block: nr_sects_write(): Disable preemption on seqcount write
authorAhmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Wed, 3 Jun 2020 14:49:48 +0000 (16:49 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:33:07 +0000 (15:33 +0200)
commite1906ca16db5d2b28dffd5785f058d22dbea1ab4
tree86e3a2f9919857824ae66d74a1c622f4f71168d1
parent4cc4e2dbf958a0bb7a0f3b05c79fc4232d3c2398
block: nr_sects_write(): Disable preemption on seqcount write

[ Upstream commit 15b81ce5abdc4b502aa31dff2d415b79d2349d2f ]

For optimized block readers not holding a mutex, the "number of sectors"
64-bit value is protected from tearing on 32-bit architectures by a
sequence counter.

Disable preemption before entering that sequence counter's write side
critical section. Otherwise, the read side can preempt the write side
section and spin for the entire scheduler tick. If the reader belongs to
a real-time scheduling class, it can spin forever and the kernel will
livelock.

Fixes: c83f6bf98dc1 ("block: add partition resize function to blkpg ioctl")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
include/linux/genhd.h