Set flag in prune_dcache_sb() for consistency. Add stable@ to cc.
Please apply.
Thanks,
Miklos
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Subject: vfs: fix shrink_dcache_parent() livelock
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
Two (or more) concurrent calls of shrink_dcache_parent() on the same dentry may
cause shrink_dcache_parent() to loop forever.
Here's what appears to happen:
1 - CPU0: select_parent(P) finds C and puts it on dispose list, returns 1
2 - CPU1: select_parent(P) locks P->d_lock
3 - CPU0: shrink_dentry_list() locks C->d_lock
dentry_kill(C) tries to lock P->d_lock but fails, unlocks C->d_lock
4 - CPU1: select_parent(P) locks C->d_lock,
moves C from dispose list being processed on CPU0 to the new
dispose list, returns 1
5 - CPU0: shrink_dentry_list() finds dispose list empty, returns
6 - Goto 2 with CPU0 and CPU1 switched
Basically select_parent() steals the dentry from shrink_dentry_list() and thinks
it found a new one, causing shrink_dentry_list() to think it's making progress
and loop over and over.
One way to trigger this is to make udev calls stat() on the sysfs file while it
is going away.
Having a file in /lib/udev/rules.d/ with only this one rule seems to the trick:
ATTR{vendor}=="0x8086", ATTR{device}=="0x10ca", ENV{PCI_SLOT_NAME}="%k", ENV{MATCHADDR}="$attr{address}", RUN+="/bin/true"
Then execute the following loop:
while true; do
echo -bond0 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters
echo +bond0 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters
echo -bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters
echo +bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters
done
One fix would be to check all callers and prevent concurrent calls to
shrink_dcache_parent(). But I think a better solution is to stop the
stealing behavior.
This patch adds a new dentry flag that is set when the dentry is added to the
dispose list. The flag is cleared in dentry_lru_del() in case the dentry gets a
new reference just before being pruned.
If the dentry has this flag, select_parent() will skip it and let
shrink_dentry_list() retry pruning it. With select_parent() skipping those
dentries there will not be the appearance of progress (new dentries found) when
there is none, hence shrink_dcache_parent() will not loop forever.
Set the flag is also set in prune_dcache_sb() for consistency as suggested by
Linus.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/dcache.c | 15 +++++++++++----
include/linux/dcache.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c 2012-01-10 16:18:30.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c 2012-01-10 17:39:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry
static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
{
list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
+ dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
}
@@ -806,6 +807,7 @@ void prune_dcache_sb(struct super_block
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
} else {
list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
+ dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (!--count)
break;
@@ -1097,14 +1099,19 @@ static int select_parent(struct dentry *
/*
* move only zero ref count dentries to the dispose list.
+ *
+ * Those which are presently on the shrink list, being processed
+ * by shrink_dentry_list(), shouldn't be moved. Otherwise the
+ * loop in shrink_dcache_parent() might not make any progress
+ * and loop forever.
*/
- if (!dentry->d_count) {
+ if (dentry->d_count) {
+ dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+ } else if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)) {
dentry_lru_move_list(dentry, dispose);
+ dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
found++;
- } else {
- dentry_lru_del(dentry);
}
-
/*
* We can return to the caller if we have found some (this
* ensures forward progress). We'll be coming back to find
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/dcache.h 2012-01-10 16:18:30.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h 2012-01-10 17:36:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
#define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT 0x0100
#define DCACHE_GENOCIDE 0x0200
+#define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST 0x0400
#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED 0x1000
/* this dentry has been "silly renamed" and has to be deleted on the last
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