[Devel] [PATCH vz10] dm: fix SRCU read-lock leak on dm_llseek_hole() early error paths
Vasileios Almpanis
vasileios.almpanis at virtuozzo.com
Fri Jun 5 14:38:31 MSK 2026
Reviewed-by: Vasileios Almpanis <vasileios.almpanis at virtuozzo.com>
On 6/4/26 11:16 AM, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> dm_get_live_table() always takes the io_barrier SRCU read lock (storing
> the index in *srcu_idx) and returns the live map. dm_llseek_hole() left
> two early-return paths that skipped the matching dm_put_live_table():
>
> table = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
> if (!table || !dm_table_get_size(table))
> return -ENOTTY; /* leaks SRCU read lock */
> ...
> if (table->num_targets != 1)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP; /* leaks SRCU read lock */
>
> So a SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA on a dm device with no live table, an empty
> table, or more than one target leaked an SRCU reader. A leaked reader
> stalls any later synchronize_srcu() (device suspend / table reload) and
> unbalances the per-CPU SRCU counter. The remaining error paths already
> use "goto out".
>
> Convert the two early returns to the "ret = ...; goto out;" pattern so
> they release the lock via the out: label like the rest of the function.
>
> Fixes: 808222b3f6b7 ("dm: add llseek_hole infrastructure")
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-132310
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
> index b5e28553824d..130eec93fa10 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
> @@ -493,16 +493,20 @@ static loff_t dm_llseek_hole(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t offset, int whenc
> loff_t ret;
>
> table = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
> - if (!table || !dm_table_get_size(table))
> - return -ENOTTY;
> + if (!table || !dm_table_get_size(table)) {
> + ret = -ENOTTY;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> /*
> * For now we only support devices that have a single target.
> * But probably it is not hard to break it to a few requests to a different
> * targets
> */
> - if (table->num_targets != 1)
> - return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + if (table->num_targets != 1) {
> + ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> ti = dm_table_get_target(table, 0);
>
--
Best regards, Vasileios Almpanis
Software Developer, Virtuozzo.
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