From 4bca7e80b6455772b4bf3f536dcbc19aac424d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:22:29 +0200 Subject: init: Initialize noop_backing_dev_info early noop_backing_dev_info is used by superblocks of various pseudofilesystems such as kdevtmpfs. After commit 10e14073107d ("writeback: Fix inode->i_io_list not be protected by inode->i_lock error") this broke because __mark_inode_dirty() started to access more fields from noop_backing_dev_info and this led to crashes inside locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() called from __mark_inode_dirty(). Fix the problem by initializing noop_backing_dev_info before the filesystems get mounted. Fixes: 10e14073107d ("writeback: Fix inode->i_io_list not be protected by inode->i_lock error") Reported-and-tested-by: Suzuki K Poulose Reported-and-tested-by: Alexandru Elisei Reported-and-tested-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- mm/backing-dev.c | 11 ++--------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index ff60bd7d74e0..95550b8fa7fe 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -231,20 +231,13 @@ static __init int bdi_class_init(void) } postcore_initcall(bdi_class_init); -static int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); - static int __init default_bdi_init(void) { - int err; - bdi_wq = alloc_workqueue("writeback", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_SYSFS, 0); if (!bdi_wq) return -ENOMEM; - - err = bdi_init(&noop_backing_dev_info); - - return err; + return 0; } subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init); @@ -781,7 +774,7 @@ static void cgwb_remove_from_bdi_list(struct bdi_writeback *wb) #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ -static int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { int ret; -- cgit v1.2.3