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2026-03-31loop: fix partition scan race between udev and loop_reread_partitions()Daan De Meyer
When LOOP_CONFIGURE is called with LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN, the following sequence occurs: 1. disk_force_media_change() sets GD_NEED_PART_SCAN 2. Uevent suppression is lifted and a KOBJ_CHANGE uevent is sent 3. loop_global_unlock() releases the lock 4. loop_reread_partitions() calls bdev_disk_changed() to scan There is a race between steps 2 and 4: when udev receives the uevent and opens the device before loop_reread_partitions() runs, blkdev_get_whole() in bdev.c sees GD_NEED_PART_SCAN set and calls bdev_disk_changed() for a first scan. Then loop_reread_partitions() does a second scan. The open_mutex serializes these two scans, but does not prevent both from running. The second scan in bdev_disk_changed() drops all partition devices from the first scan (via blk_drop_partitions()) before re-adding them, causing partition block devices to briefly disappear. This breaks any systemd unit with BindsTo= on the partition device: systemd observes the device going dead, fails the dependent units, and does not retry them when the device reappears. Fix this by removing the GD_NEED_PART_SCAN set from disk_force_media_change() entirely. None of the current callers need the lazy on-open partition scan triggered by this flag: - floppy: sets GENHD_FL_NO_PART, so disk_has_partscan() is always false and GD_NEED_PART_SCAN has no effect. - loop (loop_configure, loop_change_fd): when LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN is set, loop_reread_partitions() performs an explicit scan. When not set, GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN prevents the lazy scan path. - loop (__loop_clr_fd): calls bdev_disk_changed() explicitly if LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN is set. - nbd (nbd_clear_sock_ioctl): capacity is set to zero immediately after; nbd manages GD_NEED_PART_SCAN explicitly elsewhere. With GD_NEED_PART_SCAN no longer set by disk_force_media_change(), udev opening the loop device after the uevent no longer triggers a redundant scan in blkdev_get_whole(), and only the single explicit scan from loop_reread_partitions() runs. A regression test for this bug has been submitted to blktests: https://github.com/linux-blktests/blktests/pull/240. Fixes: 9f65c489b68d ("loop: raise media_change event") Signed-off-by: Daan De Meyer <daan@amutable.com> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260331105130.1077599-1-daan@amutable.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2026-02-21Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argumentLinus Torvalds
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' | xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/' to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL argument to just drop that argument. Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered: they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically. For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate conversion. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar typesKees Cook
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2023-10-28block: move bdev_mark_dead out of disk_check_media_changeChristoph Hellwig
disk_check_media_change is mostly called from ->open where it makes little sense to mark the file system on the device as dead, as we are just opening it. So instead of calling bdev_mark_dead from disk_check_media_change move it into the few callers that are not in an open instance. This avoid calling into bdev_mark_dead and thus taking s_umount with open_mutex held. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231017184823.1383356-4-hch@lst.de Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-09-26block: fix kernel-doc for disk_force_media_change()Randy Dunlap
Drop one function parameter's kernel-doc comment since the parameter was removed. This prevents a kernel-doc warning: block/disk-events.c:300: warning: Excess function parameter 'events' description in 'disk_force_media_change' Fixes: ab6860f62bfe ("block: simplify the disk_force_media_change interface") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Closes: lore.kernel.org/r/202309060957.vfl0mUur-lkp@intel.com Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230926005232.23666-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2023-08-21block: consolidate __invalidate_device and fsync_bdevChristoph Hellwig
We currently have two interfaces that take a block_devices and the find a mounted file systems to flush or invaldidate data on it. Both are a bit problematic because they only work for the "main" block devices that is used as s_dev for the super_block, and because they don't call into the file system at all. Merge the two into a new bdev_mark_dead helper that does both the syncing and invalidation and which is properly documented. This is in preparation of merging the functionality into the ->mark_dead holder operation so that it will work on additional block devices used by a file systems and give us a single entry point for invalidation of dead devices or media. Note that a single standalone fsync_bdev call for an obscure ioctl remains for now, but that one will also be deal with in a bit. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Message-Id: <20230811100828.1897174-14-hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-08-21block: drop the "busy inodes on changed media" log messageChristoph Hellwig
This message isn't exactly helpful, and file systems already print way more useful messages when shut down while active. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Message-Id: <20230811100828.1897174-13-hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-08-21block: simplify the disk_force_media_change interfaceChristoph Hellwig
Hard code the events to DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE as that is the only useful use case, and drop the superfluous return value. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Message-Id: <20230811100828.1897174-9-hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-06-20block: increment diskseq on all media change eventsDemi Marie Obenour
Currently, associating a loop device with a different file descriptor does not increment its diskseq. This allows the following race condition: 1. Program X opens a loop device 2. Program X gets the diskseq of the loop device. 3. Program X associates a file with the loop device. 4. Program X passes the loop device major, minor, and diskseq to something. 5. Program X exits. 6. Program Y detaches the file from the loop device. 7. Program Y attaches a different file to the loop device. 8. The opener finally gets around to opening the loop device and checks that the diskseq is what it expects it to be. Even though the diskseq is the expected value, the result is that the opener is accessing the wrong file. From discussions with Christoph Hellwig, it appears that disk_force_media_change() was supposed to call inc_diskseq(), but in fact it does not. Adding a Fixes: tag to indicate this. Christoph's Reported-by is because he stated that disk_force_media_change() calls inc_diskseq(), which is what led me to discover that it should but does not. Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com> Fixes: e6138dc12de9 ("block: add a helper to raise a media changed event") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.15+ Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230607170837.1559-1-demi@invisiblethingslab.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2023-06-12block: pass a gendisk on bdev_check_media_changeChristoph Hellwig
bdev_check_media_change should only ever be called for the whole device. Pass a gendisk to make that explicit and rename the function to disk_check_media_change. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230608110258.189493-8-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2022-02-02block: remove genhd.hChristoph Hellwig
There is no good reason to keep genhd.h separate from the main blkdev.h header that includes it. So fold the contents of genhd.h into blkdev.h and remove genhd.h entirely. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220124093913.742411-4-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-08-23block: return errors from disk_alloc_eventsLuis Chamberlain
Prepare for proper error handling in add_disk. Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> [hch: split from a larger patch] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210818144542.19305-9-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-08-02block: add a helper to raise a media changed eventMatteo Croce
Refactor disk_check_events() and move some code into disk_event_uevent(). Then add disk_force_media_change(), a helper which will be used by devices to force issuing a DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE event. Co-developed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@microsoft.com> Tested-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210712230530.29323-6-mcroce@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-08-02block: add disk sequence numberMatteo Croce
Associating uevents with block devices in userspace is difficult and racy: the uevent netlink socket is lossy, and on slow and overloaded systems has a very high latency. Block devices do not have exclusive owners in userspace, any process can set one up (e.g. loop devices). Moreover, device names can be reused (e.g. loop0 can be reused again and again). A userspace process setting up a block device and watching for its events cannot thus reliably tell whether an event relates to the device it just set up or another earlier instance with the same name. Being able to set a UUID on a loop device would solve the race conditions. But it does not allow to derive orderings from uevents: if you see a uevent with a UUID that does not match the device you are waiting for, you cannot tell whether it's because the right uevent has not arrived yet, or it was already sent and you missed it. So you cannot tell whether you should wait for it or not. Associating a unique, monotonically increasing sequential number to the lifetime of each block device, which can be retrieved with an ioctl immediately upon setting it up, allows to solve the race conditions with uevents, and also allows userspace processes to know whether they should wait for the uevent they need or if it was dropped and thus they should move on. Additionally, increment the disk sequence number when the media change, i.e. on DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE event. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@microsoft.com> Tested-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210712230530.29323-2-mcroce@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-06-24block: add the events* attributes to disk_attrsChristoph Hellwig
Add the events attributes to the disk_attrs array, which ensures they are added by the driver core when the device is created rather than adding them after the device has been added, which is racy versus uevents and requires more boilerplate code. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624073843.251178-3-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-06-24block: move the disk events code to a separate fileChristoph Hellwig
Move the code for handling disk events from genhd.c into a new file as it isn't very related to the rest of the file while at the same time requiring lots of forward declarations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624073843.251178-2-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>