Hi Andrew, Please drop this patch. I just found upstream had fixed this issue in commit c25a1e0671fb ("ocfs2: fix posix_acl_create deadlock"). This issue was caught on an internal old kernel. Thanks, Junxiao. On 10/19/2017 06:18 AM, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > The patch titled > Subject: ocfs2: mknod: fix recursive locking hung > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung.patch > > This patch should soon appear at > http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung.patch > and later at > http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung.patch > > Before you just go and hit "reply", please: > a) Consider who else should be cc'ed > b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well > c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a > reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's > > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** > > The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated > there every 3-4 working days > > ------------------------------------------------------ > From: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: ocfs2: mknod: fix recursive locking hung > > Here another recursive lock caught and it caused a cluster hung. > > #0 [ffff88008e3935a8] __schedule at ffffffff816e4722 > #1 [ffff88008e393600] schedule at ffffffff816e4dee > #2 [ffff88008e393620] schedule_timeout at ffffffff816e7cd5 > #3 [ffff88008e3936c0] wait_for_completion at ffffffff816e631f > #4 [ffff88008e393740] __ocfs2_cluster_lock at ffffffffa05a9111 [ocfs2] > #5 [ffff88008e393890] ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested at ffffffffa05aec14 [ocfs2] > #6 [ffff88008e393910] ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker at ffffffffa05af02f [ocfs2] > #7 [ffff88008e393970] ocfs2_iop_get_acl at ffffffffa0620c92 [ocfs2] > #8 [ffff88008e3939d0] get_acl at ffffffff8126ae79 > #9 [ffff88008e3939f0] posix_acl_create at ffffffff8126b27a > #10 [ffff88008e393a20] ocfs2_mknod at ffffffffa05cedcc [ocfs2] > #11 [ffff88008e393b60] ocfs2_create at ffffffffa05cfb13 [ocfs2] > #12 [ffff88008e393bd0] vfs_create at ffffffff81217338 > #13 [ffff88008e393c10] lookup_open at ffffffff81217a85 > #14 [ffff88008e393ca0] do_last at ffffffff8121ac6d > #15 [ffff88008e393d30] path_openat at ffffffff8121b112 > #16 [ffff88008e393df0] do_filp_open at ffffffff8121b53a > #17 [ffff88008e393ed0] do_sys_open at ffffffff81209a5a > #18 [ffff88008e393f40] sys_open at ffffffff81209bae > #19 [ffff88008e393f50] system_call_fastpath at ffffffff816e902e > > inode lock is got by ocfs2_mknod() before call into posix_acl_create(). > > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1508300302-5155-1-git-send-email-junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Joseph Qi <jiangqi903@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 14 ++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff -puN fs/ocfs2/namei.c~ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung fs/ocfs2/namei.c > --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c~ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung > +++ a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c > @@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir > sigset_t oldset; > int did_block_signals = 0; > struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl = NULL; > + int locked; > + struct ocfs2_lock_holder oh; > > trace_ocfs2_mknod(dir, dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, > (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, > @@ -274,11 +276,11 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir > /* get our super block */ > osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb); > > - status = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &parent_fe_bh, 1); > - if (status < 0) { > - if (status != -ENOENT) > - mlog_errno(status); > - return status; > + locked = ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker(dir, &parent_fe_bh, 1, &oh); > + if (locked < 0) { > + if (locked != -ENOENT) > + mlog_errno(locked); > + return locked; > } > > if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= ocfs2_link_max(osb))) { > @@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ leave: > if (handle) > ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle); > > - ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1); > + ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(dir, 1, &oh, locked); > if (did_block_signals) > ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset); > > _ > > Patches currently in -mm which might be from junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx are > > ocfs2-mknod-fix-recursive-locking-hung.patch >