When block device is closed, we call inode_detach_wb() in __blkdev_put()
which sets inode->i_wb to NULL. That is contrary to expectations that
inode->i_wb stays valid once set during the whole inode's lifetime and
leads to oops in wb_get() in locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() because
inode_to_wb() returned NULL.

The reason why we called inode_detach_wb() is not valid anymore though.
BDI is guaranteed to stay along until we call bdi_put() from
bdev_evict_inode() so we can postpone calling inode_detach_wb() to that
moment.

Also add a warning to catch if someone uses inode_detach_wb() in a
dangerous way.

Reported-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauer...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz>
---
 fs/block_dev.c            | 8 ++------
 include/linux/writeback.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 68e855fdce58..a0a8a000bdde 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
        spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
        list_del_init(&bdev->bd_list);
        spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+       /* Detach inode from wb early as bdi_put() may free bdi->wb */
+       inode_detach_wb(inode);
        if (bdev->bd_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info)
                bdi_put(bdev->bd_bdi);
 }
@@ -1874,12 +1876,6 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, 
fmode_t mode, int for_part)
                kill_bdev(bdev);
 
                bdev_write_inode(bdev);
-               /*
-                * Detaching bdev inode from its wb in __destroy_inode()
-                * is too late: the queue which embeds its bdi (along with
-                * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_disk() below.
-                */
-               inode_detach_wb(bdev->bd_inode);
        }
        if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
                if (disk->fops->release)
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 5527d910ba3d..f1af3f67ce5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, 
struct page *page)
 static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode *inode)
 {
        if (inode->i_wb) {
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(!(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR));
                wb_put(inode->i_wb);
                inode->i_wb = NULL;
        }
-- 
2.10.2

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