loop: reintroduce global lock for safe loop_validate_file() traversal
Commit 6cc8e743 ("loop: scale loop device by introducing per device lock") re-opened a race window for NULL pointer dereference at loop_validate_file() where commit 310ca162 ("block/loop: Use global lock for ioctl() operation.") has closed. Although we need to guarantee that other loop devices will not change during traversal, we can't take remote "struct loop_device"->lo_mutex inside loop_validate_file() in order to avoid AB-BA deadlock. Therefore, introduce a global lock dedicated for loop_validate_file() which is conditionally taken before local "struct loop_device"->lo_mutex is taken. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Fixes: 6cc8e743 ("loop: scale loop device by introducing per device lock") Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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