Re: next-20090310: ext4 hangs

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2009/3/25 Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>:
> On Wed 25-03-09 20:07:46, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> 2009/3/25 Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>:
>> > On Wed 25-03-09 18:29:10, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> >> 2009/3/25 Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>:
>> >> > On Wed 25-03-09 18:18:43, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> >> >> 2009/3/25 Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>:
>> >> >> >> > So, I think I need to try it on 2.6.29-rc7 again.
>> >> >> >>   I've looked into this. Obviously, what's happenning is that we delete
>> >> >> >> an inode and jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode() finds inode is just under
>> >> >> >> writeout in transaction commit and thus it waits. But it gets never woken
>> >> >> >> up and because it has a handle from the transaction, every one eventually
>> >> >> >> blocks on waiting for a transaction to finish.
>> >> >> >>   But I don't really see how that can happen. The code is really
>> >> >> >> straightforward and everything happens under j_list_lock... Strange.
>> >> >> >  BTW: Is the system SMP?
>> >> >> No, it is UP system.
>> >> >  Even stranger. And do you have CONFIG_PREEMPT set?
>> >> >
>> >> >> The bug exists even in 2.6.29, I posted it with a new topic.
>> >> >  OK, I've sort-of expected this.
>> >>
>> >> CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y
>> >> CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE=y
>> >> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set
>> >> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set
>> >> CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
>> >> CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
>> >> # CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER is not set
>> >>
>> >> config is attached.
>> >  Thanks for the data. I still don't see how the wakeup can get lost. The
>> > process even cannot be preempted when we are in the section protected by
>> > j_list_lock... Can you send me a disassembly of functions
>> > jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode() and journal_submit_data_buffers() so that
>> > I can see whether the compiler has not reordered something unexpectedly?
>  Thanks for the disassembly...
>
>> By default gcc inlines journal_submit_data_buffers()
>> Here is -fno-inline version. Default version is in attach.
>> ====
>>
>> static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
>>                 transaction_t *commit_transaction)
>> {
>>       9c:       9d e3 bf 40     save  %sp, -192, %sp
>>       a0:       11 00 00 00     sethi  %hi(0), %o0
>>         struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>>         int err, ret = 0;
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>       a4:       a4 06 25 70     add  %i0, 0x570, %l2
>>  * our inode list. We use JI_COMMIT_RUNNING flag to protect inode we currently
>>  * operate on from being released while we write out pages.
>>  */
>> static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
>>                 transaction_t *commit_transaction)
>> {
>>       a8:       90 12 20 00     mov  %o0, %o0
>>       ac:       40 00 00 00     call  ac <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x10>
>>       b0:       b0 10 20 00     clr  %i0
>>         struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>>         int err, ret = 0;
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>         list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
>>       b4:       a6 06 60 60     add  %i1, 0x60, %l3
>> {
>>         struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>>         int err, ret = 0;
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>       b8:       40 00 00 00     call  b8 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x1c>
>>       bc:       90 10 00 12     mov  %l2, %o0
>>         list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
>>       c0:       10 68 00 1d     b  %xcc, 134 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x98>
>>       c4:       c2 5e 60 60     ldx  [ %i1 + 0x60 ], %g1
>>                 mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
>>                 jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
>>                 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>       c8:       90 10 00 12     mov  %l2, %o0
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>         list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
>>                 mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
>>                 jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
>>       cc:       c2 04 60 28     ld  [ %l1 + 0x28 ], %g1
>  Here we load jbd2_inode->i_flags into %g1.
>
>>         int err, ret = 0;
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>         list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
>>                 mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
>>       d0:       e0 58 a1 e0     ldx  [ %g2 + 0x1e0 ], %l0
>>                 jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
>>       d4:       82 10 60 01     or  %g1, 1, %g1
>  Here we set JI_COMMIT_RUNNING.
>
>>                 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>       d8:       40 00 00 00     call  d8 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x3c>
>  Here we seem to call preempt_disable() (it would be useful if we could
> confirm that - easiest option I know is compiling JBD2 into a kernel but
> some object file trickery should be able to find it out as well...)
  55bab0:       82 10 60 01     or  %g1, 1, %g1
                spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
  55bab4:       40 06 4b 20     call  6ee734 <_spin_unlock>
  55bab8:       c2 24 e0 28     st  %g1, [ %l3 + 0x28 ]
<..>
void __lockfunc _spin_unlock(spinlock_t *lock)
{
  6ee734:       9d e3 bf 40     save  %sp, -192, %sp
  6ee738:       11 00 1f f9     sethi  %hi(0x7fe400), %o0
  6ee73c:       7f fb 36 59     call  5bc0a0 <_mcount>
  6ee740:       90 12 22 40     or  %o0, 0x240, %o0     ! 7fe640
<rt_trace_on+0xc8>
        spin_release(&lock->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
  6ee744:       94 10 00 1f     mov  %i7, %o2
  6ee748:       92 10 20 01     mov  1, %o1
  6ee74c:       7f f6 21 18     call  476bac <lock_release>
  6ee750:       90 06 20 18     add  %i0, 0x18, %o0
        _raw_spin_unlock(lock);
  6ee754:       7f fb 7f 91     call  5ce598 <_raw_spin_unlock>
  6ee758:       90 10 00 18     mov  %i0, %o0
        preempt_enable();
  6ee75c:       40 00 05 fd     call  6eff50 <sub_preempt_count>
  6ee760:       90 10 20 01     mov  1, %o0
  6ee764:       c2 59 a0 08     ldx  [ %g6 + 8 ], %g1
  6ee768:       82 08 60 08     and  %g1, 8, %g1
  6ee76c:       02 c8 40 04     brz  %g1, 6ee77c <_spin_unlock+0x48>
  6ee770:       01 00 00 00     nop
  6ee774:       7f ff f4 f1     call  6ebb38 <preempt_schedule>
  6ee778:       01 00 00 00     nop
  6ee77c:       81 cf e0 08     rett  %i7 + 8
  6ee780:       01 00 00 00     nop
}


>
>>       dc:       c2 24 60 28     st  %g1, [ %l1 + 0x28 ]
>  And here we store the register back to memory - but we could be already
> preempted here which could cause bugs...
>
>>                  * submit the inode data buffers. We use writepage
>>                  * instead of writepages. Because writepages can do
>>                  * block allocation  with delalloc. We need to write
>>                  * only allocated blocks here.
>>                  */
>>                 err = journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(mapping);
>>       e0:       7f ff ff d3     call  2c <journal_submit_inode_data_buffers>
>>       e4:       90 10 00 10     mov  %l0, %o0
>>                 if (!ret)
>>       e8:       80 a6 20 00     cmp  %i0, 0
>>       ec:       b1 64 40 08     move  %icc, %o0, %i0
>>                         ret = err;
>>                 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>       f0:       40 00 00 00     call  f0 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x54>
>>       f4:       90 10 00 12     mov  %l2, %o0
>>                 J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
>>       f8:       c2 5c 40 00     ldx  [ %l1 ], %g1
>>       fc:       80 a0 40 19     cmp  %g1, %i1
>>      100:       22 68 00 07     be,a   %xcc, 11c
>> <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x80>
>>      104:       c2 04 60 28     ld  [ %l1 + 0x28 ], %g1
>  Again, here we load jinode->i_flags.
>
>>      108:       11 00 00 00     sethi  %hi(0), %o0
>>      10c:       92 10 21 04     mov  0x104, %o1
>>      110:       40 00 00 00     call  110 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x74>
>>      114:       90 12 20 00     mov  %o0, %o0
>>      118:       91 d0 20 05     ta  5
>>                 jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
>>                 wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
>>      11c:       90 04 60 28     add  %l1, 0x28, %o0
>>      120:       92 10 20 00     clr  %o1
>>                 err = journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(mapping);
>>                 if (!ret)
>>                         ret = err;
>>                 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>                 J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
>>                 jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
>>      124:       82 08 7f fe     and  %g1, -2, %g1
>  Here we go &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING
>
>>                 wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
>>      128:       40 00 00 00     call  128 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x8c>
>>      12c:       c2 24 60 28     st  %g1, [ %l1 + 0x28 ]
>  And only here we store it back to memory...

                spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
  55c104:       40 06 48 3c     call  6ee1f4 <_spin_lock>
  55c108:       90 10 00 12     mov  %l2, %o0
                jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
  55c10c:       c2 04 20 28     ld  [ %l0 + 0x28 ], %g1
                wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
  55c110:       90 04 20 28     add  %l0, 0x28, %o0
  55c114:       92 10 20 00     clr  %o1
                        if (!ret)
                                ret = err;
                }
                spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
  55c118:       82 08 7f fe     and  %g1, -2, %g1
                wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
  55c11c:       7f fc 27 6e     call  465ed4 <wake_up_bit>
  55c120:       c2 24 20 28     st  %g1, [ %l0 + 0x28 ]
<..>
void __lockfunc _spin_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
{
  6ee1f4:       9d e3 bf 30     save  %sp, -208, %sp
  6ee1f8:       11 00 1f f9     sethi  %hi(0x7fe400), %o0
  6ee1fc:       7f fb 37 a9     call  5bc0a0 <_mcount>
  6ee200:       90 12 21 c8     or  %o0, 0x1c8, %o0     ! 7fe5c8
<rt_trace_on+0x50>
        preempt_disable();
  6ee204:       40 00 07 83     call  6f0010 <add_preempt_count>
  6ee208:       90 10 20 01     mov  1, %o0
        spin_acquire(&lock->dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
  6ee20c:       92 10 20 00     clr  %o1
  6ee210:       90 06 20 18     add  %i0, 0x18, %o0
  6ee214:       fe 73 a8 af     stx  %i7, [ %sp + 0x8af ]
  6ee218:       94 10 20 00     clr  %o2
  6ee21c:       96 10 20 00     clr  %o3
  6ee220:       98 10 20 02     mov  2, %o4
  6ee224:       7f f6 21 a5     call  4768b8 <lock_acquire>
  6ee228:       9a 10 20 00     clr  %o5
        LOCK_CONTENDED(lock, _raw_spin_trylock, _raw_spin_lock);
  6ee22c:       7f fb 81 33     call  5ce6f8 <_raw_spin_lock>
  6ee230:       90 10 00 18     mov  %i0, %o0
}
  6ee234:       81 cf e0 08     rett  %i7 + 8
  6ee238:       01 00 00 00     nop
<..>
void wake_up_bit(void *word, int bit)
{
  465ed4:       9d e3 bf 40     save  %sp, -192, %sp
  465ed8:       11 00 1f f2     sethi  %hi(0x7fc800), %o0
  465edc:       40 05 58 71     call  5bc0a0 <_mcount>
  465ee0:       90 12 23 c8     or  %o0, 0x3c8, %o0     ! 7fcbc8
<kthread_stop_lock+0x88>
        __wake_up_bit(bit_waitqueue(word, bit), word, bit);
  465ee4:       92 10 00 19     mov  %i1, %o1
  465ee8:       7f ff ff c5     call  465dfc <bit_waitqueue>
  465eec:       90 10 00 18     mov  %i0, %o0
  465ef0:       92 10 00 18     mov  %i0, %o1
  465ef4:       7f ff ff e7     call  465e90 <__wake_up_bit>
  465ef8:       94 10 00 19     mov  %i1, %o2
}
  465efc:       81 cf e0 08     rett  %i7 + 8
  465f00:       01 00 00 00     nop


>
>>         struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>>         int err, ret = 0;
>>         struct address_space *mapping;
>>
>>         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>         list_for_each_entry(jinode, &commit_transaction->t_inode_list, i_list) {
>>      130:       c2 5c 60 10     ldx  [ %l1 + 0x10 ], %g1
>>      134:       a2 00 7f f0     add  %g1, -16, %l1
>>          * prefetches into the prefetch-cache which only is accessible
>>          * by floating point operations in UltraSPARC-III and later.
>>          * By contrast, "#one_write" prefetches into the L2 cache
>>          * in shared state.
>>          */
>>         __asm__ __volatile__("prefetch [%0], #one_write"
>>      138:       c2 5c 60 10     ldx  [ %l1 + 0x10 ], %g1
>>      13c:       c7 68 40 00     prefetch  [ %g1 ], #one_write
>>      140:       82 04 60 10     add  %l1, 0x10, %g1
>>      144:       80 a4 c0 01     cmp  %l3, %g1
>>      148:       32 6f ff e0     bne,a   %xcc, c8
>> <journal_submit_data_buffers+0x2c>
>>      14c:       c4 5c 60 20     ldx  [ %l1 + 0x20 ], %g2
>>                 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>                 J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
>>                 wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
>>         }
>>         spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
>>      150:       90 10 00 12     mov  %l2, %o0
>>      154:       40 00 00 00     call  154 <journal_submit_data_buffers+0xb8>
>>      158:       b1 3e 20 00     sra  %i0, 0, %i0
>>         return ret;
>> }
>>      15c:       81 cf e0 08     rett  %i7 + 8
>>      160:       01 00 00 00     nop
>  So the compiled code looks a bit suspitious to me. Having the disassembly
> with symbols properly resolved would help confirm it. I'm adding sparc list
> to CC just in case someone sees the problem...
>
>                                                                        Honza
> --
> Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> SUSE Labs, CR
>
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