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Ming Lei 9bcc47343e ublk: fix deadlock when reading partition table 
commit c258f5c450 upstream.

When one process(such as udev) opens ublk block device (e.g., to read
the partition table via bdev_open()), a deadlock[1] can occur:

1. bdev_open() grabs disk->open_mutex
2. The process issues read I/O to ublk backend to read partition table
3. In __ublk_complete_rq(), blk_update_request() or blk_mq_end_request()
   runs bio->bi_end_io() callbacks
4. If this triggers fput() on file descriptor of ublk block device, the
   work may be deferred to current task's task work (see fput() implementation)
5. This eventually calls blkdev_release() from the same context
6. blkdev_release() tries to grab disk->open_mutex again
7. Deadlock: same task waiting for a mutex it already holds

The fix is to run blk_update_request() and blk_mq_end_request() with bottom
halves disabled. This forces blkdev_release() to run in kernel work-queue
context instead of current task work context, and allows ublk server to make
forward progress, and avoids the deadlock.

Fixes: 71f28f3136 ("ublk_drv: add io_uring based userspace block driver")
Link: https://github.com/ublk-org/ublksrv/issues/170 [1]
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
[axboe: rewrite comment in ublk]
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
[ The fix omits the change in __ublk_do_auto_buf_reg() since this function
  doesn't exist in Linux 6.12. ]
Signed-off-by: Alva Lan <alvalan9@foxmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2026-02-11 13:40:18 +01:00
arch ARM: 9468/1: fix memset64() on big-endian 2026-02-11 13:40:16 +01:00
block block: fix NULL pointer dereference in blk_zone_reset_all_bio_endio() 2026-01-08 10:15:06 +01:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec 2026-01-30 10:28:39 +01:00
Documentation fou: Don't allow 0 for FOU_ATTR_IPPROTO. 2026-01-30 10:28:39 +01:00
drivers ublk: fix deadlock when reading partition table 2026-02-11 13:40:18 +01:00
fs ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() 2026-02-11 13:40:17 +01:00
include ceph: fix NULL pointer dereference in ceph_mds_auth_match() 2026-02-11 13:40:16 +01:00
init init: handle bootloader identifier in kernel parameters 2025-10-19 16:33:50 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/io-wq: check IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT inside work run loop 2026-01-30 10:28:41 +01:00
ipc ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU 2025-06-27 11:11:22 +01:00
kernel perf: sched: Fix perf crash with new is_user_task() helper 2026-02-06 16:55:50 +01:00
lib flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe 2026-02-06 16:55:46 +01:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm mm, shmem: prevent infinite loop on truncate race 2026-02-11 13:40:17 +01:00
net mptcp: avoid dup SUB_CLOSED events after disconnect 2026-02-06 16:55:50 +01:00
rust rust: rbtree: fix documentation typo in CursorMut peek_next method 2026-02-06 16:55:44 +01:00
samples samples/ftrace: Adjust LoongArch register restore order in direct calls 2026-01-08 10:14:50 +01:00
scripts scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add compiler_builtins -> core dep 2026-02-06 16:55:47 +01:00
security keys/trusted_keys: fix handle passed to tpm_buf_append_name during unseal 2026-01-30 10:28:44 +01:00
sound ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger 2026-02-11 13:40:15 +01:00
tools tools/power turbostat: fix GCC9 build regression 2026-02-11 13:40:17 +01:00
usr kbuild: uapi: Strip comments before size type check 2025-11-13 15:34:35 -05:00
virt KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd 2026-02-11 13:40:17 +01:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-08-01 09:48:44 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: introduce .clippy.toml 2025-03-13 13:01:42 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: add entry for Thorsten Blum 2024-11-07 14:14:59 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove self from DSA entry 2024-11-03 12:52:38 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS staging: rtl8712: Remove driver using deprecated API wext 2025-12-07 06:25:02 +09:00
Makefile Linux 6.12.69 2026-02-06 16:55:51 +01:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.