From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> syzbot reported this warning from the faux inodegc shrinker that tries to kick off inodegc work: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 102 at kernel/workqueue.c:1445 __queue_work+0xd44/0x1120 kernel/workqueue.c:1444 RIP: 0010:__queue_work+0xd44/0x1120 kernel/workqueue.c:1444 Call Trace: __queue_delayed_work+0x1c8/0x270 kernel/workqueue.c:1672 mod_delayed_work_on+0xe1/0x220 kernel/workqueue.c:1746 xfs_inodegc_shrinker_scan fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c:2212 [inline] xfs_inodegc_shrinker_scan+0x250/0x4f0 fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c:2191 do_shrink_slab+0x428/0xaa0 mm/vmscan.c:853 shrink_slab+0x175/0x660 mm/vmscan.c:1013 shrink_one+0x502/0x810 mm/vmscan.c:5343 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:5394 [inline] lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5511 [inline] shrink_node+0x2064/0x35f0 mm/vmscan.c:6459 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:7262 [inline] balance_pgdat+0xa02/0x1ac0 mm/vmscan.c:7452 kswapd+0x677/0xd60 mm/vmscan.c:7712 kthread+0x2e8/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308 This warning corresponds to this code in __queue_work: /* * For a draining wq, only works from the same workqueue are * allowed. The __WQ_DESTROYING helps to spot the issue that * queues a new work item to a wq after destroy_workqueue(wq). */ if (unlikely(wq->flags & (__WQ_DESTROYING | __WQ_DRAINING) && WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_chained_work(wq)))) return; For this to trip, we must have a thread draining the inodedgc workqueue and a second thread trying to queue inodegc work to that workqueue. This can happen if freezing or a ro remount race with reclaim poking our faux inodegc shrinker and another thread dropping an unlinked O_RDONLY file: Thread 0 Thread 1 Thread 2 xfs_inodegc_stop xfs_inodegc_shrinker_scan xfs_is_inodegc_enabled <yes, will continue> xfs_clear_inodegc_enabled xfs_inodegc_queue_all <list empty, do not queue inodegc worker> xfs_inodegc_queue <add to list> xfs_is_inodegc_enabled <no, returns> drain_workqueue <set WQ_DRAINING> llist_empty <no, will queue list> mod_delayed_work_on(..., 0) __queue_work <sees WQ_DRAINING, kaboom> In other words, everything between the access to inodegc_enabled state and the decision to poke the inodegc workqueue requires some kind of coordination to avoid the WQ_DRAINING state. We could perhaps introduce a lock here, but we could also try to eliminate WQ_DRAINING from the picture. We could replace the drain_workqueue call with a loop that flushes the workqueue and queues workers as long as there is at least one inode present in the per-cpu inodegc llists. We've disabled inodegc at this point, so we know that the number of queued inodes will eventually hit zero as long as xfs_inodegc_start cannot reactivate the workers. There are four callers of xfs_inodegc_start. Three of them come from the VFS with s_umount held: filesystem thawing, failed filesystem freezing, and the rw remount transition. The fourth caller is mounting rw (no remount or freezing possible). There are three callers ofs xfs_inodegc_stop. One is unmounting (no remount or thaw possible). Two of them come from the VFS with s_umount held: fs freezing and ro remount transition. Hence, it is correct to replace the drain_workqueue call with a loop that drains the inodegc llists. Fixes: 6191cf3ad59f ("xfs: flush inodegc workqueue tasks before cancel") Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c index 4b63c065ef19..14cb660d7f55 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c @@ -435,18 +435,23 @@ xfs_iget_check_free_state( } /* Make all pending inactivation work start immediately. */ -static void +static bool xfs_inodegc_queue_all( struct xfs_mount *mp) { struct xfs_inodegc *gc; int cpu; + bool ret = false; for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { gc = per_cpu_ptr(mp->m_inodegc, cpu); - if (!llist_empty(&gc->list)) + if (!llist_empty(&gc->list)) { mod_delayed_work_on(cpu, mp->m_inodegc_wq, &gc->work, 0); + ret = true; + } } + + return ret; } /* @@ -1911,24 +1916,39 @@ xfs_inodegc_flush( /* * Flush all the pending work and then disable the inode inactivation background - * workers and wait for them to stop. + * workers and wait for them to stop. Do not call xfs_inodegc_start until this + * finishes. */ void xfs_inodegc_stop( struct xfs_mount *mp) { + bool rerun; + if (!xfs_clear_inodegc_enabled(mp)) return; + /* + * Drain all pending inodegc work, including inodes that could be + * queued by racing xfs_inodegc_queue or xfs_inodegc_shrinker_scan + * threads that sample the inodegc state just prior to us clearing it. + * The inodegc flag state prevents new threads from queuing more + * inodes, so we queue pending work items and flush the workqueue until + * all inodegc lists are empty. + */ xfs_inodegc_queue_all(mp); - drain_workqueue(mp->m_inodegc_wq); + do { + flush_workqueue(mp->m_inodegc_wq); + rerun = xfs_inodegc_queue_all(mp); + } while (rerun); trace_xfs_inodegc_stop(mp, __return_address); } /* * Enable the inode inactivation background workers and schedule deferred inode - * inactivation work if there is any. + * inactivation work if there is any. Do not call this while xfs_inodegc_stop + * is running. */ void xfs_inodegc_start(