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From: Sajal Gupta <sajal2005gupta@gmail.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, song@kernel.org
Cc: yukuai3@huawei.com, tomasz.majchrzak@intel.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, error27@gmail.com,
	skhan@linuxfoundation.org, me@brighamcampbell.com,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev,
	Sajal Gupta <sajal2005gupta@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] md/raid5-ppl: convert pending_flushes from atomic_t to refcount_t
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:34:32 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622080656.22786-1-sajal2005gupta@gmail.com> (raw)

The old atomic_t based counter allowed ppl_do_flush() to continue using io
after it could already have been freed by ppl_io_unit_finished(), leading
to a use-after-free.

Convert pending_flushes from atomic_t to refcount_t with a proper ownership
model. The creator holds a reference for the duration of ppl_do_flush(),
and each submitted flush bio holds a reference until its endio callback
runs. This makes the io lifetime explicit and removes the need for the
second loop in ppl_do_flush().

Fixes: 1532d9e87e8b ("raid5-ppl: PPL support for disks with write-back cache enabled")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ajJF2wKYWRk4GGCK@stanley.mountain/
Signed-off-by: Sajal Gupta <sajal2005gupta@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c | 17 ++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
index a70cbec12ed0..157a89edd9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct ppl_io_unit {

 	struct list_head stripe_list;	/* stripes added to the io_unit */
 	atomic_t pending_stripes;	/* how many stripes not written to raid */
-	atomic_t pending_flushes;	/* how many disk flushes are in progress */
+	refcount_t pending_flushes;	/* how many disk flushes are in progress */

 	bool submitted;			/* true if write to log started */

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static struct ppl_io_unit *ppl_new_iounit(struct ppl_log *log,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->log_sibling);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->stripe_list);
 	atomic_set(&io->pending_stripes, 0);
-	atomic_set(&io->pending_flushes, 0);
+	refcount_set(&io->pending_flushes, 1);
 	bio_init(&io->bio, log->rdev->bdev, io->biovec, PPL_IO_INLINE_BVECS,
 		 REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_FUA);

@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static void ppl_flush_endio(struct bio *bio)

 	bio_put(bio);

-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes)) {
 		ppl_io_unit_finished(io);
 		md_wakeup_thread(conf->mddev->thread);
 	}
@@ -611,11 +611,8 @@ static void ppl_do_flush(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
 	struct ppl_conf *ppl_conf = log->ppl_conf;
 	struct r5conf *conf = ppl_conf->mddev->private;
 	int raid_disks = conf->raid_disks;
-	int flushed_disks = 0;
 	int i;

-	atomic_set(&io->pending_flushes, raid_disks);
-
 	for_each_set_bit(i, &log->disk_flush_bitmap, raid_disks) {
 		struct md_rdev *rdev;
 		struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
@@ -632,20 +629,18 @@ static void ppl_do_flush(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
 					       GFP_NOIO, &ppl_conf->flush_bs);
 			bio->bi_private = io;
 			bio->bi_end_io = ppl_flush_endio;
+			refcount_inc(&io->pending_flushes);

 			pr_debug("%s: dev: %ps\n", __func__, bio->bi_bdev);

 			submit_bio(bio);
-			flushed_disks++;
 		}
 	}

 	log->disk_flush_bitmap = 0;

-	for (i = flushed_disks ; i < raid_disks; i++) {
-		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes))
-			ppl_io_unit_finished(io);
-	}
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&io->pending_flushes))
+		ppl_io_unit_finished(io);
 }

 static inline bool ppl_no_io_unit_submitted(struct r5conf *conf,
--
2.54.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-22  8:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-22  8:04 Sajal Gupta [this message]
2026-06-22  8:42 ` [PATCH] md/raid5-ppl: convert pending_flushes from atomic_t to refcount_t Dan Carpenter
2026-06-22  8:43   ` Dan Carpenter
2026-06-22 10:28     ` Sajal Gupta
2026-06-22 10:57       ` Dan Carpenter
2026-06-22 11:28         ` Sajal Gupta
2026-06-22 11:38           ` Dan Carpenter

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