1 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9a289d7..3993ebf 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(ext_devt_idr);
 
 static struct device_type disk_type;
 
+static void disk_check_events(struct disk_events *ev,
+			      unsigned int *clearing_ptr);
 static void disk_alloc_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_del_events(struct gendisk *disk);
@@ -1549,6 +1551,7 @@ unsigned int disk_clear_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int mask)
 	const struct block_device_operations *bdops = disk->fops;
 	struct disk_events *ev = disk->ev;
 	unsigned int pending;
+	unsigned int clearing = mask;
 
 	if (!ev) {
 		/* for drivers still using the old ->media_changed method */
@@ -1558,34 +1561,53 @@ unsigned int disk_clear_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int mask)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* tell the workfn about the events being cleared */
+	disk_block_events(disk);
+
+	/*
+	 * store the union of mask and ev->clearing on the stack so that the
+	 * race with disk_flush_events does not cause ambiguity (ev->clearing
+	 * can still be modified even if events are blocked).
+	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&ev->lock);
-	ev->clearing |= mask;
+	clearing |= ev->clearing;
+	ev->clearing = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);
 
-	/* uncondtionally schedule event check and wait for it to finish */
-	disk_block_events(disk);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
-	flush_delayed_work(&ev->dwork);
-	__disk_unblock_events(disk, false);
+	disk_check_events(ev, &clearing);
+	/*
+	 * if ev->clearing is not 0, the disk_flush_events got called in the
+	 * middle of this function, so we want to run the workfn without delay.
+	 */
+	__disk_unblock_events(disk, ev->clearing ? true : false);
 
 	/* then, fetch and clear pending events */
 	spin_lock_irq(&ev->lock);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ev->clearing & mask);	/* cleared by workfn */
 	pending = ev->pending & mask;
 	ev->pending &= ~mask;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(clearing & mask);
 
 	return pending;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Separate this part out so that a different pointer for clearing_ptr can be
+ * passed in for disk_clear_events.
+ */
 static void disk_events_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(work);
 	struct disk_events *ev = container_of(dwork, struct disk_events, dwork);
+
+	disk_check_events(ev, &ev->clearing);
+}
+
+static void disk_check_events(struct disk_events *ev,
+			      unsigned int *clearing_ptr)
+{
 	struct gendisk *disk = ev->disk;
 	char *envp[ARRAY_SIZE(disk_uevents) + 1] = { };
-	unsigned int clearing = ev->clearing;
+	unsigned int clearing = *clearing_ptr;
 	unsigned int events;
 	unsigned long intv;
 	int nr_events = 0, i;
@@ -1598,7 +1620,7 @@ static void disk_events_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	events &= ~ev->pending;
 	ev->pending |= events;
-	ev->clearing &= ~clearing;
+	*clearing_ptr &= ~clearing;
 
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
 	if (!ev->block && intv)