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Re: [PATCH V2] lightnvm: prevent bd removal if busy

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On 09/12/2017 03:22 PM, Javier González wrote:
>> On 10 Sep 2017, at 21.07, Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> wrote:
>>
>> When a virtual block device is formatted and mounted after creating
>> with "nvme lnvm create... -t pblk", a removal from "nvm lnvm remove"
>> would result in this:
>>
>> 446416.309757] bdi-block not registered
>> [446416.309773] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [446416.309780] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4319 at fs/fs-writeback.c:2159 __mark_inode_dirty+0x268/0x340
>>
>> Ideally removal should return -EBUSY as block device is mounted after
>> formatting.  This patch tries to address this checking if whole device
>> or any partition of it already mounted or not before removal.
>>
>> Whole device is checked using "bd_super" member of block device.  This
>> member is always set once block device has been mounted using a
>> filesystem.  Another member "bd_part_count" takes care of checking any
>> if any partitions are under use.  "bd_part_count" is only updated
>> under locks when partitions are opened or closed (first open and last
>> release).  This at least does take care sending -EBUSY if removal is
>> being attempted while whole block device or any partition is mounted.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com>
>> ---
>>
>> V2: Take a different approach. Instead of checking bd_openers use
>> bd_super and bd_part_count.  This should address the removal of bdevs
>> which are mounted from removal.
>>
>> drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
>> index c39f87d..9f9a137 100644
>> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
>> @@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ static void __nvm_remove_target(struct nvm_target *t)
>> static int nvm_remove_tgt(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_ioctl_remove *remove)
>> {
>> 	struct nvm_target *t;
>> +	struct block_device *bdev;
>>
>> 	mutex_lock(&dev->mlock);
>> 	t = nvm_find_target(dev, remove->tgtname);
>> @@ -380,6 +381,19 @@ static int nvm_remove_tgt(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_ioctl_remove *remove)
>> 		mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
>> 		return 1;
>> 	}
>> +	bdev = bdget_disk(t->disk, 0);
>> +	if (!bdev) {
>> +		pr_err("nvm: removal failed, allocating bd failed\n");
>> +		mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
>> +	if (bdev->bd_super || bdev->bd_part_count) {
>> +		pr_err("nvm: removal failed, block device busy\n");
>> +		bdput(bdev);
>> +		mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
>> +		return -EBUSY;
>> +	}
>> +	bdput(bdev);
>> 	__nvm_remove_target(t);
>> 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com>
> 

Thanks Rakesh. I pulled it in for 4.15.

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[PATCH V2] lightnvm: prevent bd removal if busy Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> - 2017-09-10 21:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V2] lightnvm: prevent bd removal if busy Javier González <jg@lightnvm.io> - 2017-09-12 15:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2] lightnvm: prevent bd removal if busy Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> - 2017-09-21 13:20 +0200

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