This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: fix a potential deadlock in __ext4_es_shrink()
to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ext4-fix-a-potential-deadlock-in-__ext4_es_shrink.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3f1f9b851311a76226140b55b1ea22111234a7c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:32:24 -0400
Subject: ext4: fix a potential deadlock in __ext4_es_shrink()
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
commit 3f1f9b851311a76226140b55b1ea22111234a7c2 upstream.
This fixes the following lockdep complaint:
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.16.0-rc2-mm1+ #7 Tainted: G O
-------------------------------------------------------
kworker/u24:0/4356 is trying to acquire lock:
(&(&sbi->s_es_lru_lock)->rlock){+.+.-.}, at: [<ffffffff81285fff>] __ext4_es_shrink+0x4f/0x2e0
but task is already holding lock:
(&ei->i_es_lock){++++-.}, at: [<ffffffff81286961>] ext4_es_insert_extent+0x71/0x180
which lock already depends on the new lock.
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&ei->i_es_lock);
lock(&(&sbi->s_es_lru_lock)->rlock);
lock(&ei->i_es_lock);
lock(&(&sbi->s_es_lru_lock)->rlock);
*** DEADLOCK ***
6 locks held by kworker/u24:0/4356:
#0: ("writeback"){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff81071d00>] process_one_work+0x180/0x560
#1: ((&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81071d00>] process_one_work+0x180/0x560
#2: (&type->s_umount_key#22){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff811a9c74>] grab_super_passive+0x44/0x90
#3: (jbd2_handle){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff812979f9>] start_this_handle+0x189/0x5f0
#4: (&ei->i_data_sem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81247062>] ext4_map_blocks+0x132/0x550
#5: (&ei->i_es_lock){++++-.}, at: [<ffffffff81286961>] ext4_es_insert_extent+0x71/0x180
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4356 Comm: kworker/u24:0 Tainted: G O 3.16.0-rc2-mm1+ #7
Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
Workqueue: writeback bdi_writeback_workfn (flush-253:0)
ffffffff8213dce0 ffff880014b07538 ffffffff815df0bb 0000000000000007
ffffffff8213e040 ffff880014b07588 ffffffff815db3dd ffff880014b07568
ffff880014b07610 ffff88003b868930 ffff88003b868908 ffff88003b868930
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff815df0bb>] dump_stack+0x4e/0x68
[<ffffffff815db3dd>] print_circular_bug+0x1fb/0x20c
[<ffffffff810a7a3e>] __lock_acquire+0x163e/0x1d00
[<ffffffff815e89dc>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe
[<ffffffff815ddc7b>] ? __slab_alloc+0x4a8/0x4ce
[<ffffffff81285fff>] ? __ext4_es_shrink+0x4f/0x2e0
[<ffffffff810a8707>] lock_acquire+0x87/0x120
[<ffffffff81285fff>] ? __ext4_es_shrink+0x4f/0x2e0
[<ffffffff8128592d>] ? ext4_es_free_extent+0x5d/0x70
[<ffffffff815e6f09>] _raw_spin_lock+0x39/0x50
[<ffffffff81285fff>] ? __ext4_es_shrink+0x4f/0x2e0
[<ffffffff8119760b>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x18b/0x1a0
[<ffffffff81285fff>] __ext4_es_shrink+0x4f/0x2e0
[<ffffffff812869b8>] ext4_es_insert_extent+0xc8/0x180
[<ffffffff812470f4>] ext4_map_blocks+0x1c4/0x550
[<ffffffff8124c4c4>] ext4_writepages+0x6d4/0xd00
...
Reported-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/extents_status.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents_status.c
@@ -962,10 +962,10 @@ retry:
continue;
}
- if (ei->i_es_lru_nr == 0 || ei == locked_ei)
+ if (ei->i_es_lru_nr == 0 || ei == locked_ei ||
+ !write_trylock(&ei->i_es_lock))
continue;
- write_lock(&ei->i_es_lock);
shrunk = __es_try_to_reclaim_extents(ei, nr_to_scan);
if (ei->i_es_lru_nr == 0)
list_del_init(&ei->i_es_lru);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tytso@xxxxxxx are
queue-3.14/ext4-fix-a-potential-deadlock-in-__ext4_es_shrink.patch
queue-3.14/ext4-disable-synchronous-transaction-batching-if-max_batch_time-0.patch
queue-3.14/ext4-fix-unjournalled-bg-descriptor-while-initializing-inode-bitmap.patch
queue-3.14/ext4-clarify-ext4_error-message-in-ext4_mb_generate_buddy_error.patch
queue-3.14/ext4-clarify-error-count-warning-messages.patch
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