bdi: avoid oops on device removal

After commit 839a8e8660b6 ("writeback: replace custom worker pool
implementation with unbound workqueue") when device is removed while we
are writing to it we crash in bdi_writeback_workfn() ->
set_worker_desc() because bdi->dev is NULL.

This can happen because even though bdi_unregister() cancels all pending
flushing work, nothing really prevents new ones from being queued from
balance_dirty_pages() or other places.

Fix the problem by clearing BDI_registered bit in bdi_unregister() and
checking it before scheduling of any flushing work.

Fixes: 839a8e8660b6777e7fe4e80af1a048aebe2b5977

Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 6788fe0c..a163159 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -89,16 +89,29 @@ static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
 
+static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+	if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))
+		mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+}
+
 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 			   struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
 	trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+	if (!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
+		if (work->done)
+			complete(work->done);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
 	mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -114,7 +127,7 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
 	work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!work) {
 		trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
-		mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+		bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -161,7 +174,7 @@ void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 	 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
 	 */
 	trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
-	mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
+	bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1017,7 +1030,7 @@ void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 	current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 
 	if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
-		   list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list))) {
+		   !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) {
 		/*
 		 * The normal path.  Keep writing back @bdi until its
 		 * work_list is empty.  Note that this path is also taken