[PATCH v3 5/9] dlm: Free dlm_ls in kobject release callback

Ian Rogers irogers at google.com
Sun Nov 8 14:39:09 PST 2026


struct dlm_ls embeds a struct kobject (ls_kobj), but dlm_ktype lacked a
.release callback and dlm freed the lockspace structure directly via
kfree(ls). With CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE=y, freeing ls before the
delayed kobject release runs causes a use-after-free, and unloading the
module while the delayed release is pending results in an instruction
page fault.

Add a completion ls_kobj_done and dlm_ls_release() to complete it when
the last kobject reference is dropped, waiting for it in free_lockspace()
before kfree(ls) and in the new_lockspace() error path before module_put().
Also delete the kobject via kobject_del() before stopping dlm_recoverd
to close the window where concurrent sysfs writes could wake the stopped
recovery task.

Fixes: 3514faca19a6 ("kobject: remove struct kobj_type from struct kset")
Acked-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
---
 fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h |  1 +
 fs/dlm/lockspace.c    | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
index 74c2e77d1b55..95b3bff0cb57 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ struct dlm_ls {
 	int			ls_create_count; /* create/release refcount */
 	unsigned long		ls_flags;	/* LSFL_ */
 	struct kobject		ls_kobj;
+	struct completion	ls_kobj_done;
 
 	struct xarray		ls_lkbxa;
 	rwlock_t		ls_lkbxa_lock;
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index a9c98b4f378f..2dccd080a10f 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -179,7 +179,15 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops dlm_attr_ops = {
 	.store = dlm_attr_store,
 };
 
+static void dlm_ls_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct dlm_ls *ls = container_of(kobj, struct dlm_ls, ls_kobj);
+
+	complete(&ls->ls_kobj_done);
+}
+
 static struct kobj_type dlm_ktype = {
+	.release        = dlm_ls_release,
 	.default_groups = dlm_groups,
 	.sysfs_ops     = &dlm_attr_ops,
 };
@@ -355,6 +363,8 @@ static void free_lockspace(struct work_struct *work)
 	 */
 	rhashtable_free_and_destroy(&ls->ls_rsbtbl, rhash_free_rsb, NULL);
 
+	kobject_put(&ls->ls_kobj);
+	wait_for_completion(&ls->ls_kobj_done);
 	kfree(ls);
 }
 
@@ -435,7 +445,10 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 	ls->ls_lvblen = lvblen;
 	atomic_set(&ls->ls_count, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ls->ls_count_wait);
+	init_completion(&ls->ls_kobj_done);
 	ls->ls_flags = 0;
+	ls->ls_kobj.kset = dlm_kset;
+	kobject_init(&ls->ls_kobj, &dlm_ktype);
 
 	if (ops && dlm_config.ci_recover_callbacks) {
 		ls->ls_ops = ops;
@@ -567,9 +580,7 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 	wait_event(ls->ls_recover_lock_wait,
 		   test_bit(LSFL_RECOVER_LOCK, &ls->ls_flags));
 
-	ls->ls_kobj.kset = dlm_kset;
-	error = kobject_init_and_add(&ls->ls_kobj, &dlm_ktype, NULL,
-				     "%s", ls->ls_name);
+	error = kobject_add(&ls->ls_kobj, NULL, "%s", ls->ls_name);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_recoverd;
 	kobject_uevent(&ls->ls_kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
@@ -582,7 +593,7 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 
 	error = do_uevent(ls, 1, 0);
 	if (error < 0)
-		goto out_recoverd;
+		goto out_kobj;
 
 	/* wait until recovery is successful or failed */
 	wait_for_completion(&ls->ls_recovery_done);
@@ -600,6 +611,8 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 	do_uevent(ls, 0, 0);
 	dlm_clear_members(ls);
 	kfree(ls->ls_node_array);
+ out_kobj:
+	kobject_del(&ls->ls_kobj);
  out_recoverd:
 	dlm_recoverd_stop(ls);
  out_callback:
@@ -615,6 +628,7 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 	rhashtable_destroy(&ls->ls_rsbtbl);
  out_lsfree:
 	kobject_put(&ls->ls_kobj);
+	wait_for_completion(&ls->ls_kobj_done);
 	kfree(ls);
  out:
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
@@ -740,6 +754,8 @@ static int release_lockspace(struct dlm_ls *ls, unsigned int release_option)
 	    dlm_user_daemon_available())
 		do_uevent(ls, 0, (release_option == DLM_RELEASE_RECOVER));
 
+	kobject_del(&ls->ls_kobj);
+
 	dlm_recoverd_stop(ls);
 
 	/* clear the LSFL_RUNNING flag to fast up
@@ -759,8 +775,6 @@ static int release_lockspace(struct dlm_ls *ls, unsigned int release_option)
 
 	dlm_delete_debug_file(ls);
 
-	kobject_put(&ls->ls_kobj);
-
 	xa_destroy(&ls->ls_recover_xa);
 	kfree(ls->ls_recover_buf);
 
-- 
2.56.0.455.g6c5a503b38-goog




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