From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:51864 "EHLO out4-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932971AbcILNEH (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:04:07 -0400 Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bcache: register_bcache(): call blkdev_put() when" failed to apply to 4.7-stable tree To: git@linux.ewheeler.net, bcache@linux.ewheeler.net, kent.overstreet@gmail.com Cc: From: Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:04:15 +0200 Message-ID: <147368545532156@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The patch below does not apply to the 4.7-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to . thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >>From d9dc1702b297ec4a6bb9c0326a70641b322ba886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wheeler Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:01:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bcache: register_bcache(): call blkdev_put() when cache_alloc() fails register_cache() is supposed to return an error string on error so that register_bcache() will will blkdev_put and cleanup other user counters, but it does not set 'char *err' when cache_alloc() fails (eg, due to memory pressure) and thus register_bcache() performs no cleanup. register_bcache() <----------\ <- no jump to err_close, no blkdev_put() | | +->register_cache() | <- fails to set char *err | | +->cache_alloc() ---/ <- returns error This patch sets `char *err` for this failure case so that register_cache() will cause register_bcache() to correctly jump to err_close and do cleanup. This was tested under OOM conditions that triggered the bug. Signed-off-by: Eric Wheeler Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index 95a4ca6ce6ff..6ada14b9a157 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page, struct block_device *bdev, struct cache *ca) { char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; - const char *err = NULL; + const char *err = NULL; /* must be set for any error case */ int ret = 0; memcpy(&ca->sb, sb, sizeof(struct cache_sb)); @@ -1861,8 +1861,13 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page, ca->discard = CACHE_DISCARD(&ca->sb); ret = cache_alloc(ca); - if (ret != 0) + if (ret != 0) { + if (ret == -ENOMEM) + err = "cache_alloc(): -ENOMEM"; + else + err = "cache_alloc(): unknown error"; goto err; + } if (kobject_add(&ca->kobj, &part_to_dev(bdev->bd_part)->kobj, "bcache")) { err = "error calling kobject_add";