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author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> | 2017-02-06 13:41:39 +1100 |
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committer | Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com> | 2017-02-13 09:17:53 -0800 |
commit | 9356863c9409efc79029c01a85d015efae977e69 (patch) | |
tree | 985e9e3ca39ac84fa0ad866294e07cbd87874bb6 /Documentation/md | |
parent | 39b99586b321a9cbd4fe9abb5ea9346d2c4ca9c6 (diff) | |
download | linux-9356863c9409efc79029c01a85d015efae977e69.tar.bz2 |
md: ensure md devices are freed before module is unloaded.
Commit: cbd199837750 ("md: Fix unfortunate interaction with evms")
change mddev_put() so that it would not destroy an md device while
->ctime was non-zero.
Unfortunately, we didn't make sure to clear ->ctime when unloading
the module, so it is possible for an md device to remain after
module unload. An attempt to open such a device will trigger
an invalid memory reference in:
get_gendisk -> kobj_lookup -> exact_lock -> get_disk
when tring to access disk->fops, which was in the module that has
been removed.
So ensure we clear ->ctime in md_exit(), and explain how that is useful,
as it isn't immediately obvious when looking at the code.
Fixes: cbd199837750 ("md: Fix unfortunate interaction with evms")
Tested-by: Guoqing Jiang <gqjiang@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
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