A deadlock can be occurred: Thread 1] Thread 2] - f2fs_write_data_pages - f2fs_write_begin - lock_page(page #0) - grab_cache_page(page #X) - get_node_page(inode_page) - grab_cache_page(page #0) : to convert inline_data - f2fs_write_data_page - f2fs_write_inline_data - get_node_page(inode_page) In this case, trying to lock inode_page and page #0 causes deadlock. In order to avoid this, this patch adds a rule for this locking policy, which is that page #0 should be locked followed by inode_page lock. Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/f2fs/data.c | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c index 12dd58a..c7bc626 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c @@ -936,6 +936,17 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping, trace_f2fs_write_begin(inode, pos, len, flags); f2fs_balance_fs(sbi); + + /* + * We should check this at this moment to avoid deadlock on inode page + * and #0 page. The locking rule for inline_data conversion should be: + * lock_page(page #0) -> lock_page(inode_page) + */ + if (index != 0) { + err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode); + if (err) + goto fail; + } repeat: page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags); if (!page) { @@ -960,21 +971,10 @@ repeat: set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_DATA_EXIST); sync_inode_page(&dn); goto put_next; - } else if (page->index == 0) { - err = f2fs_convert_inline_page(&dn, page); - if (err) - goto put_fail; - } else { - struct page *p = grab_cache_page(inode->i_mapping, 0); - if (!p) { - err = -ENOMEM; - goto put_fail; - } - err = f2fs_convert_inline_page(&dn, p); - f2fs_put_page(p, 1); - if (err) - goto put_fail; } + err = f2fs_convert_inline_page(&dn, page); + if (err) + goto put_fail; } err = f2fs_reserve_block(&dn, index); if (err) -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html