null_blk: use DEFINE_MUTEX for the file-scope mutex

In null_init(), mutex_init(&lock) currently happens after
configfs_register_subsystem(), which exposes the nullb subsystem to
userspace. A racing mkdir() into /sys/kernel/config/nullb/ can reach
null_find_dev_by_name() -> mutex_lock(&lock) before the mutex is
initialized, trigger warning:

[  123.137788] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock)
[  123.137796] WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:159 at mutex_lock+0x171/0x1c0, CPU#13: mkdir/1301
[  123.140090] Modules linked in: null_blk(+) nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4
......
[  123.154926] Call Trace:
[  123.155172]  <TASK>
[  123.155419]  ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
[  123.156181]  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[  123.156571]  nullb_group_make_group+0x20/0x100 [null_blk]
[  123.157011]  configfs_mkdir+0x47b/0xc70
[  123.157337]  ? __pfx_configfs_mkdir+0x10/0x10
[  123.157719]  ? may_create_dentry+0x242/0x2e0
[  123.158061]  vfs_mkdir+0x2a9/0x6c0
[  123.158352]  filename_mkdirat+0x3dc/0x500
[  123.158710]  ? __pfx_filename_mkdirat+0x10/0x10
[  123.159070]  ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x1d0
[  123.159413]  __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6b/0x90
[  123.159760]  do_syscall_64+0xea/0x600

Replace the runtime mutex_init(&lock) with a static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock)
declaration to fix this issue.

Fixes: 49c3b9266a ("block: null_blk: Improve device creation with configfs")
Suggested-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260725022509.714271-2-wozizhi@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Zizhi Wo
2026-07-25 10:25:00 +08:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 642ec08c2e
commit 017dac7670

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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct nullb_page {
#define NULLB_PAGE_FREE (MAP_SZ - 2)
static LIST_HEAD(nullb_list);
static struct mutex lock;
static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock);
static int null_major;
static DEFINE_IDA(nullb_indexes);
static struct blk_mq_tag_set tag_set;
@@ -2166,8 +2166,6 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
if (ret)
return ret;
mutex_init(&lock);
null_major = register_blkdev(0, "nullb");
if (null_major < 0) {
ret = null_major;