After replacing a drive in a RAID array, I tried to bring some things up to date with rsync and ran into an annoyingly repeatable deadlock. So I found a chance to boot with a lockdep kernel and immediately turned up the following: [ 755.740865] ============================================= [ 755.741072] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] [ 755.741279] 4.9.1-00126-gfbb9fcc9-dirty #576 Not tainted [ 755.741489] --------------------------------------------- [ 755.741699] rsync/14818 is trying to acquire lock: [ 755.741907] (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81234603>] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 755.742145] but task is already holding lock: [ 755.742742] (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81236f95>] ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x55/0x1a0 [ 755.743102] other info that might help us debug this: [ 755.743802] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 755.743802] CPU0 [ 755.743802] ---- [ 755.743802] lock(&ei->xattr_sem); [ 755.743802] lock(&ei->xattr_sem); [ 755.743802] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 755.743802] May be due to missing lock nesting notation [ 755.743802] 4 locks held by rsync/14818: [ 755.743802] #0: (sb_writers#3){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff811a0fef>] mnt_want_write+0x1f/0x50 [ 755.743802] #1: (&type->i_mutex_dir_key){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff8118b058>] path_openat+0x2f8/0x9f0 [ 755.743802] #2: (jbd2_handle){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81239aa6>] start_this_handle+0x196/0x540 [ 755.743802] #3: (&ei->xattr_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81236f95>] ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x55/0x1a0 [ 755.743802] stack backtrace: [ 755.743802] CPU: 0 PID: 14818 Comm: rsync Not tainted 4.9.1-00126-gfbb9fcc9-dirty #576 [ 755.743802] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M./X79-UP4, BIOS F7 03/19/2014 [ 755.743802] ffffc9000c273820 ffffffff812a6d05 ffffffff8253a080 ffffffff8253a080 [ 755.743802] ffffc9000c2738d8 ffffffff810c7eab ffffc9000c272000 ffffc90000000004 [ 755.743802] 0000000000000000 ffffffff81e0b100 1a883a7e30ec461a ffffffff8253a080 [ 755.743802] Call Trace: [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff812a6d05>] dump_stack+0x68/0x93 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff810c7eab>] __lock_acquire+0x7ab/0x1270 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff810c8d10>] lock_acquire+0x60/0x80 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81234603>] ? ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81793a44>] down_write+0x44/0x80 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81234603>] ? ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81234603>] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81795ec2>] ? _raw_read_unlock+0x22/0x30 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8123a542>] ? jbd2_journal_extend+0x132/0x1b0 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff812002c9>] ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x129/0x180 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81235d64>] ext4_add_dirent_to_inline.isra.16+0xe4/0x100 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81236fd9>] ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x99/0x1a0 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8120b102>] ext4_add_entry+0x1d2/0x370 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8120b2b9>] ext4_add_nondir+0x19/0x70 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8120b523>] ext4_create+0xc3/0x150 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8118aaf8>] lookup_open+0x3d8/0x640 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8118b072>] path_openat+0x312/0x9f0 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8118d309>] do_filp_open+0x79/0xd0 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81795bc2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x22/0x30 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8119d9b3>] ? __alloc_fd+0xf3/0x200 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff8117b4fe>] do_sys_open+0x11e/0x1f0 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff811d2046>] compat_SyS_open+0x16/0x20 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff810027e4>] do_fast_syscall_32+0x94/0x210 [ 755.743802] [<ffffffff81797da1>] entry_SYSENTER_compat+0x51/0x60 Followed by repetitions of [ 1105.549736] INFO: task rsync:14818 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [ 1105.550089] Not tainted 4.9.1-00126-gfbb9fcc9-dirty #576 [ 1105.550436] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. [ 1105.550801] rsync D 0 14818 1 0x20020004 [ 1105.551173] ffff88040f7f1900 ffff88042d660000 0000000000000000 ffff8804082a2b00 [ 1105.551552] ffff88042f216298 ffffc9000c273820 ffffffff8178fc08 0000000000000046 [ 1105.551933] ffff8804082a3060 ffff88042f216298 ffff88042f216280 ffff8804082a2b00 [ 1105.552311] Call Trace: [ 1105.552678] [<ffffffff8178fc08>] ? __schedule+0x2b8/0x840 [ 1105.553051] [<ffffffff817901c8>] schedule+0x38/0x90 [ 1105.553438] [<ffffffff817945b5>] ? rwsem_down_write_failed+0x2a5/0x450 [ 1105.553810] [<ffffffff817945ba>] rwsem_down_write_failed+0x2aa/0x450 [ 1105.554186] [<ffffffff81794360>] ? rwsem_down_write_failed+0x50/0x450 [ 1105.554571] [<ffffffff812b41d7>] call_rwsem_down_write_failed+0x17/0x30 [ 1105.554953] [<ffffffff812a6d21>] ? dump_stack+0x84/0x93 [ 1105.555335] [<ffffffff81793a5f>] down_write+0x5f/0x80 [ 1105.555720] [<ffffffff81234603>] ? ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 1105.556111] [<ffffffff81234603>] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0x63/0x850 [ 1105.556502] [<ffffffff81795ec2>] ? _raw_read_unlock+0x22/0x30 [ 1105.556900] [<ffffffff8123a542>] ? jbd2_journal_extend+0x132/0x1b0 [ 1105.557282] [<ffffffff812002c9>] ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x129/0x180 [ 1105.557675] [<ffffffff81235d64>] ext4_add_dirent_to_inline.isra.16+0xe4/0x100 [ 1105.558065] [<ffffffff81236fd9>] ext4_try_add_inline_entry+0x99/0x1a0 [ 1105.558448] [<ffffffff8120b102>] ext4_add_entry+0x1d2/0x370 [ 1105.558832] [<ffffffff8120b2b9>] ext4_add_nondir+0x19/0x70 [ 1105.559208] [<ffffffff8120b523>] ext4_create+0xc3/0x150 [ 1105.559575] [<ffffffff8118aaf8>] lookup_open+0x3d8/0x640 [ 1105.559943] [<ffffffff8118b072>] path_openat+0x312/0x9f0 [ 1105.560287] [<ffffffff8118d309>] do_filp_open+0x79/0xd0 [ 1105.560637] [<ffffffff81795bc2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x22/0x30 [ 1105.560978] [<ffffffff8119d9b3>] ? __alloc_fd+0xf3/0x200 [ 1105.561316] [<ffffffff8117b4fe>] do_sys_open+0x11e/0x1f0 [ 1105.561652] [<ffffffff811d2046>] compat_SyS_open+0x16/0x20 [ 1105.561984] [<ffffffff810027e4>] do_fast_syscall_32+0x94/0x210 [ 1105.562313] [<ffffffff81797da1>] entry_SYSENTER_compat+0x51/0x60 [ 1105.562639] INFO: lockdep is turned off. Problem first observed with a 4.8 kernel, but the lockdep one is 4.9. I have metadata checksums turned on, Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode dir_index sparse_super2 filetype needs_recovery extent flex_bg inline_data sparse_super large_file extra_isize metadata_csum Journal features: journal_incompat_revoke journal_checksum_v3 Inode size: 256 Required extra isize: 28 Desired extra isize: 28 It's awakward to reboot in the middle of sending e-mail, but when I do I can strace the rsync and find the path it's trying to create, if that is helpful to debugging. -- 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