Mike Snitzer ec6ae632e0 dm cache: fix resize crash if user doesn't reload cache table
commit 5d07384a666d4b2f781dc056bfeec2c27fbdf383 upstream.

A reload of the cache's DM table is needed during resize because
otherwise a crash will occur when attempting to access smq policy
entries associated with the portion of the cache that was recently
extended.

The reason is cache-size based data structures in the policy will not be
resized, the only way to safely extend the cache is to allow for a
proper cache policy initialization that occurs when the cache table is
loaded.  For example the smq policy's space_init(), init_allocator(),
calc_hotspot_params() must be sized based on the extended cache size.

The fix for this is to disallow cache resizes of this pattern:
1) suspend "cache" target's device
2) resize the fast device used for the cache
3) resume "cache" target's device

Instead, the last step must be a full reload of the cache's DM table.

Fixes: 66a636356 ("dm cache: add stochastic-multi-queue (smq) policy")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-10-13 09:27:25 +02:00
2018-09-26 08:38:04 +02:00
2018-10-10 08:54:28 +02:00

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