From: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit 633ee407b9d15a75ac9740ba9d3338815e1fcb95 upstream. sock_alloc_inode() allocates socket+inode and socket_wq with GFP_KERNEL, which is not allowed on the writeback path: Workqueue: ceph-msgr con_work [libceph] ffff8810871cb018 0000000000000046 0000000000000000 ffff881085d40000 0000000000012b00 ffff881025cad428 ffff8810871cbfd8 0000000000012b00 ffff880102fc1000 ffff881085d40000 ffff8810871cb038 ffff8810871cb148 Call Trace: [<ffffffff816dd629>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [<ffffffff816e066d>] schedule_timeout+0x1bd/0x200 [<ffffffff81093ffc>] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x2c/0x120 [<ffffffff81094266>] ? ttwu_do_activate.constprop.135+0x66/0x70 [<ffffffff816deb5f>] wait_for_completion+0xbf/0x180 [<ffffffff81097cd0>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x390/0x390 [<ffffffff81086335>] flush_work+0x165/0x250 [<ffffffff81082940>] ? worker_detach_from_pool+0xd0/0xd0 [<ffffffffa03b65b1>] xlog_cil_force_lsn+0x81/0x200 [xfs] [<ffffffff816d6b42>] ? __slab_free+0xee/0x234 [<ffffffffa03b4b1d>] _xfs_log_force_lsn+0x4d/0x2c0 [xfs] [<ffffffff811adc1e>] ? lookup_page_cgroup_used+0xe/0x30 [<ffffffffa039a723>] ? xfs_reclaim_inode+0xa3/0x330 [xfs] [<ffffffffa03b4dcf>] xfs_log_force_lsn+0x3f/0xf0 [xfs] [<ffffffffa039a723>] ? xfs_reclaim_inode+0xa3/0x330 [xfs] [<ffffffffa03a62c6>] xfs_iunpin_wait+0xc6/0x1a0 [xfs] [<ffffffff810aa250>] ? wake_atomic_t_function+0x40/0x40 [<ffffffffa039a723>] xfs_reclaim_inode+0xa3/0x330 [xfs] [<ffffffffa039ac07>] xfs_reclaim_inodes_ag+0x257/0x3d0 [xfs] [<ffffffffa039bb13>] xfs_reclaim_inodes_nr+0x33/0x40 [xfs] [<ffffffffa03ab745>] xfs_fs_free_cached_objects+0x15/0x20 [xfs] [<ffffffff811c0c18>] super_cache_scan+0x178/0x180 [<ffffffff8115912e>] shrink_slab_node+0x14e/0x340 [<ffffffff811afc3b>] ? mem_cgroup_iter+0x16b/0x450 [<ffffffff8115af70>] shrink_slab+0x100/0x140 [<ffffffff8115e425>] do_try_to_free_pages+0x335/0x490 [<ffffffff8115e7f9>] try_to_free_pages+0xb9/0x1f0 [<ffffffff816d56e4>] ? __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x69/0x1be [<ffffffff81150cba>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x69a/0xb40 [<ffffffff8119743e>] alloc_pages_current+0x9e/0x110 [<ffffffff811a0ac5>] new_slab+0x2c5/0x390 [<ffffffff816d71c4>] __slab_alloc+0x33b/0x459 [<ffffffff815b906d>] ? sock_alloc_inode+0x2d/0xd0 [<ffffffff8164bda1>] ? inet_sendmsg+0x71/0xc0 [<ffffffff815b906d>] ? sock_alloc_inode+0x2d/0xd0 [<ffffffff811a21f2>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x1a2/0x1b0 [<ffffffff815b906d>] sock_alloc_inode+0x2d/0xd0 [<ffffffff811d8566>] alloc_inode+0x26/0xa0 [<ffffffff811da04a>] new_inode_pseudo+0x1a/0x70 [<ffffffff815b933e>] sock_alloc+0x1e/0x80 [<ffffffff815ba855>] __sock_create+0x95/0x220 [<ffffffff815baa04>] sock_create_kern+0x24/0x30 [<ffffffffa04794d9>] con_work+0xef9/0x2050 [libceph] [<ffffffffa04aa9ec>] ? rbd_img_request_submit+0x4c/0x60 [rbd] [<ffffffff81084c19>] process_one_work+0x159/0x4f0 [<ffffffff8108561b>] worker_thread+0x11b/0x530 [<ffffffff81085500>] ? create_worker+0x1d0/0x1d0 [<ffffffff8108b6f9>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 [<ffffffff8108b630>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x90/0x90 [<ffffffff816e1b98>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [<ffffffff8108b630>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x90/0x90 Use memalloc_noio_{save,restore}() to temporarily force GFP_NOIO here. Link: http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/19309 Reported-by: Sergey Jerusalimov <wintchester@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ceph/messenger.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c index ecdf164c80fe..a61159bd5b02 100644 --- a/net/ceph/messenger.c +++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ #include <linux/inet.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/net.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/socket.h> #include <linux/string.h> @@ -475,11 +476,16 @@ static int ceph_tcp_connect(struct ceph_connection *con) { struct sockaddr_storage *paddr = &con->peer_addr.in_addr; struct socket *sock; + unsigned int noio_flag; int ret; BUG_ON(con->sock); + + /* sock_create_kern() allocates with GFP_KERNEL */ + noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save(); ret = sock_create_kern(con->peer_addr.in_addr.ss_family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, &sock); + memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag); if (ret) return ret; sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOFS; -- 2.12.2