From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
To: kbusch@kernel.org, hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@kernel.dk,
chaitanyak@nvidia.com
Cc: gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, bvanassche@acm.org, elver@google.com,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,
Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 14/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::buffered_io access using nvmet_subsys::lock
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 08:58:19 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109033102.982191-39-nilay@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109033102.982191-25-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
The nvmet_ns::buffered_io field is protected by nvmet_subsys::lock.
However, nvmet_ns_alloc() initializes this field to false without
holding the corresponding lock, triggering a Clang context analyzer
warning:
drivers/nvme/target/core.c:782:6: error: writing variable 'buffered_io' requires holding mutex '_res->subsys->lock' exclusively
[-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis]
782 | ns->buffered_io = false;
| ^
Fix this by removing the initialization of ns->buffered_io as we zero
alloc namespace struct and so ideally we do not need to initialize
ns->buffered_io to false in nvmet_ns_alloc().
Additionally, nvmet_ns_buffered_io_show() accesses ns->buffered_io
without holding subsys->lock, triggering another context analyzer
warning:
drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:774:50: error: reading variable 'buffered_io' requires holding mutex 'to_nvmet_ns(item).subsys->lock'
[-Werror,-Wthread-safety-analysis]
774 | return sprintf(page, "%d\n", to_nvmet_ns(item)->buffered_io);
Fix this by acquiring ns->subsys->lock before reading the field.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 1 -
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index f8a4d0d88946..34d79fadbf15 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -770,7 +770,14 @@ CONFIGFS_ATTR(nvmet_ns_, enable);
static ssize_t nvmet_ns_buffered_io_show(struct config_item *item, char *page)
{
- return sprintf(page, "%d\n", to_nvmet_ns(item)->buffered_io);
+ struct nvmet_ns *ns = to_nvmet_ns(item);
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ns->subsys->lock);
+ ret = sprintf(page, "%d\n", ns->buffered_io);
+ mutex_unlock(&ns->subsys->lock);
+
+ return ret;
}
static ssize_t nvmet_ns_buffered_io_store(struct config_item *item,
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 08a70439fd55..805b5f70eb06 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ struct nvmet_ns *nvmet_ns_alloc(struct nvmet_subsys *subsys, u32 nsid)
nvmet_ana_group_enabled[ns->anagrpid]++;
up_write(&nvmet_ana_sem);
- ns->buffered_io = false;
ns->csi = NVME_CSI_NVM;
return ns;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 3:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 3:28 [PATCH 00/23] nvmet: add context annotation for params in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 01/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::bdev Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:46 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 6:38 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-10 17:29 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-11 7:25 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-11 18:00 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-12 9:04 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 02/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::bdev access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:47 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 6:49 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 03/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::file Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:53 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 7:12 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 04/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::bdev_file Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 05/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::readonly Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 06/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::nsid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:56 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 8:50 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 07/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::nsid access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 08/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::blksize_shift Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 09/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::size Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 10/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::nguid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 11/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::uuid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:58 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 9:01 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 12/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::uuid access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 13/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::buffered_io Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` Nilay Shroff [this message]
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 15/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::enabled Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 16/23] nvmet: fix access to nvmet_ns::enable using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 17/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::device_path Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 18/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::device_path access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 19/23] nvmet: add context annotation for PCI P2P parameters in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 20/23] nvmet: fix PCI P2P parameters access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 22:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 21/23] nvmet: add context annotation for integrity params in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 22/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::csi Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 23/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::debugfs_dir Nilay Shroff
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