Use of qib_super is seriously racy. qibfs_add() (and worse,
qibfs_remove()) can happen during qibfs_mount() and qibfs_kill_super().
1) CPU1: qib_init_one(). The sucker is allocated and placed
on the list. CPU2: ipathfs is mounted, directory created. CPU1: finally
gets around to qibfs_add(); by now qib_super is non-NULL and off we go,
trying to create it again. The worst part is, that code doesn't even
notice that dentry is there and positive; you silently leak the old inode.
2) CPU1: qib_init_one(). Allocated the sucker. CPU2: ipathfs
is getting mounted. Picked the first device off the list, creating
directory for it. CPU1: inserted new device into the head of the list,
continued working. Got around to qibfs_add(); qib_super is NULL, so
we do nothing. CPU2: walked the rest of the list, creating directories
for all devices. Our device is missed, since we are past that point in
the list. Worse, shift the timing a bit and it doesn't matter whether
you add to the head or to the tail of the list - if qibfs_add() happens
just before we set qib_super, we are screwed again.
3) CPU1: qib_remove_one(). CPU2: mount ipathfs is walking that
list and decides to try and create a directory for the device that is
being freed. Oops...
4) CPU1: qib_init_one() or qib_remove_one(), doesn't matter which.
CPU2: final umount of ipathfs already got through setting sb->s_root to
NULL but still hadn't set qib_super to the same. Oops... And no,
moving that qib_super = NULL; up prior to kill_litter_super() won't
fix the race either, of course.
AFAICS, the older driver (in hw/ipath) has the same problems.
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