Re: [PATCH] libxfs: fix repair deadlock due to failed inode flushes.

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On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 02:24:13PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If inode_item_done() fails to flush an inode after we've grabbed a
> reference to the underlying buffer during a transaction commit, we
> fail to put the buffer and hence leak it. We then deadlock on the
> next lookup ofthe inode buffer as it is still locked and no-one owns
> it.
> 
> To fix it, put the buffer on error so that it gets unlocked and
> can be recovered appropriately in a later phase of repair.
> 
> Reported-by: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: d15188a1ec14 ("xfs: rework the inline directory verifiers")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  libxfs/trans.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libxfs/trans.c b/libxfs/trans.c
> index 46ff8b4ae798..10a35dd47b01 100644
> --- a/libxfs/trans.c
> +++ b/libxfs/trans.c
> @@ -824,8 +824,10 @@ _("Transaction block reservation exceeded! %u > %u\n"),
>  
>  /*
>   * Transaction commital code follows (i.e. write to disk in libxfs)
> + *
> + * XXX (dgc): should failure to flush the inode (e.g. due to uncorrected
> + * corruption) result in transaction commit failure w/ EFSCORRUPTED?
>   */
> -
>  static void
>  inode_item_done(
>  	xfs_inode_log_item_t	*iip)
> @@ -856,17 +858,24 @@ inode_item_done(
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Flush the inode and disassociate it from the transaction regardless
> +	 * of whether the flush succeed or not. If we fail the flush, make sure
> +	 * we still release the buffer reference we currently hold.
> +	 */
>  	bp->b_log_item = iip;
>  	error = libxfs_iflush_int(ip, bp);
> +	ip->i_transp = NULL;	/* disassociate from transaction */
> +	bp->b_log_item = NULL;	/* remove log item */
> +	bp->b_transp = NULL;	/* remove xact ptr */
> +
>  	if (error) {
>  		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: warning - iflush_int failed (%d)\n"),
>  			progname, error);
> +		libxfs_putbuf(bp);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	ip->i_transp = NULL;	/* disassociate from transaction */
> -	bp->b_log_item = NULL;	/* remove log item */
> -	bp->b_transp = NULL;	/* remove xact ptr */
>  	libxfs_writebuf(bp, 0);
>  #ifdef XACT_DEBUG
>  	fprintf(stderr, "flushing dirty inode %llu, buffer %p\n",
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 



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