The lo_ctl_mutex is held for running all ioctl handlers, and
in some ioctl handlers, ioctl_by_bdev(BLKRRPART) is called for
rereading partitions, which requires bd_mutex.

So it is easy to cause failure because trylock(bd_mutex) may
fail inside blkdev_reread_part(), and follows the lock context:

blkid or other application:
        ->open()
                ->mutex_lock(bd_mutex)
                ->lo_open()
                        ->mutex_lock(lo_ctl_mutex)

losetup(set fd ioctl):
        ->mutex_lock(lo_ctl_mutex)
        ->ioctl_by_bdev(BLKRRPART)
                ->trylock(bd_mutex)

This patch trys to eliminate the ABBA lock dependency by removing
lo_ctl_mutext in lo_open() with the following approach:

1) introduce lo_open_mutex to protect lo_refcnt and avoid acquiring
lo_ctl_mutex in lo_open():
        - for open vs. add/del loop, no any problem because of loop_index_mutex
        - lo_open_mutex is used for syncing open() and loop_clr_fd()
        - both open() and release() have been serialized by bd_mutex already

2) don't hold lo_ctl_mutex for decreasing/checking lo_refcnt in
lo_release(), then lo_ctl_mutex is only required for the last release.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming....@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/block/loop.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index d1f168b..81a6bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -879,14 +879,18 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
         * <dev>/do something like mkfs/losetup -d <dev> causing the losetup -d
         * command to fail with EBUSY.
         */
+       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
        if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) {
+               mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
                lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
                mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (filp == NULL)
+       if (filp == NULL) {
+               mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
        lo->lo_state = Lo_rundown;
@@ -919,6 +923,15 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
        lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
        /* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
        module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+
+       /*
+        * Unlock open_mutex for avoiding -EBUSY of rereading part:
+        * - try to acquire bd_mutex from reread part
+        * - another task is opening the loop with holding bd_mutex
+        *   and trys to acquire open_mutex
+        */
+       mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
+
        if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN && bdev)
                ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
        lo->lo_flags = 0;
@@ -1376,9 +1389,9 @@ static int lo_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t 
mode)
                goto out;
        }
 
-       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
        lo->lo_refcnt++;
-       mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+       mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&loop_index_mutex);
        return err;
@@ -1387,13 +1400,16 @@ out:
 static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 {
        struct loop_device *lo = disk->private_data;
-       int err;
+       int err, ref;
 
-       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
+       ref = --lo->lo_refcnt;
+       mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
 
-       if (--lo->lo_refcnt)
+       if (ref)
                goto out;
 
+       mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
        if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR) {
                /*
                 * In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
@@ -1646,6 +1662,7 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
                disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
        disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
        mutex_init(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+       mutex_init(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
        lo->lo_number           = i;
        spin_lock_init(&lo->lo_lock);
        disk->major             = LOOP_MAJOR;
@@ -1763,11 +1780,14 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, 
unsigned int cmd,
                        mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
                        break;
                }
+               mutex_lock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
                if (lo->lo_refcnt > 0) {
                        ret = -EBUSY;
+                       mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
                        mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
                        break;
                }
+               mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_open_mutex);
                lo->lo_disk->private_data = NULL;
                mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
                idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, lo->lo_number);
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.h b/drivers/block/loop.h
index 301c27f..1b4acf2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.h
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct loop_device {
        bool                    write_started;
        int                     lo_state;
        struct mutex            lo_ctl_mutex;
+       struct mutex            lo_open_mutex;
 
        struct request_queue    *lo_queue;
        struct blk_mq_tag_set   tag_set;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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