Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | [PATCH 1/5] reiserfs: Relax lock before open xattr dir in reiserfs_xattr_set_handle() | Date | Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:42:23 +0100 |
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We call xattr_lookup() from reiserfs_xattr_get(). We then hold the reiserfs lock when we grab the i_mutex. But later, we may relax the reiserfs lock, creating dependency inversion between both locks.
The lookups and creation jobs ar already protected by the inode mutex, so we can safely relax the reiserfs lock, dropping the unwanted reiserfs lock -> i_mutex dependency, as shown in the following lockdep report:
======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.32-atom #173 ------------------------------------------------------- cp/3204 is trying to acquire lock: (&REISERFS_SB(s)->lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c11432b9>] reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50
but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4/3){+.+.+.}, at: [<c1141e18>] open_xa_dir+0xd8/0x1b0
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #1 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4/3){+.+.+.}: [<c105ea7f>] __lock_acquire+0x11ff/0x19e0 [<c105f2c8>] lock_acquire+0x68/0x90 [<c1401a2b>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5b/0x340 [<c1141d83>] open_xa_dir+0x43/0x1b0 [<c1142722>] reiserfs_for_each_xattr+0x62/0x260 [<c114299a>] reiserfs_delete_xattrs+0x1a/0x60 [<c111ea1f>] reiserfs_delete_inode+0x9f/0x150 [<c10c9c32>] generic_delete_inode+0xa2/0x170 [<c10c9d4f>] generic_drop_inode+0x4f/0x70 [<c10c8b07>] iput+0x47/0x50 [<c10c0965>] do_unlinkat+0xd5/0x160 [<c10c0a00>] sys_unlink+0x10/0x20 [<c1002ec4>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x32
-> #0 (&REISERFS_SB(s)->lock){+.+.+.}: [<c105f176>] __lock_acquire+0x18f6/0x19e0 [<c105f2c8>] lock_acquire+0x68/0x90 [<c1401a2b>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5b/0x340 [<c11432b9>] reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50 [<c1117012>] reiserfs_lookup+0x62/0x140 [<c10bd85f>] __lookup_hash+0xef/0x110 [<c10bf21d>] lookup_one_len+0x8d/0xc0 [<c1141e2a>] open_xa_dir+0xea/0x1b0 [<c1141fe5>] xattr_lookup+0x15/0x160 [<c1142476>] reiserfs_xattr_get+0x56/0x2a0 [<c1144042>] reiserfs_get_acl+0xa2/0x360 [<c114461a>] reiserfs_cache_default_acl+0x3a/0x160 [<c111789c>] reiserfs_mkdir+0x6c/0x2c0 [<c10bea96>] vfs_mkdir+0xd6/0x180 [<c10c0c10>] sys_mkdirat+0xc0/0xd0 [<c10c0c40>] sys_mkdir+0x20/0x30 [<c1002ec4>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x32
other info that might help us debug this:
2 locks held by cp/3204: #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<c10bd8d6>] lookup_create+0x26/0xa0 #1: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4/3){+.+.+.}, at: [<c1141e18>] open_xa_dir+0xd8/0x1b0
stack backtrace: Pid: 3204, comm: cp Not tainted 2.6.32-atom #173 Call Trace: [<c13ff993>] ? printk+0x18/0x1a [<c105d33a>] print_circular_bug+0xca/0xd0 [<c105f176>] __lock_acquire+0x18f6/0x19e0 [<c105d3aa>] ? check_usage+0x6a/0x460 [<c105f2c8>] lock_acquire+0x68/0x90 [<c11432b9>] ? reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50 [<c11432b9>] ? reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50 [<c1401a2b>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5b/0x340 [<c11432b9>] ? reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50 [<c11432b9>] reiserfs_write_lock_once+0x29/0x50 [<c1117012>] reiserfs_lookup+0x62/0x140 [<c105ccca>] ? debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x8a/0x140 [<c105cbe4>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x124/0x170 [<c10bd85f>] __lookup_hash+0xef/0x110 [<c10bf21d>] lookup_one_len+0x8d/0xc0 [<c1141e2a>] open_xa_dir+0xea/0x1b0 [<c1141fe5>] xattr_lookup+0x15/0x160 [<c1142476>] reiserfs_xattr_get+0x56/0x2a0 [<c1144042>] reiserfs_get_acl+0xa2/0x360 [<c10ca2e7>] ? new_inode+0x27/0xa0 [<c114461a>] reiserfs_cache_default_acl+0x3a/0x160 [<c1402eb7>] ? _spin_unlock+0x27/0x40 [<c111789c>] reiserfs_mkdir+0x6c/0x2c0 [<c10c7cb8>] ? __d_lookup+0x108/0x190 [<c105c932>] ? mark_held_locks+0x62/0x80 [<c1401c8d>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x2bd/0x340 [<c10bd17a>] ? generic_permission+0x1a/0xa0 [<c11788fe>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1e/0x20 [<c10bea96>] vfs_mkdir+0xd6/0x180 [<c10c0c10>] sys_mkdirat+0xc0/0xd0 [<c10505c6>] ? up_read+0x16/0x30 [<c1002fd8>] ? restore_all_notrace+0x0/0x18 [<c10c0c40>] sys_mkdir+0x20/0x30 [<c1002ec4>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x32
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> --- fs/reiserfs/xattr.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c index c320c77..78a3f24 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c @@ -485,11 +485,16 @@ reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, if (!buffer) return lookup_and_delete_xattr(inode, name); + reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb); dentry = xattr_lookup(inode, name, flags); - if (IS_ERR(dentry)) + if (IS_ERR(dentry)) { + reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); return PTR_ERR(dentry); + } - reiserfs_down_read_safe(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem, inode->i_sb); + down_read(&REISERFS_I(inode)->i_xattr_sem); + + reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); xahash = xattr_hash(buffer, buffer_size); while (buffer_pos < buffer_size || buffer_pos == 0) { -- 1.6.2.3
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