BACKEND_FILE, &config->runtime_flags);
+ /*
+ * Set owner before starting device so that the netlink notifier
+ * can clean up if the management process exits during setup.
+ */
+ nbd->owner_portid = info->snd_portid;
ret = nbd_start_device(nbd);
out:
if (!ret) {
set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, &config->runtime_flags);
refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs);
nbd_connect_reply(info, nbd->index);
+ } else {
+ nbd->owner_portid = 0;
}
mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
@@ -2541,6 +2550,12 @@ static int nbd_genl_reconfigure(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
}
}
out:
+ /*
+ * Update owner to the reconfiguring process so the notifier
+ * tracks the correct management process.
+ */
+ if (!ret)
+ nbd->owner_portid = info->snd_portid;
mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
nbd_config_put(nbd);
nbd_put(nbd);
@@ -2743,6 +2758,48 @@ static void nbd_dead_link_work(struct work_struct *work)
kfree(args);
}
+/*
+ * Detect when the management process (the one that issued NBD_CMD_CONNECT)
+ * closes its netlink socket (e.g., exit or crash). When this happens,
+ * no one can reconnect, so mark all its devices as disconnected to stop
+ * waiting for reconnect and fail pending I/O promptly.
+ */
+static int nbd_netlink_event(struct notifier_block *this,
+ unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+{
+ struct netlink_notify *n = ptr;
+ struct nbd_device *nbd;
+ int id;
+
+ if (event != NETLINK_URELEASE || n->protocol != NETLINK_GENERIC)
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+ mutex_lock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+ idr_for_each_entry(&nbd_index_idr, nbd, id) {
+ if (nbd->owner_portid != n->portid)
+ continue;
+
+ nbd->owner_portid = 0;
+ if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&nbd->config_refs)) {
+ /*
+ * Shut down all sockets. sock_shutdown() holds
+ * tx_lock for each socket, preventing races with
+ * reconnect, and sets NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED so that
+ * nbd_reconnect_possible() fails immediately.
+ */
+ sock_shutdown(nbd);
+ nbd_config_put(nbd);
+ }
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block nbd_netlink_notifier = {
+ .notifier_call = nbd_netlink_event,
+};
+
static int __init nbd_init(void)
{
int i;
@@ -2789,6 +2846,7 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
unregister_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ netlink_register_notifier(&nbd_netlink_notifier);
nbd_dbg_init();
for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++)
@@ -2818,6 +2876,7 @@ static void __exit nbd_cleanup(void)
* for the completion of netlink commands.
*/
genl_unregister_family(&nbd_genl_family);
+ netlink_unregister_notifier(&nbd_netlink_notifier);
nbd_dbg_close();
--
2.43.0
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