On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 10:50:39AM -0400, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > ublk server pid(the `tgid` of the process opening the ublk device) is stored
> > in `ublk_device->ublksrv_tgid`. This `tgid` is then checked against the
> > `ublksrv_pid` in `ublk_ctrl_start_dev` and `ublk_ctrl_end_recovery`.
> >
> > This ensures that correct ublk server pid is stored in device info.
> >
> > Fixes: 71f28f3136af ("ublk_drv: add io_uring based userspace block driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 9 +++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
> > index a1a700c7e67a..2b894de29823 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
> > @@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ struct ublk_device {
> > unsigned int nr_privileged_daemon;
> > struct mutex cancel_mutex;
> > bool canceling;
> > + pid_t ublksrv_tgid;
> > };
> >
> > /* header of ublk_params */
> > @@ -1528,6 +1529,7 @@ static int ublk_ch_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> > if (test_and_set_bit(UB_STATE_OPEN, &ub->state))
> > return -EBUSY;
> > filp->private_data = ub;
> > + ub->ublksrv_tgid = current->tgid;
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -1542,6 +1544,7 @@ static void ublk_reset_ch_dev(struct ublk_device *ub)
> > ub->mm = NULL;
> > ub->nr_queues_ready = 0;
> > ub->nr_privileged_daemon = 0;
> > + ub->ublksrv_tgid = -1;
>
> Should this be reset to 0? The next patch checks whether ublksrv_tgid
> is 0 in ublk_timeout().
No, swapper pid is 0.
The check in next patch just tries to double check if ublk char device
is opened.
> Also, the accesses to it should probably be
> using {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() since ublk server open/close can happen
> concurrently with ublk I/O timeout handling.
ublk_abort_queue() is called in ublk_ch_release(), and any inflight request
is either requeued or failed, so ublk I/O timeout handling won't happen
concurrently with ublk char open()/close().
Thanks,
Ming
