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    loop: fix crash when using unassigned loop device · ef7e7c82
    Mikulas Patocka authored
    
    
    When the loop module is loaded, it creates 8 loop devices /dev/loop[0-7].
    The devices have no request routine and thus, when they are used without
    being assigned, a crash happens.
    
    For example, these commands cause crash (assuming there are no used loop
    devices):
    
    Kernel Fault: Code=26 regs=000000007f420980 (Addr=0000000000000010)
    CPU: 1 PID: 50 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 3.11.0 #1
    Workqueue: ksnaphd do_metadata [dm_snapshot]
    task: 000000007fcf4078 ti: 000000007f420000 task.ti: 000000007f420000
    [  116.319988]
         YZrvWESTHLNXBCVMcbcbcbcbOGFRQPDI
    PSW: 00001000000001001111111100001111 Not tainted
    r00-03  000000ff0804ff0f 00000000408bf5d0 00000000402d8204 000000007b7ff6c0
    r04-07  00000000408a95d0 000000007f420950 000000007b7ff6c0 000000007d06c930
    r08-11  000000007f4205c0 0000000000000001 000000007f4205c0 000000007f4204b8
    r12-15  0000000000000010 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
    r16-19  000000001108dd48 000000004061cd7c 000000007d859800 000000000800000f
    r20-23  0000000000000000 0000000000000008 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
    r24-27  00000000ffffffff 000000007b7ff6c0 000000007d859800 00000000408a95d0
    r28-31  0000000000000000 000000007f420950 000000007f420980 000000007f4208e8
    sr00-03  0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000303000
    sr04-07  0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
    [  117.549988]
    IASQ: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 IAOQ: 00000000402d82fc 00000000402d8300
     IIR: 53820020    ISR: 0000000000000000  IOR: 0000000000000010
     CPU:        1   CR30: 000000007f420000 CR31: ffffffffffffffff
     ORIG_R28: 0000000000000001
     IAOQ[0]: generic_make_request+0x11c/0x1a0
     IAOQ[1]: generic_make_request+0x120/0x1a0
     RP(r2): generic_make_request+0x24/0x1a0
    Backtrace:
     [<00000000402d83f0>] submit_bio+0x70/0x140
     [<0000000011087c4c>] dispatch_io+0x234/0x478 [dm_mod]
     [<0000000011087f44>] sync_io+0xb4/0x190 [dm_mod]
     [<00000000110883bc>] dm_io+0x2c4/0x310 [dm_mod]
     [<00000000110bfcd0>] do_metadata+0x28/0xb0 [dm_snapshot]
     [<00000000401591d8>] process_one_work+0x160/0x460
     [<0000000040159bc0>] worker_thread+0x300/0x478
     [<0000000040161a70>] kthread+0x118/0x128
     [<0000000040104020>] end_fault_vector+0x20/0x28
     [<0000000040177220>] task_tick_fair+0x420/0x4d0
     [<00000000401aa048>] invoke_rcu_core+0x50/0x60
     [<00000000401ad5b8>] rcu_check_callbacks+0x210/0x8d8
     [<000000004014aaa0>] update_process_times+0xa8/0xc0
     [<00000000401ab86c>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x4b4/0x598
     [<0000000040142408>] __do_softirq+0x250/0x2c0
     [<00000000401789d0>] find_busiest_group+0x3c0/0xc70
    [  119.379988]
    Kernel panic - not syncing: Kernel Fault
    Rebooting in 1 seconds..
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
    Cc: stable@kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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