Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754656Ab3GYUeV (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:34:21 -0400 Received: from smtp.infotech.no ([82.134.31.41]:38946 "EHLO smtp.infotech.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752715Ab3GYUeR (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:34:17 -0400 Message-ID: <51F18BAB.8060600@interlog.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:33:47 -0400 From: Douglas Gilbert Reply-To: dgilbert@interlog.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130623 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vaughan CC: JBottomley@parallels.com, =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cm4gRW5nZWw=?= , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] [SCSI] sg: fix race condition in sg_open References: <1374075246-22923-1-git-send-email-vaughan.cao@oracle.com> <1374468033-8947-1-git-send-email-vaughan.cao@oracle.com> <20130722170338.GA15824@logfs.org> <51F144F4.4090509@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <51F144F4.4090509@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2018 Lines: 58 On 13-07-25 11:32 AM, vaughan wrote: > On 07/23/2013 01:03 AM, Jörn Engel wrote: >> On Mon, 22 July 2013 12:40:29 +0800, Vaughan Cao wrote: >>> There is a race when open sg with O_EXCL flag. Also a race may happen between >>> sg_open and sg_remove. >>> >>> Changes from v4: >>> * [3/4] use ERR_PTR series instead of adding another parameter in sg_add_sfp >>> * [4/4] fix conflict for cherry-pick from v3. >>> >>> Changes from v3: >>> * release o_sem in sg_release(), not in sg_remove_sfp(). >>> * not set exclude with sfd_lock held. >>> >>> Vaughan Cao (4): >>> [SCSI] sg: use rwsem to solve race during exclusive open >>> [SCSI] sg: no need sg_open_exclusive_lock >>> [SCSI] sg: checking sdp->detached isn't protected when open >>> [SCSI] sg: push file descriptor list locking down to per-device >>> locking >>> >>> drivers/scsi/sg.c | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- >>> 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-) >> Patchset looks good to me, although I didn't test it on hardware yet. >> Signed-off-by: Joern Engel >> >> James, care to pick this up? >> >> Jörn > Hi James, > > sg driver has two races happen in > a) exclusive open and non-exclusive open > b) sg removal and sg open > I explained the scenario detail in the separate patches. I did test > those patches and > Jörn has reviewed them. I got no response from Doug Gilbert for a long > time. > Would you care to pick these up? Hi, Your patches applied with a little noise to lk 3.10.2 and gave this warning from the build. CC [M] drivers/scsi/sg.o drivers/scsi/sg.c: In function ‘sg_open’: drivers/scsi/sg.c:242:6: warning: unused variable ‘res’ [-Wunused-variable] I'll keep testing ... Doug Gilbert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/