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subject: null_blk: initialize lock mutex before registering configfs subsystem
version: 1
url: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-block/list/?series=1121484

kernel-patches-daemon and others added 2 commits July 2, 2026 19:18
In null_init(), mutex_init(&lock) currently happens after
configfs_register_subsystem(), which exposes the nullb subsystem to
userspace. A racing mkdir() into /sys/kernel/config/nullb/ can reach
null_find_dev_by_name() -> mutex_lock(&lock) before the mutex is
initialized, trigger warning:

[  123.137788] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock)
[  123.137796] WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:159 at mutex_lock+0x171/0x1c0, CPU#13: mkdir/1301
[  123.140090] Modules linked in: null_blk(+) nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4
......
[  123.154926] Call Trace:
[  123.155172]  <TASK>
[  123.155419]  ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
[  123.156181]  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[  123.156571]  nullb_group_make_group+0x20/0x100 [null_blk]
[  123.157011]  configfs_mkdir+0x47b/0xc70
[  123.157337]  ? __pfx_configfs_mkdir+0x10/0x10
[  123.157719]  ? may_create_dentry+0x242/0x2e0
[  123.158061]  vfs_mkdir+0x2a9/0x6c0
[  123.158352]  filename_mkdirat+0x3dc/0x500
[  123.158710]  ? __pfx_filename_mkdirat+0x10/0x10
[  123.159070]  ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x1d0
[  123.159413]  __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6b/0x90
[  123.159760]  do_syscall_64+0xea/0x600

Move mutex_init(&lock) before configfs_register_subsystem().

Fixes: 49c3b92 ("block: null_blk: Improve device creation with configfs")
Signed-off-by: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huawei.com>
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Upstream branch: 87320be
series: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-block/list/?series=1121484
version: 1

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