Re: [PATCH] block: Fix list corruption of blk stats callback list

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 04/11/2017 03:29 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> When CFQ calls wbt_disable_default(), it will call
> blk_stat_remove_callback() to stop gathering IO statistics for the
> purposes of writeback throttling. Later, when request_queue is
> unregistered, wbt_exit() will call blk_stat_remove_callback() again
> which will try to delete callback from the list again and possibly cause
> list corruption.
> 
> Fix the problem by making wbt_disable_default() called wbt_exit() which
> is properly guarded against being called multiple times.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> ---
>  block/blk-wbt.c | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> So this fixes the list debug errors reported by 0-day for me. It was a
> pre-existing problem with wbt_disable_default().

Thanks Jan, added for 4.12.

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Jens Axboe