On Thu, 17 Jun 2021, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 11:50:44AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 08:28:24PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > > cocci warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> > > >> fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c:897:1-10: second lock on line 900
> > >
> > > 5fd9256ce156ef Dave Chinner 2021-06-03 891 /*
> > > 5fd9256ce156ef Dave Chinner 2021-06-03 892 * If the checkpoint spans multiple iclogs, wait for all previous
> > > cb1acb3f324636 Dave Chinner 2021-06-04 893 * iclogs to complete before we submit the commit_iclog. In this case,
> > > cb1acb3f324636 Dave Chinner 2021-06-04 894 * the commit_iclog write needs to issue a pre-flush so that the
> > > cb1acb3f324636 Dave Chinner 2021-06-04 895 * ordering is correctly preserved down to stable storage.
> > > 5fd9256ce156ef Dave Chinner 2021-06-03 896 */
> > > 5fd9256ce156ef Dave Chinner 2021-06-03 @897 spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
> > > cb1acb3f324636 Dave Chinner 2021-06-04 898 if (ctx->start_lsn != commit_lsn) {
> > > 5fd9256ce156ef Dave Chinner 2021-06-03 899 xlog_wait_on_iclog(commit_iclog->ic_prev);
> > > cb1acb3f324636 Dave Chinner 2021-06-04 @900 spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
> >
> > xlog_wait_on_commit drops l_icloglock, either directly or via xlog_wait.
> > It looks odd (perhaps there should be a comment?) but at least in theory
> > the functions are annotated so I guess that means the static checking
> > doesn't know that commit_iclog->ic_log == log?
>
> I think it's hard for a tool to reach into fs/xfs/xfs_log.c and look for
> the __releases annotation on the definition of xlog_wait_on_commit().
> Should we also annotate the prototype in fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h ?
>
> For example,
>
> void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
> struct inode *inode)
> __releases(&inode->i_lock);
>
I'm not sure that the rule would detect that now, but it could be made to
do that. So this could be useful.
julia
