[PATCH 11/20] nbd: request_fn fixup

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Dropping the queue_lock opens up a nasty race, fix this race by
plugging the device when we're done.

Also includes a small cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
CC: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c |   67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/block/nbd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/block/nbd.c	2006-09-07 17:20:52.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/block/nbd.c	2006-09-07 17:35:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -97,20 +97,24 @@ static const char *nbdcmd_to_ascii(int c
 }
 #endif /* NDEBUG */
 
-static void nbd_end_request(struct request *req)
+static void __nbd_end_request(struct request *req)
 {
 	int uptodate = (req->errors == 0) ? 1 : 0;
-	request_queue_t *q = req->q;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	dprintk(DBG_BLKDEV, "%s: request %p: %s\n", req->rq_disk->disk_name,
 			req, uptodate? "done": "failed");
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	if (!end_that_request_first(req, uptodate, req->nr_sectors)) {
+	if (!end_that_request_first(req, uptodate, req->nr_sectors))
 		end_that_request_last(req, uptodate);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void nbd_end_request(struct request *req)
+{
+	request_queue_t *q = req->q;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	__nbd_end_request(req);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -435,10 +439,8 @@ static void do_nbd_request(request_queue
 			mutex_unlock(&lo->tx_lock);
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempted send on closed socket\n",
 			       lo->disk->disk_name);
-			req->errors++;
-			nbd_end_request(req);
 			spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-			continue;
+			goto error_out;
 		}
 
 		lo->active_req = req;
@@ -463,10 +465,13 @@ static void do_nbd_request(request_queue
 
 error_out:
 		req->errors++;
-		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
-		nbd_end_request(req);
-		spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
+		__nbd_end_request(req);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * q->queue_lock has been dropped, this opens up a race
+	 * plug the device to close it.
+	 */
+	blk_plug_device(q);
 	return;
 }
 

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