[PATCH 5.1 108/122] dm ioctl: fix hang in early create error condition

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu May 23 2019 - 15:33:30 EST


From: Helen Koike <helen.koike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 0f41fcf78849c902ddca564f99a8e23ccfc80333 upstream.

The dm_early_create() function (which deals with "dm-mod.create=" kernel
command line option) calls dm_hash_insert() who gets an extra reference
to the md object.

In case of failure, this reference wasn't being released, causing
dm_destroy() to hang, thus hanging the whole boot process.

Fix this by calling __hash_remove() in the error path.

Fixes: 6bbc923dfcf57d ("dm: add support to directly boot to a mapped device")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Helen Koike <helen.koike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ int __init dm_early_create(struct dm_ioc
/* alloc table */
r = dm_table_create(&t, get_mode(dmi), dmi->target_count, md);
if (r)
- goto err_destroy_dm;
+ goto err_hash_remove;

/* add targets */
for (i = 0; i < dmi->target_count; i++) {
@@ -2116,6 +2116,10 @@ int __init dm_early_create(struct dm_ioc

err_destroy_table:
dm_table_destroy(t);
+err_hash_remove:
+ (void) __hash_remove(__get_name_cell(dmi->name));
+ /* release reference from __get_name_cell */
+ dm_put(md);
err_destroy_dm:
dm_put(md);
dm_destroy(md);