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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] sunrpc: do not allow process to freeze within RPC state machine
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 08:54:50PM +0400, Stanislav Kinsburskiy wrote:
> Otherwise freezer cgroup state might never become "FROZEN".
>
> Here is a deadlock scheme for 2 processes in one freezer cgroup, which is
> freezing:
>
> CPU 0 CPU 1
> -------- --------
> do_last
> inode_lock(dir->d_inode)
> vfs_create
> nfs_create
> ...
> __rpc_execute
> rpc_wait_bit_killable
> __refrigerator
> do_last
> inode_lock(dir->d_inode)
>
> So, the problem is that one process takes directory inode mutex, executes
> creation request and goes to refrigerator.
> Another one waits till directory lock is released, remains "thawed" and thus
> freezer cgroup state never becomes "FROZEN".
>
> Notes:
> 1) Interesting, that this is not a pure deadlock: one can thaw cgroup and then
> freeze it again.
> 2) The issue was introduced by commit d310310cbff18ec385c6ab4d58f33b100192a96a.
> 3) This patch is not aimed to fix the issue, but to show the problem root.
> Look like this problem moght be applicable to other hunks from the commit,
> mentioned above.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsburskiy <skinsbursky@virtuozzo.com>

I think it's worth adding backtrace as well
---

=== pid: 708987 === (file_read)

[<ffffffff810de47b>] __refrigerator+0x5b/0x190
[<ffffffffa01e6d36>] rpc_wait_bit_killable+0x66/0x80 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffffa01e7bf4>] __rpc_execute+0x154/0x420 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffffa01e972e>] rpc_execute+0x5e/0xa0 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffffa01df220>] rpc_run_task+0x70/0x90 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffffa01df290>] rpc_call_sync+0x50/0xc0 [sunrpc]
[<ffffffffa035c5cb>] nfs3_rpc_wrapper.constprop.10+0x6b/0xb0 [nfsv3]
[<ffffffffa035c6cf>] nfs3_proc_setattr+0xbf/0x140 [nfsv3]
[<ffffffffa035db03>] nfs3_proc_create+0x1a3/0x220 [nfsv3]
[<ffffffffa036c023>] nfs_create+0x83/0x150 [nfs]
[<ffffffff8120639c>] vfs_create+0x8c/0x110
[<ffffffff8120963d>] do_last+0xc0d/0x11d0
[<ffffffff81209cc2>] path_openat+0xc2/0x460
[<ffffffff8120b45b>] do_filp_open+0x4b/0xb0
[<ffffffff811f8c63>] do_sys_open+0xf3/0x1f0
[<ffffffff811f8d7e>] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20
[<ffffffff81643449>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

=== pid: 708988 === (file_read)

[<ffffffff81208cb3>] do_last+0x283/0x11d0
[<ffffffff81209cc2>] path_openat+0xc2/0x460
[<ffffffff8120b45b>] do_filp_open+0x4b/0xb0
[<ffffffff811f8c63>] do_sys_open+0xf3/0x1f0
[<ffffffff811f8d7e>] SyS_open+0x1e/0x20
[<ffffffff81643449>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

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