block: Don't access request after it might be freed
authorRoland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:00:11 +0000 (02:00 -0800)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:32:55 +0000 (14:32 +0100)
After we've done __elv_add_request() and __blk_run_queue() in
blk_execute_rq_nowait(), the request might finish and be freed
immediately.  Therefore checking if the type is REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME
isn't safe afterwards, because if it isn't, rq might be gone.
Instead, check beforehand and stash the result in a temporary.

This fixes crashes in blk_execute_rq_nowait() I get occasionally when
running with lots of memory debugging options enabled -- I think this
race is usually harmless because the window for rq to be reallocated
is so small.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
block/blk-exec.c

index 8b6dc5bd4dd061336172b144ae8c09da6bbc56f8..f71eac35c1b942005f3973fd9c919091b9b08bbd 100644 (file)
@@ -52,11 +52,17 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
                           rq_end_io_fn *done)
 {
        int where = at_head ? ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT : ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
+       bool is_pm_resume;
 
        WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 
        rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
        rq->end_io = done;
+       /*
+        * need to check this before __blk_run_queue(), because rq can
+        * be freed before that returns.
+        */
+       is_pm_resume = rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME;
 
        spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
        __elv_add_request(q, rq, where);
        __blk_run_queue(q);
        /* the queue is stopped so it won't be run */
-       if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME)
+       if (is_pm_resume)
                q->request_fn(q);
        spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 }