Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:25:33 +0200 | From | Luca Tettamanti <> | Subject | [PATCH] Fix inconsistent lock state in inotify |
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Hello, in current -git lockdep generates the following warning:
================================= [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] 2.6.30-rc1-kgdb #182 --------------------------------- inconsistent {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} usage. kswapd0/419 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes: (&inode->inotify_mutex){+.+.?.}, at: [<ffffffff802c7036>] inotify_inode_is_dead+0x30/0x94 {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} state was registered at: [<ffffffff80259621>] mark_held_locks+0x4d/0x6b [<ffffffff802596e3>] lockdep_trace_alloc+0xa4/0xbd [<ffffffff8029ac2e>] __kmalloc+0x51/0xe6 [<ffffffff802c7ea2>] kernel_event+0xa7/0x10e [<ffffffff802c7fdc>] inotify_dev_queue_event+0xd3/0x14b [<ffffffff802c6f56>] inotify_inode_queue_event+0xab/0xe0 [<ffffffff802a6d83>] vfs_create+0xb1/0xc0 [<ffffffff802a975a>] do_filp_open+0x240/0x842 [<ffffffff8029cb1e>] do_sys_open+0x53/0xda [<ffffffff802d0a62>] compat_sys_open+0x15/0x17 [<ffffffff80228e14>] sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x30 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff irq event stamp: 30075 hardirqs last enabled at (30075): [<ffffffff802712cf>] call_rcu+0x5d/0x6a hardirqs last disabled at (30074): [<ffffffff80271296>] call_rcu+0x24/0x6a softirqs last enabled at (27584): [<ffffffff8023d151>] __do_softirq+0x115/0x124 softirqs last disabled at (27573): [<ffffffff8020c13c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28 other info that might help us debug this: 2 locks held by kswapd0/419: #0: (shrinker_rwsem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff8027dd86>] shrink_slab+0x38/0x188 #1: (&type->s_umount_key#16){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff802ad8c9>] shrink_dcache_memory+0xb9/0x193 stack backtrace: Pid: 419, comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 2.6.30-rc1-kgdb #182 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8025906c>] print_usage_bug+0x1b6/0x1c7 [<ffffffff80259c54>] ? check_usage_forwards+0x0/0xa1 [<ffffffff8025938f>] mark_lock+0x312/0x557 [<ffffffff8025ad03>] __lock_acquire+0x7b7/0x1668 [<ffffffff802c7036>] ? inotify_inode_is_dead+0x30/0x94 [<ffffffff8025bc09>] lock_acquire+0x55/0x71 [<ffffffff802c7036>] ? inotify_inode_is_dead+0x30/0x94 [<ffffffff80442ec8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x2fa [<ffffffff802c7036>] ? inotify_inode_is_dead+0x30/0x94 [<ffffffff80259621>] ? mark_held_locks+0x4d/0x6b [<ffffffff802712cf>] ? call_rcu+0x5d/0x6a [<ffffffff802c7036>] inotify_inode_is_dead+0x30/0x94 [<ffffffff802ad3f1>] dentry_iput+0x82/0xc1 [<ffffffff802ad4f9>] d_kill+0x24/0x45 [<ffffffff802ad778>] __shrink_dcache_sb+0x25e/0x2f6 [<ffffffff802ad901>] shrink_dcache_memory+0xf1/0x193 [<ffffffff8027de2d>] shrink_slab+0xdf/0x188 [<ffffffff8027e3be>] kswapd+0x4e8/0x6a3 [<ffffffff80232d0c>] ? finish_task_switch+0x3b/0x10c [<ffffffff8027bec4>] ? isolate_pages_global+0x0/0x26f [<ffffffff8024becf>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38 [<ffffffff802598d6>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf [<ffffffff80444a41>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4c/0x68 [<ffffffff8027ded6>] ? kswapd+0x0/0x6a3 [<ffffffff8027ded6>] ? kswapd+0x0/0x6a3 [<ffffffff8024bb80>] kthread+0x49/0x76 [<ffffffff8020c03a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 [<ffffffff8020ba00>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 [<ffffffff8024bb37>] ? kthread+0x0/0x76 [<ffffffff8020c030>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
The cause is a call to kmalloc with GFP_KERNEL; the following patch changes the flag to GFP_NOFS, which is also consistent with an earlier call to kmem_cache_alloc in the same function.
Signed-off-by: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@gmail.com> ---
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c index bed766e..1634319 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static struct inotify_kernel_event * kernel_event(s32 wd, u32 mask, u32 cookie, rem = 0; } - kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_KERNEL); + kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_NOFS); if (unlikely(!kevent->name)) { kmem_cache_free(event_cachep, kevent); return NULL;
Luca -- "La teoria e` quando sappiamo come funzionano le cose ma non funzionano. La pratica e` quando le cose funzionano ma non sappiamo perche`. Abbiamo unito la teoria e la pratica: le cose non funzionano piu` e non sappiamo il perche`." -- A. Einstein
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