coccicheck reports: drivers/md//bcache/btree.c:1538:1-7: preceding lock on line 1417 In btree_gc_coalesce func, if the coalescing process fails, we will goto to out_nocoalesce tag directly without releasing new_nodes[i]->write_lock. Then, it will cause a deadlock when trying to acquire new_nodes[i]->write_lock for freeing new_nodes[i] before return. btree_gc_coalesce func details as follows: if alloc new_nodes[i] fails: goto out_nocoalesce; mutex_lock(&new_nodes[i]->write_lock) // obtain new_nodes[i]->write_lock for (i = nodes - 1; i > 0; --i) // main coalescing process …… if coalescing process fails: goto out_nocoalesce; // Here, directly goto out_nocoalesce // tag will cause a deadlock …… mutex_unlock(&new_nodes[i]->write_lock) // release new_nodes[i]->write_lock return; // coalesing succ, return out_nocoalesce: btree_node_free(new_nodes[i]) // free new_nodes[i] mutex_lock(&new_nodes[i]->write_lock); // obtain new_nodes[i]->write_lock clear_bit(BTREE_NODE_dirty, &ew_nodes[i]->flags); // set flag for reuse mutex_unlock(&new_nodes[i]->write_lock); // release new_nodes[i]->write_lock To fix the problem, we add a new tag 'out_unlock_nocoalesce' for releasing new_nodes[i]->write_lock before out_nocoalesce tag. If coalescing process fails, we will go to out_unlock_nocoalesce tag for releasing new_nodes[i]->write_lock before free new_nodes[i] in out_nocoalesce tag. Fixes: 2a285686c109816 ("bcache: btree locking rework") Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog: V3: improve commit log again (suggested by Markus and Coly) V2: improve commit log V1: initial version drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c index 72856e5f23a3..fd1f288fd801 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c @@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int btree_gc_coalesce(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op, if (__set_blocks(n1, n1->keys + n2->keys, block_bytes(b->c)) > btree_blocks(new_nodes[i])) - goto out_nocoalesce; + goto out_unlock_nocoalesce; keys = n2->keys; /* Take the key of the node we're getting rid of */ @@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int btree_gc_coalesce(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op, if (__bch_keylist_realloc(&keylist, bkey_u64s(&new_nodes[i]->key))) - goto out_nocoalesce; + goto out_unlock_nocoalesce; bch_btree_node_write(new_nodes[i], &cl); bch_keylist_add(&keylist, &new_nodes[i]->key); @@ -1464,6 +1464,10 @@ static int btree_gc_coalesce(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op, /* Invalidated our iterator */ return -EINTR; +out_unlock_nocoalesce: + for (i = 0; i < nodes; i++) + mutex_unlock(&new_nodes[i]->write_lock); + out_nocoalesce: closure_sync(&cl); -- 2.19.1