Hi! We are working on a dynamic data race detector for the Linux kernel, KernelThreadSanitizer (ktsan): https://github.com/google/ktsan/wiki We got a report while running ktsan on 4.2: ================================================================== ThreadSanitizer: data-race in ext4_writepages Write of size 8 by thread T210 (K741): [< inlined >] ext4_writepages+0x10a6/0x1480 mpage_map_and_submit_extent fs/ext4/inode.c:2223 [<ffffffff8133bee6>] ext4_writepages+0x10a6/0x1480 fs/ext4/inode.c:2508 [<ffffffff811dbd23>] do_writepages+0x53/0x80 mm/page-writeback.c:2332 [<ffffffff812a76bf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x7f/0x530 fs/fs-writeback.c:1259 [<ffffffff812a7fd4>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x464/0x690 fs/fs-writeback.c:1516 [<ffffffff812a82c1>] __writeback_inodes_wb+0xc1/0x100 fs/fs-writeback.c:1562 [<ffffffff812a86ae>] wb_writeback+0x3ae/0x450 fs/fs-writeback.c:1666 [< inlined >] wb_workfn+0x203/0x780 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:1801 [<ffffffff812a91c3>] wb_workfn+0x203/0x780 fs/fs-writeback.c:1852 [<ffffffff810b06ce>] process_one_work+0x28e/0x710 kernel/workqueue.c:2036 [<ffffffff810b1299>] worker_thread+0xb9/0x750 kernel/workqueue.c:2170 [<ffffffff810b9c61>] kthread+0x161/0x180 kernel/kthread.c:209 [<ffffffff81eb0a1f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:526 Previous read of size 8 by thread T480 (K7162): [< inlined >] ext4_mark_iloc_dirty+0x5ec/0xe20 ext4_do_update_inode fs/ext4/inode.c:4441 [<ffffffff8133a1ac>] ext4_mark_iloc_dirty+0x5ec/0xe20 fs/ext4/inode.c:4937 [<ffffffff8133ab8b>] ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0xdb/0x390 fs/ext4/inode.c:5053 [<ffffffff8133f929>] ext4_dirty_inode+0x59/0x80 fs/ext4/inode.c:5085 [<ffffffff812a7319>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x2c9/0x5f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2015 [<ffffffff8128a58e>] generic_update_time+0xbe/0x150 fs/inode.c:1566 [< inlined >] file_update_time+0x112/0x1b0 update_time fs/inode.c:1582 [<ffffffff812890f2>] file_update_time+0x112/0x1b0 fs/inode.c:1785 [<ffffffff811cb175>] __generic_file_write_iter+0x105/0x2e0 mm/filemap.c:2570 [<ffffffff8132c3a4>] ext4_file_write_iter+0x254/0x740 fs/ext4/file.c:170 [< inlined >] __vfs_write+0x19c/0x1e0 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:478 [<ffffffff8125d48c>] __vfs_write+0x19c/0x1e0 fs/read_write.c:491 [<ffffffff8125dde6>] vfs_write+0xf6/0x2a0 fs/read_write.c:538 [< inlined >] SyS_write+0x6b/0xd0 SYSC_write fs/read_write.c:585 [<ffffffff8125f37b>] SyS_write+0x6b/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:577 [<ffffffff81eb062e>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x71 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:186 ================================================================== One thread reads 'ei->i_disksize' multiple times while it's being updated by another. ei->i_disksize is 64 bits long so reads and writes are not atomic. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
