From: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huaweicloud.com>
To: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huaweicloud.com>,
axboe@kernel.dk, dlemoal@kernel.org, nilay@linux.ibm.com,
kch@nvidia.com, johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com, kbusch@kernel.org,
bvanassche@acm.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yangerkun@huawei.com,
chengzhihao1@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 5/6] null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with device setup
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:11:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c863e032-33bd-4977-bd07-afcfa583fa75@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708073917.2172392-6-wozizhi@huaweicloud.com>
在 2026/7/8 15:39, Zizhi Wo 写道:
> From: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huawei.com>
>
> The NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR _store takes no lock: apply_fn attributes
> (submit_queues, poll_queues) get dev->NAME written again after apply_fn
> returns, outside its lock; APPLY=NULL attributes are entirely lockless.
> configfs only serializes stores per-open-file, so concurrent stores on
> separate fds race.
>
> For apply_fn attributes the loser can overwrite dev->NAME after the
> winner's apply_fn reconfigured hardware, mismatching dev->submit_queues
> with the live queue count (null_map_queues WARN_ON_ONCE). For APPLY=NULL
> attributes, a store during power_store's null_add_dev() (validates and
> builds the device under "lock" but sets CONFIGURED only afterwards) can
> change a field mid-setup -- e.g. zone_nr_conv pushed above nr_zones after
> clamping, causing out-of-bounds dev->zones[] access.
>
> Take "lock" in the macro around the apply_fn call, the CONFIGURED test and
> the field write, and move it out of nullb_apply_submit_queues()/
> nullb_apply_poll_queues() so both paths are covered once. This serializes
> stores with power_store's setup and with each other.
>
> _show still takes no lock; its data races are handled by READ_ONCE/
> WRITE_ONCE in a follow-up.
>
> Fixes: 45919fbfe1c4 ("null_blk: Enable modifying 'submit_queues' after an instance has been configured")
> Signed-off-by: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huawei.com>
> ---
> drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 21 ++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> index df85189f0b69..9e0002e4aeec 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> @@ -360,13 +360,16 @@ nullb_device_##NAME##_store(struct config_item *item, const char *page, \
> ret = nullb_device_##TYPE##_attr_store(&new_value, page, count);\
> if (ret < 0) \
> return ret; \
> + mutex_lock(&lock); \
> if (apply_fn) \
> ret = apply_fn(dev, new_value); \
> else if (test_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_CONFIGURED, &dev->flags)) \
> ret = -EBUSY; \
> + if (!ret) \
Sorry for the noise. The condition here should be ret >= 0; I'll fix
this in the next version. :(
> + dev->NAME = new_value; \
> + mutex_unlock(&lock); \
> if (ret < 0) \
> return ret; \
> - dev->NAME = new_value; \
> return count; \
> } \
> CONFIGFS_ATTR(nullb_device_, NAME);
> @@ -421,25 +424,13 @@ static int nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
> static int nullb_apply_submit_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
> unsigned int submit_queues)
> {
> - int ret;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&lock);
> - ret = nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, submit_queues, dev->poll_queues);
> - mutex_unlock(&lock);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, submit_queues, dev->poll_queues);
> }
>
> static int nullb_apply_poll_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
> unsigned int poll_queues)
> {
> - int ret;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&lock);
> - ret = nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, dev->submit_queues, poll_queues);
> - mutex_unlock(&lock);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, dev->submit_queues, poll_queues);
> }
>
> NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(size, ulong, NULL);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 9:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 7:39 [PATCH V3 0/6] null_blk: fix init/exit races and memleaks Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 1/6] null_blk: use DEFINE_MUTEX for the file-scope mutex Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 2/6] null_blk: register configfs subsystem after creating default devices Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 15:51 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 3/6] null_blk: move unregister_blkdev() after destroying dev in null_exit() Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 15:51 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 4/6] null_blk: free global tag_set on init error path Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 15:56 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 5/6] null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with device setup Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 9:11 ` Zizhi Wo [this message]
2026-07-08 7:39 ` [PATCH V3 6/6] null_blk: mark racy configfs attribute accesses with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE Zizhi Wo
2026-07-08 17:49 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 2:17 ` Zizhi Wo
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