[PATCH 3.14 33/53] base: make module_create_drivers_dir race-free

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-07-25T20:55:59Z

From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>

commit 7e1b1fc4dabd6ec8e28baa0708866e13fa93c9b3 upstream.

Modules which register drivers via standard path (driver_register) in
parallel can cause a warning:
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3492 at ../fs/sysfs/dir.c:31 sysfs_warn_dup+0x62/0x80
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/module/saa7146/drivers'
Modules linked in: hexium_gemini(+) mxb(+) ...
...
Call Trace:
...
[<ffffffff812e63a2>] sysfs_warn_dup+0x62/0x80
[<ffffffff812e6487>] sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x77/0x90
[<ffffffff8140f2c4>] kobject_add_internal+0xb4/0x340
[<ffffffff8140f5b8>] kobject_add+0x68/0xb0
[<ffffffff8140f631>] kobject_create_and_add+0x31/0x70
[<ffffffff8157a703>] module_add_driver+0xc3/0xd0
[<ffffffff8155e5d4>] bus_add_driver+0x154/0x280
[<ffffffff815604c0>] driver_register+0x60/0xe0
[<ffffffff8145bed0>] __pci_register_driver+0x60/0x70
[<ffffffffa0273e14>] saa7146_register_extension+0x64/0x90 [saa7146]
[<ffffffffa0033011>] hexium_init_module+0x11/0x1000 [hexium_gemini]
...

As can be (mostly) seen, driver_register causes this call sequence:
-> bus_add_driver
-> module_add_driver
-> module_create_drivers_dir
The last one creates "drivers" directory in /sys/module/<...>. When
this is done in parallel, the directory is attempted to be created
twice at the same time.

This can be easily reproduced by loading mxb and hexium_gemini in
parallel:
while :; do
modprobe mxb &
modprobe hexium_gemini
wait
rmmod mxb hexium_gemini saa7146_vv saa7146
done

saa7146 calls pci_register_driver for both mxb and hexium_gemini,
which means /sys/module/saa7146/drivers is to be created for both of
them.

Fix this by a new mutex in module_create_drivers_dir which makes the
test-and-create "drivers" dir atomic.

I inverted the condition and removed 'return' to avoid multiple
unlocks or a goto.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Fixes: fe480a2675ed (Modules: only add drivers/ direcory if needed)
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/base/module.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ static char *make_driver_name(struct dev

static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
{
- if (!mk || mk->drivers_dir)
- return;
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(drivers_dir_mutex);

- mk->drivers_dir = kobject_create_and_add("drivers", &mk->kobj);
+ mutex_lock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
+ if (mk && !mk->drivers_dir)
+ mk->drivers_dir = kobject_create_and_add("drivers", &mk->kobj);
+ mutex_unlock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
}

void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)