Re: [PATCH 4/6] leases: break read leases on rename

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On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 12:55 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 01:17:49PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 10:58 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: 
> > > To rely on the i_mutex for exclusion between setlease and rename, we
> > > need rename to take the i_mutex on the source as well as on any possible
> > > target.
> > > 
> > > I suspect this is deadlock-free, but I need to think this proof through
> > > again.  And I'm not sure what to do about lockdep.
> > 
> > Not sure that I will be of any help, but how about posting the lockdep
> > messages?
> 
> Sure, appended below, but it's not particularly surprising--we're taking
> i_mutex's on four different objects (both parents, source, and target if
> any) where before there were three.
> 
> I suppose the solution is another i_mutex lock class, used only on the
> lock of the source inode?
> 
> --b.

I must not be missing something, but it seems taking the i_mutex here is
unnecessary.  fs/namei.c:lock_rename() already does all the locking for
you.

Mimi

> =============================================
> [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
> 3.1.0-rc1-00076-g0e7e722 #599
> ---------------------------------------------
> mount/333 is trying to acquire lock:
> (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff811126d8>] vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> but task is already holding lock:
> (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81112b03>] sys_renameat+0x253/0x2d0
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> other info that might help us debug this:
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
>       CPU0
>       ----
>  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
>  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> *** DEADLOCK ***
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> May be due to missing lock nesting notation
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> 2 locks held by mount/333:
> #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8110efc8>] lock_rename+0xe8/0xf0
> #1:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81112b03>] sys_renameat+0x253/0x2d0
> Sep 20 17:05:54 pip1 kernel:
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 333, comm: mount Not tainted 3.1.0-rc1-00076-g0e7e722 #599
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff8107c9df>] __lock_acquire+0x15bf/0x1d80
> [<ffffffff811126d8>] ?  vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> [<ffffffff8107d794>] lock_acquire+0x94/0x140
> [<ffffffff811126d8>] ?  vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> [<ffffffff811126d8>] ?  vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> [<ffffffff81979d7f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x4f/0x360
> [<ffffffff811126d8>] ?  vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> [<ffffffff8103b2b1>] ?  get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
> [<ffffffff8197ed9d>] ?  sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xd0
> [<ffffffff811126d8>] vfs_rename+0x278/0x450
> [<ffffffff8103b2b1>] ?  get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50
> [<ffffffff81112b5d>] sys_renameat+0x2ad/0x2d0
> [<ffffffff810edab3>] ? remove_vma+0x53/0x70
> [<ffffffff81079b0d>] ?  trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xfd/0x190
> [<ffffffff81079bad>] ?  trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
> [<ffffffff810edab3>] ? remove_vma+0x53/0x70
> [<ffffffff81982998>] ?  sysret_check+0x26/0x60
> [<ffffffff81079b0d>] ?  trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xfd/0x190
> [<ffffffff81112b9b>] sys_rename+0x1b/0x20
> [<ffffffff81982968>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> 


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