[PATCH 3.12 083/118] dm array: fix a reference counting bug in shadow_ablock

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-12-18T21:14:12Z

From: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>

commit ed9571f0cf1fe09d3506302610f3ccdfa1d22c4a upstream.

An old array block could have its reference count decremented below
zero when it is being replaced in the btree by a new array block.

The fix is to increment the old ablock's reference count just before
inserting a new ablock into the btree.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c
@@ -317,8 +317,16 @@ static int shadow_ablock(struct dm_array
* The shadow op will often be a noop. Only insert if it really
* copied data.
*/
- if (dm_block_location(*block) != b)
+ if (dm_block_location(*block) != b) {
+ /*
+ * dm_tm_shadow_block will have already decremented the old
+ * block, but it is still referenced by the btree. We
+ * increment to stop the insert decrementing it below zero
+ * when overwriting the old value.
+ */
+ dm_tm_inc(info->btree_info.tm, b);
r = insert_ablock(info, index, *block, root);
+ }

return r;
}