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Ming Lei b7d6c30333 block: fix use-after-free on cached last_lookup partition
delete_partition() clears the cached last_lookup partition. However the
.last_lookup cache may be overwritten by one IO path after it is cleared
from delete_partition(). Then another IO path may use the cached deleting
partition after hd_struct_free() is called, then use-after-free is triggered
on the cached partition.

Fixes the issue by the following approach:

1) always get the partition's refcount via hd_struct_try_get() before
setting .last_lookup

2) move clearing .last_lookup from delete_partition() to hd_struct_free()
which is the release handle of the partition's percpu-refcount, so that no
IO path can cache deleteing partition via .last_lookup.

It is one candidate approach of Yufen's patch[1] which adds overhead
in fast path by indirect lookup which may introduce one extra cacheline
in IO path. Also this patch relies on percpu-refcount's protection, and
it is easier to understand and verify.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20200109013551.GB9655@ming.t460p/T/#t

Reported-by: Yufen Yu <yuyufen@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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README

Linux kernel
============

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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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