Re: [PATCH] vfs: fix page locking deadlocks when deduping files

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On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 07:51:14AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +/*
> + * Lock two pages, ensuring that we lock in offset order if the pages are from
> + * the same file.
> + */
> +static void vfs_lock_two_pages(struct page *page1, struct page *page2)
> +{
> +	if (page1 == page2) {
> +		lock_page(page1);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (page1->mapping == page2->mapping && page1->index > page2->index)
> +		swap(page1, page2);

I would do this even if the pages are on different mappings. That
way we don't expose a landmine if some other code locks two pages
from the same mappings in a different order...

> +	lock_page(page1);
> +	lock_page(page2);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Compare extents of two files to see if they are the same.
>   * Caller must have locked both inodes to prevent write races.
> @@ -1867,10 +1881,12 @@ static int vfs_dedupe_file_range_compare(struct inode *src, loff_t srcoff,
>  		dest_page = vfs_dedupe_get_page(dest, destoff);
>  		if (IS_ERR(dest_page)) {
>  			error = PTR_ERR(dest_page);
> -			unlock_page(src_page);
>  			put_page(src_page);
>  			goto out_error;
>  		}
> +
> +		vfs_lock_two_pages(src_page, dest_page);
> +
>  		src_addr = kmap_atomic(src_page);
>  		dest_addr = kmap_atomic(dest_page);
>  
> @@ -1882,7 +1898,8 @@ static int vfs_dedupe_file_range_compare(struct inode *src, loff_t srcoff,
>  
>  		kunmap_atomic(dest_addr);
>  		kunmap_atomic(src_addr);
> -		unlock_page(dest_page);
> +		if (dest_page != src_page)
> +			unlock_page(dest_page);
>  		unlock_page(src_page);

Would it make sense for symmetry to wrap these in
vfs_unlock_two_pages()?

-Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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