From 2995fa78e423d7193f3b57835f6c1c75006a0315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikulas Patocka Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:37:54 -0500 Subject: dm sysfs: fix a module unload race This reverts commit be35f48610 ("dm: wait until embedded kobject is released before destroying a device") and provides an improved fix. The kobject release code that calls the completion must be placed in a non-module file, otherwise there is a module unload race (if the process calling dm_kobject_release is preempted and the DM module unloaded after the completion is triggered, but before dm_kobject_release returns). To fix this race, this patch moves the completion code to dm-builtin.c which is always compiled directly into the kernel if BLK_DEV_DM is selected. The patch introduces a new dm_kobject_holder structure, its purpose is to keep the completion and kobject in one place, so that it can be accessed from non-module code without the need to export the layout of struct mapped_device to that code. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/md/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index 39b540a13369..9a06fe883766 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -176,8 +176,12 @@ config MD_FAULTY source "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig" +config BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN + boolean + config BLK_DEV_DM tristate "Device mapper support" + select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN ---help--- Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522