On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 02:14 +0900, J. R. Okajima wrote: > I got "task xxx blocked for more than 120 seconds" in 2.6.34 NFS, which > didn't happen in 2.6.33. The four call-traces are attached. <snip> > INFO: task dd:4230 blocked for more than 120 seconds. > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. > dd D 0000000000000001 0 4230 23641 0x00000000 > ffff880010857b28 0000000000000046 0000000000000000 ffff880010856000 > ffff880010857fd8 ffff880010856000 ffff880010857fd8 ffff880010857fd8 > ffff880010507040 0000000000014d00 0000000000000001 ffff880010507040 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff8147f962>] io_schedule+0x52/0x70 > [<ffffffff810dc66d>] sync_page+0x6d/0xb0 > [<ffffffff8147ff4a>] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x5a/0xb0 > [<ffffffff810dc600>] ? sync_page+0x0/0xb0 > [<ffffffff810dc5d9>] __lock_page+0x69/0x70 > [<ffffffff81074870>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 > [<ffffffff810e68a0>] write_cache_pages+0x2c0/0x420 > [<ffffffff811dfd30>] ? nfs_writepages_callback+0x0/0x80 > [<ffffffff811df126>] nfs_writepages+0xd6/0x170 > [<ffffffff811df660>] ? nfs_flush_one+0x0/0x100 > [<ffffffff810e6a54>] do_writepages+0x24/0x40 > [<ffffffff81143d30>] writeback_single_inode+0x180/0x360 > [<ffffffff81143f43>] sync_inode+0x33/0x50 > [<ffffffff811de955>] nfs_wb_all+0x45/0x50 > [<ffffffff811cfb3d>] nfs_do_fsync+0x2d/0x60 > [<ffffffff811cfdf2>] nfs_file_flush+0x82/0xc0 > [<ffffffff8111c0b2>] filp_close+0x42/0x90 > [<ffffffff8111c1be>] sys_close+0xbe/0x160 > [<ffffffff8100aa82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b > no locks held by dd/4230. > > > INFO: task dd:4250 blocked for more than 120 seconds. > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. > dd D 0000000000000000 0 4250 23590 0x00000000 > ffff88001249b988 0000000000000046 0000000000000001 ffff88001249a000 > ffff88001249bfd8 ffff88001249a000 ffff88001249bfd8 ffff88001249bfd8 > ffff88000da7e040 0000000000014d00 0000000000000000 ffff88000da7e040 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff81136f8e>] inode_wait+0xe/0x20 > [<ffffffff81480092>] __wait_on_bit+0x62/0x90 > [<ffffffff81136f80>] ? inode_wait+0x0/0x20 > [<ffffffff81143b83>] inode_wait_for_writeback+0x93/0xc0 > [<ffffffff81074870>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x50 > [<ffffffff81143cc8>] writeback_single_inode+0x118/0x360 > [<ffffffff81143f43>] sync_inode+0x33/0x50 > [<ffffffff811dfc36>] nfs_wb_page+0x76/0xc0 > [<ffffffff811dfcc4>] nfs_flush_incompatible+0x44/0x70 > [<ffffffff811cf8b5>] nfs_write_begin+0xb5/0x210 > [<ffffffff810dba50>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x190/0x2e0 > [<ffffffff810df224>] __generic_file_aio_write+0x484/0x540 > [<ffffffff810df344>] ? generic_file_aio_write+0x64/0xd0 > [<ffffffff810df358>] generic_file_aio_write+0x78/0xd0 > [<ffffffff811d07cb>] nfs_file_write+0x10b/0x210 > [<ffffffff8111e6e9>] do_sync_write+0xd9/0x120 > [<ffffffff812070f6>] ? security_file_permission+0x16/0x20 > [<ffffffff8111e93a>] ? rw_verify_area+0xea/0x160 > [<ffffffff8111eac6>] vfs_write+0x116/0x230 > [<ffffffff8111f477>] sys_write+0x57/0xb0 > [<ffffffff8100aa82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b > 1 lock held by dd/4250: > #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#12){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810df344>] generic_file_aio_write+0x64/0xd0 Urgh. Yes, this looks like it is a consequence of commit ba8b06e67ed7a560b0e7c80091bcadda4f4727a5. We need to revert the part that calls sync_inode(). Does the following fix it for you? Cheers Trond --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From ec9860a19aecb9ca691156d21af9e1865d9c0a28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 14:37:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] NFS: Fix another nfs_wb_page() deadlock J.R. Okajima reports that the call to sync_inode() in nfs_wb_page() can deadlock with other writeback flush calls. It boils down to the fact that we cannot ever call writeback_single_inode() while holding a page lock (even if we do set nr_to_write to zero) since another process may already be waiting in the call to do_writepages(), and so will deny us the I_SYNC lock. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx --- fs/nfs/write.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c index b8a6d7a..91679e2 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/write.c +++ b/fs/nfs/write.c @@ -1518,14 +1518,17 @@ int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page) }; int ret; - while(PagePrivate(page)) { + for (;;) { wait_on_page_writeback(page); if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) { ret = nfs_writepage_locked(page, &wbc); if (ret < 0) goto out_error; + continue; } - ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc); + if (!PagePrivate(page)) + break; + ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, FLUSH_SYNC); if (ret < 0) goto out_error; } -- 1.7.0.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html