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From: Daan De Meyer via B4 Relay <devnull+daan.amutable.com@kernel.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	 Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>,
	 Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 nbd@other.debian.org, Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>,
	 stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] nbd: drop stale partitions on NBD_CLEAR_SOCK
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:36:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806-b4-loop-nbd-stale-partitions-v1-2-67bb75a8d7be@amutable.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806-b4-loop-nbd-stale-partitions-v1-0-67bb75a8d7be@amutable.com>

From: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>

Commit 267ec4d7223a ("loop: fix partition scan race between udev and
loop_reread_partitions()") stopped disk_force_media_change() from
setting GD_NEED_PART_SCAN. Besides requesting a rescan, that bit was what
removed stale partitions on the next open, as bdev_disk_changed() drops
all partitions before it consults disk_has_partscan().

nbd_clear_sock_ioctl() relied on that. It zeroes the capacity through
nbd_bdev_reset(), but nothing removes the partitions of the disconnected
device anymore. With the default max_part=16 they linger until the next
connect sets GD_NEED_PART_SCAN again. With max_part=0 nothing ever sets
it, so they are never removed at all, even though nbd does not set
GENHD_FL_NO_PART and partitions can therefore still be added with BLKPG.

Set GD_NEED_PART_SCAN in nbd_clear_sock_ioctl() so the partitions are
dropped on the next open. Calling bdev_disk_changed() directly is not an
option as it needs open_mutex, which nbd_open() acquires under
config_lock.

Fixes: 267ec4d7223a ("loop: fix partition scan race between udev and loop_reread_partitions()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 8f10762e90ef..cdafe9d39369 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,13 @@ static void nbd_clear_sock_ioctl(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	nbd_clear_sock(nbd);
 	disk_force_media_change(nbd->disk);
 	nbd_bdev_reset(nbd);
+	/*
+	 * Drop the partitions of the disconnected device on the next open. They
+	 * can exist even with max_part zero as they may have been added manually
+	 * with BLKPG. Dropping them here is not possible as that needs
+	 * open_mutex, which nbd_open() acquires under config_lock.
+	 */
+	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &nbd->disk->state);
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF,
 			       &nbd->config->runtime_flags))
 		nbd_config_put(nbd);

-- 
2.54.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-06 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-06 10:36 [PATCH 0/2] loop, nbd: drop partitions left behind by the GD_NEED_PART_SCAN removal Daan De Meyer via B4 Relay
2026-08-06 10:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] loop: drop stale partitions on LOOP_CHANGE_FD Daan De Meyer via B4 Relay
2026-08-06 10:36 ` Daan De Meyer via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-08-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 0/2] loop, nbd: drop partitions left behind by the GD_NEED_PART_SCAN removal Bart Van Assche

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