dm mpath: fix racey management of PG initialization
Commit 935fcc56 ("dm mpath: only flush workqueue when needed") changed flush_multipath_work() to avoid needless workqueue flushing (of a multipath global workqueue). But that change didn't realize the surrounding flush_multipath_work() code should also only run if 'pg_init_in_progress' is set. Fix this by only doing all of flush_multipath_work()'s PG init related work if 'pg_init_in_progress' is set. Otherwise multipath_wait_for_pg_init_completion() will run unconditionally but the preceeding flush_workqueue(kmpath_handlerd) may not. This could lead to deadlock (though only if kmpath_handlerd never runs a corresponding work to decrement 'pg_init_in_progress'). It could also be, though highly unlikely, that the kmpath_handlerd work that does PG init completes before 'pg_init_in_progress' is set, and then an intervening DM table reload's multipath_postsuspend() triggers flush_multipath_work(). Fixes: 935fcc56 ("dm mpath: only flush workqueue when needed") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Ben Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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