How is fthe bug fixed at last? I can not find the accepted patch.
Thanks,
Yongqiang.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Masayoshi MIZUMA
<m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> (2011/12/09 10:56), Masayoshi MIZUMA wrote:
>
>>
>> (2011/02/07 20:53), Masayoshi MIZUMA wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > When I checked the freeze feature for ext4 filesystem using fsfreeze command
>> > at 2.6.38-rc3, I got the following messeges:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I checked freeze function with using below test program at 3.2.0-rc4,
>> then, I got following messeages and the test program hanged up.
>> I think this bug is still in 3.2.0-rc4...
>
> I think the problem is as follows.
> When a race between ext4_page_mkwrite() and freeze_super() occurs,
> ext4_page_mkwrite() can add a inode to a list (bdi_writeback.b_dirty)
> which is needed to do writeback nevertheless sb->s_frozen is SB_FREEZE_WRITE
> or SB_FREEZE_TRANS.
>
> process A | process B
> ------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> ext4_page_mkwrite() |
> => vfs_check_frozen() |
> | freeze_super()
> | sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE
> =>__block_page_mkwrite() | => sync_filesystem()
> : | # write inodes which are in the list.
> : | sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS
> : |
> =>__mark_inode_dirty |
> # add inode to the list. |
> ------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
>
> As the result, if "flush" kthread does writeback the inode which was
> added by ext4_page_mkwrite() and thaw_super() runs concurrently, the
> deadlock will happen.
>
> Thanks,
> Masayoshi Mizuma
>
>>
>> The test program:
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> DEV_1=/dev/sda5
>> MNT_1=/tmp/sda5
>> LOOP=500
>>
>> if [[ ! -d $MNT_1 ]]
>> then
>> mkdir -p $MNT_1
>> fi
>>
>> mkfs -t ext4 $DEV_1
>> mount $DEV_1 $MNT_1
>>
>> ./fsstress -d $MNT_1/tmp -n 10000 -p 100 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
>> PID=$!
>>
>> for ((i=0; i<LOOP; i++))
>> do
>> echo LOOP: $i
>> fsfreeze -f $MNT_1
>> fsfreeze -u $MNT_1
>> done
>>
>> kill $PID
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> The messages I got when I ran the test program is below.
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> INFO: task flush-8:0:720 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> flush-8:0 D 0000000100521461 0 720 2 0x00000000
>> ffff8800b4c41a40 0000000000000046 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
>> 0000000000013440 ffff8800b4c41fd8 ffff8800b4c40010 0000000000013440
>> ffff8800b4c41fd8 0000000000013440 ffffffff81a0d020 ffff8800b464d4e0
>> Call Trace:
>> [<ffffffff81086b4e>] ? prepare_to_wait+0x5e/0x90
>> [<ffffffff814ee3ff>] schedule+0x3f/0x60
>> [<ffffffffa041e485>] ext4_journal_start_sb+0x145/0x1b0 [ext4]
>> [<ffffffff81086820>] ? wake_up_bit+0x40/0x40
>> [<ffffffffa0401bc5>] ? ext4_meta_trans_blocks+0xb5/0xc0 [ext4]
>> [<ffffffffa0406c9d>] ext4_da_writepages+0x29d/0x620 [ext4]
>> [<ffffffff81227a18>] ? blk_finish_plug+0x18/0x50
>> [<ffffffff81112bb1>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40
>> [<ffffffff8118e380>] writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x3b0
>> [<ffffffff8118e971>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x1a1/0x260
>> [<ffffffff8118ec6e>] wb_writeback+0xde/0x2b0
>> [<ffffffff810739c6>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x86/0xe0
>> [<ffffffff8118eee6>] wb_do_writeback+0xa6/0x260
>> [<ffffffff81072ef0>] ? lock_timer_base+0x70/0x70
>> [<ffffffff8118f14a>] bdi_writeback_thread+0xaa/0x270
>> [<ffffffff8118f0a0>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x260/0x260
>> [<ffffffff8118f0a0>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x260/0x260
>> [<ffffffff810861a6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
>> [<ffffffff814fa5b4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
>> [<ffffffff81086110>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x1a0/0x1a0
>> [<ffffffff814fa5b0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
>>
>> INFO: task fsstress:4376 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> fsstress D ffff88009b52dda8 0 4376 4364 0x00000080
>> ffff88009b52dcb8 0000000000000082 ffffffff810d7e09 ffff88009b52dcc0
>> 0000000000013440 ffff88009b52dfd8 ffff88009b52c010 0000000000013440
>> ffff88009b52dfd8 0000000000013440 ffff88009b4d54e0 ffff8800a1481560
>> Call Trace:
>> [<ffffffff810d7e09>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
>> [<ffffffff814ee3ff>] schedule+0x3f/0x60
>> [<ffffffff814ee89d>] schedule_timeout+0x1fd/0x2e0
>> [<ffffffff810e5e43>] ? trace_nowake_buffer_unlock_commit+0x43/0x60
>> [<ffffffff810127e4>] ? __switch_to+0x194/0x320
>> [<ffffffff8104d623>] ? ftrace_raw_event_sched_switch+0x103/0x110
>> [<ffffffff814ee26d>] wait_for_common+0x11d/0x190
>> [<ffffffff8105a970>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x2b0/0x2b0
>> [<ffffffff814ee3bd>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
>> [<ffffffff8118daef>] writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x7f/0xa0
>> [<ffffffff8118dbdf>] writeback_inodes_sb+0x5f/0x80
>> [<ffffffff811938d0>] ? __sync_filesystem+0x90/0x90
>> [<ffffffff8119388e>] __sync_filesystem+0x4e/0x90
>> [<ffffffff811938ef>] sync_one_sb+0x1f/0x30
>> [<ffffffff811695da>] iterate_supers+0x7a/0xd0
>> [<ffffffff81193934>] sys_sync+0x34/0x70
>> [<ffffffff814f8442>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> The test program for xfstests is below.
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> #! /bin/bash
>> # FSQA Test No. 277
>> #
>> # Run fsstress and freeze/unfreeze in parallel
>> #
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # Copyright (c) 2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>> #
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>> # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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>> #
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>> #
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>> # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
>> #
>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> #
>> # creator
>> owner=m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> seq=`basename $0`
>> echo "QA output created by $seq"
>>
>> here=`pwd`
>> tmp=/tmp/$$
>> status=0 # success is the default!
>> trap "rm -f $tmp.*; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
>>
>> # get standard environment, filters and checks
>> . ./common.rc
>> . ./common.filter
>>
>> _workout()
>> {
>> echo ""
>> echo "Run fsstress"
>> echo ""
>> num_iterations=500
>> out=$SCRATCH_MNT/fsstress.$$
>> args="-p100 -n10000 -d $out"
>> echo "fsstress $args" >> $here/$seq.full
>> $FSSTRESS_PROG $args > /dev/null 2>&1 &
>> pid=$!
>> echo "Run xfs_freeze in parallel"
>> for ((i=0; i < num_iterations; i++))
>> do
>> xfs_freeze -f $SCRATCH_MNT | tee -a $seq.full
>> xfs_freeze -u $SCRATCH_MNT | tee -a $seq.full
>> done
>> kill $pid 2> /dev/null
>> wait $pid
>> }
>>
>> # real QA test starts here
>> _supported_fs generic
>> _supported_os Linux
>> _need_to_be_root
>> _require_scratch
>>
>> _scratch_mkfs >> $seq.full 2>&1
>> _scratch_mount
>>
>> if ! _workout; then
>> umount $SCRATCH_DEV 2>/dev/null
>> exit
>> fi
>>
>> if ! _scratch_unmount; then
>> echo "failed to umount"
>> status=1
>> exit
>> fi
>> _check_scratch_fs
>> status=$?
>> exit
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Masayoshi Mizuma
>>
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: INFO: task fsfreeze:2104 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: fsfreeze D ffff880076d5f040 0 2104 2018 0x00000000
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: ffff88005a9f3d98 0000000000000086 ffff88005a9f3d38 ffffffff00000000
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: 0000000000014d40 ffff880076d5eab0 ffff880076d5f040 ffff88005a9f3fd8
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: ffff880076d5f048 0000000000014d40 ffff88005a9f2010 0000000000014d40
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: Call Trace:
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff814aa5f5>] rwsem_down_failed_common+0xb5/0x140
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff814aa693>] rwsem_down_write_failed+0x13/0x20
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff8122f1a3>] call_rwsem_down_write_failed+0x13/0x20
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff814a9c12>] ? down_write+0x32/0x40
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81155b48>] thaw_super+0x28/0xd0
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81164338>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x368/0x560
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81157c73>] ? sys_newfstat+0x33/0x40
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff811645d1>] sys_ioctl+0xa1/0xb0
>> > Feb 7 15:05:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff8100bf82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> > ...
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: INFO: task flush-8:0:1409 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: flush-8:0 D ffff880037777a30 0 1409 2 0x00000000
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: ffff880037c95a80 0000000000000046 ffff88007c8037a0 0000000000000000
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: 0000000000014d40 ffff8800377774a0 ffff880037777a30 ffff880037c95fd8
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: ffff880037777a38 0000000000014d40 ffff880037c94010 0000000000014d40
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: Call Trace:
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffffa00abb85>] ext4_journal_start_sb+0x75/0x130 [ext4]
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81082fc0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffffa0097f0a>] ext4_da_writepages+0x27a/0x640 [ext4]
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81102c91>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff811776b8>] writeback_single_inode+0x98/0x240
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81177cfe>] writeback_sb_inodes+0xce/0x170
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178709>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x99/0x160
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178a8b>] wb_writeback+0x2bb/0x430
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178e2c>] wb_do_writeback+0x22c/0x280
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178f32>] bdi_writeback_thread+0xb2/0x260
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178e80>] ? bdi_writeback_thread+0x0/0x260
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81178e80>] ? bdi_writeback_thread+0x0/0x260
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff81082936>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff8100cdc4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff810828a0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
>> > Feb 7 15:07:09 RX300S6 kernel: [<ffffffff8100cdc0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > I think the following deadlock problem happened:
>> >
>> > [flush-8:0:1409] | [fsfreeze:2104]
>> > --------------------------------------------+--------------------------------
>> > writeback_inodes_wb |
>> > pin_sb_for_writeback |
>> > down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount) |
>> > writeback_sb_inodes |thaw_super
>> > writeback_single_inode | down_write(&sb->s_umount)
>> > do_writepages | # stop until flush-8:0 releases
>> > ext4_da_writepages | # read lock of sb->s_umount...
>> > ext4_journal_start_sb |
>> > vfs_check_frozen |
>> > wait_event((sb)->s_wait_unfrozen, |
>> > ((sb)->s_frozen < (level))) |
>> > # stop until being waked up by |
>> > # fsfreeze... |
>> > --------------------------------------------+--------------------------------
>> >
>> > Could anyone check this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Masayoshi Mizuma
>> >
>> >
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