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* [BUG] block: drbd: possible deadlocks involving waiting and locking operations
@ 2022-02-08 10:55 Jia-Ju Bai
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From: Jia-Ju Bai @ 2022-02-08 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: philipp.reisner, lars.ellenberg, axboe
  Cc: drbd-dev, linux-block, linux-kernel

Hello,

My static analysis tool reports three possible deadlocks in the drbd 
driver in Linux 5.16:

#BUG 1
drbd_adm_attach()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 1810 (Lock A)
   wait_event(device->misc_wait, ...); --> Line 1824 (Wait X)

drbd_adm_disk_opts()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 1582 (Lock A)
   get_ldev()
     get_ldev_if_state()
       _get_ldev_if_state()
         put_ldev()
           wake_up(&device->misc_wait); --> Line 2108 (Wake X)

#BUG 2
drbd_adm_invalidate()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 3024 (Lock A)
   wait_event(device->misc_wait, ...); --> Line 3030 (Wait X)

drbd_adm_disk_opts()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 1582 (Lock A)
   get_ldev()
     get_ldev_if_state()
       _get_ldev_if_state()
         put_ldev()
           wake_up(&device->misc_wait); --> Line 2108 (Wake X)

#BUG 3
drbd_adm_invalidate_peer()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 3101 (Lock A)
   wait_event(device->misc_wait, ...); --> Line 3107 (Wait X)

drbd_adm_disk_opts()
   mutex_lock(&adm_ctx.resource->adm_mutex); --> Line 1582 (Lock A)
   get_ldev()
     get_ldev_if_state()
       _get_ldev_if_state()
         put_ldev()
           wake_up(&device->misc_wait); --> Line 2108 (Wake X)

When drbd_adm_attach()/drbd_adm_invalidate()/drbd_adm_invalidate_peer() 
is executed, "Wait X" is performed by holding "Lock A". If 
drbd_adm_disk_opts() is executed at this time, because "Lock A" has been 
already held, "Wake X" cannot be performed to wake up "Wait X", causing 
possible deadlocks.

I am not quite sure whether these possible problems are real.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)

Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai


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