From 2a708cff93f1845b9239bc7d6310aef54e716c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junichi Nomura Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 08:31:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy() __dm_destroy() takes io_barrier SRCU lock (dm_get_live_table) and suspend_lock in reverse order. Doing so can cause AB-BA deadlock: __dm_destroy dm_swap_table --------------------------------------------------- mutex_lock(suspend_lock) dm_get_live_table() srcu_read_lock(io_barrier) dm_sync_table() synchronize_srcu(io_barrier) .. waiting for dm_put_live_table() mutex_lock(suspend_lock) .. waiting for suspend_lock Fix this by taking the locks in proper order. Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura Fixes: ab7c7bb6f4ab ("dm: hold suspend_lock while suspending device during device deletion") Acked-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- Reading git-format-patch failed