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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/2] ocfs2/dlmglue: prepare tracking logic to avoid recursive cluster lock
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On 17/1/17 14:30, Eric Ren wrote:
> We are in the situation that we have to avoid recursive cluster locking,
> but there is no way to check if a cluster lock has been taken by a
> precess already.
>
> Mostly, we can avoid recursive locking by writing code carefully.
> However, we found that it's very hard to handle the routines that
> are invoked directly by vfs code. For instance:
>
> const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
> .permission = ocfs2_permission,
> .get_acl = ocfs2_iop_get_acl,
> .set_acl = ocfs2_iop_set_acl,
> };
>
> Both ocfs2_permission() and ocfs2_iop_get_acl() call ocfs2_inode_lock(PR):
> do_sys_open
> may_open
> inode_permission
> ocfs2_permission
> ocfs2_inode_lock() <=== first time
> generic_permission
> get_acl
> ocfs2_iop_get_acl
> ocfs2_inode_lock() <=== recursive one
>
> A deadlock will occur if a remote EX request comes in between two
> of ocfs2_inode_lock(). Briefly describe how the deadlock is formed:
>
> On one hand, OCFS2_LOCK_BLOCKED flag of this lockres is set in
> BAST(ocfs2_generic_handle_bast) when downconvert is started
> on behalf of the remote EX lock request. Another hand, the recursive
> cluster lock (the second one) will be blocked in in __ocfs2_cluster_lock()
> because of OCFS2_LOCK_BLOCKED. But, the downconvert never complete, why?
> because there is no chance for the first cluster lock on this node to be
> unlocked - we block ourselves in the code path.
>
> The idea to fix this issue is mostly taken from gfs2 code.
> 1. introduce a new field: struct ocfs2_lock_res.l_holders, to
> keep track of the processes' pid who has taken the cluster lock
> of this lock resource;
> 2. introduce a new flag for ocfs2_inode_lock_full: OCFS2_META_LOCK_GETBH;
> it means just getting back disk inode bh for us if we've got cluster lock.
> 3. export a helper: ocfs2_is_locked_by_me() is used to check if we
> have got the cluster lock in the upper code path.
>
> The tracking logic should be used by some of the ocfs2 vfs's callbacks,
> to solve the recursive locking issue cuased by the fact that vfs routines
> can call into each other.
>
> The performance penalty of processing the holder list should only be seen
> at a few cases where the tracking logic is used, such as get/set acl.
>
> You may ask what if the first time we got a PR lock, and the second time
> we want a EX lock? fortunately, this case never happens in the real world,
> as far as I can see, including permission check, (get|set)_(acl|attr), and
> the gfs2 code also do so.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Let ocfs2_is_locked_by_me() just return true/false to indicate if the
> process gets the cluster lock - suggested by: Joseph Qi <jiangqi903@gmail.com>
> and Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>.
>
> - Change "struct ocfs2_holder" to a more meaningful name "ocfs2_lock_holder",
> suggested by: Junxiao Bi.
>
> - Do not inline functions whose bodies are not in scope, changed by:
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>.
>
> Changes since v2:
> - Wrap the tracking logic code of recursive locking into functions,
> ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker() and ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(),
> suggested by: Junxiao Bi.
>
> [sfr@canb.auug.org.au remove some inlines]
> Signed-off-by: Eric Ren <zren@suse.com>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h | 18 +++++++++
> fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
> index 77d1632..c75b9e9 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
> @@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ void ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res)
> init_waitqueue_head(&res->l_event);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->l_blocked_list);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->l_mask_waiters);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->l_holders);
> }
>
> void ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
> @@ -749,6 +750,50 @@ void ocfs2_lock_res_free(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res)
> res->l_flags = 0UL;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Keep a list of processes who have interest in a lockres.
> + * Note: this is now only uesed for check recursive cluster locking.
> + */
> +static inline void ocfs2_add_holder(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh)
> +{
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oh->oh_list);
> + oh->oh_owner_pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
Trim the redundant space here.
Others look good to me.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <jiangqi903@gmail.com>
> +
> + spin_lock(&lockres->l_lock);
> + list_add_tail(&oh->oh_list, &lockres->l_holders);
> + spin_unlock(&lockres->l_lock);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void ocfs2_remove_holder(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh)
> +{
> + spin_lock(&lockres->l_lock);
> + list_del(&oh->oh_list);
> + spin_unlock(&lockres->l_lock);
> +
> + put_pid(oh->oh_owner_pid);
> +}
> +
> +static inline int ocfs2_is_locked_by_me(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
> +{
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh;
> + struct pid *pid;
> +
> + /* look in the list of holders for one with the current task as owner */
> + spin_lock(&lockres->l_lock);
> + pid = task_pid(current);
> + list_for_each_entry(oh, &lockres->l_holders, oh_list) {
> + if (oh->oh_owner_pid == pid) {
> + spin_unlock(&lockres->l_lock);
> + return 1;
> + }
> + }
> + spin_unlock(&lockres->l_lock);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static inline void ocfs2_inc_holders(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
> int level)
> {
> @@ -2333,8 +2378,9 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested(struct inode *inode,
> goto getbh;
> }
>
> - if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
> - goto local;
> + if ((arg_flags & OCFS2_META_LOCK_GETBH) ||
> + ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
> + goto update;
>
> if (!(arg_flags & OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY))
> ocfs2_wait_for_recovery(osb);
> @@ -2363,7 +2409,7 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested(struct inode *inode,
> if (!(arg_flags & OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY))
> ocfs2_wait_for_recovery(osb);
>
> -local:
> +update:
> /*
> * We only see this flag if we're being called from
> * ocfs2_read_locked_inode(). It means we're locking an inode
> @@ -2497,6 +2543,59 @@ void ocfs2_inode_unlock(struct inode *inode,
> ocfs2_cluster_unlock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres, level);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * This _tracker variantes are introduced to deal with the recursive cluster
> + * locking issue. The idea is to keep track of a lock holder on the stack of
> + * the current process. If there's a lock holder on the stack, we know the
> + * task context is already protected by cluster locking. Currently, they're
> + * used in some VFS entry routines.
> + *
> + * return < 0 on error, return == 0 if there's no lock holder on the stack
> + * before this call, return == 1 if this call would be a recursive locking.
> + */
> +int ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker(struct inode *inode,
> + struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
> + int ex,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh)
> +{
> + int status;
> + int arg_flags = 0, has_locked;
> + struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
> +
> + lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_inode_lockres;
> + has_locked = ocfs2_is_locked_by_me(lockres);
> + /* Just get buffer head if the cluster lock has been taken */
> + if (has_locked)
> + arg_flags = OCFS2_META_LOCK_GETBH;
> +
> + if (likely(!has_locked || ret_bh)) {
> + status = ocfs2_inode_lock_full(inode, ret_bh, ex, arg_flags);
> + if (status < 0) {
> + if (status != -ENOENT)
> + mlog_errno(status);
> + return status;
> + }
> + }
> + if (!has_locked)
> + ocfs2_add_holder(lockres, oh);
> +
> + return has_locked;
> +}
> +
> +void ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(struct inode *inode,
> + int ex,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh,
> + int had_lock)
> +{
> + struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
> +
> + lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_inode_lockres;
> + if (!had_lock) {
> + ocfs2_remove_holder(lockres, oh);
> + ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, ex);
> + }
> +}
> +
> int ocfs2_orphan_scan_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u32 *seqno)
> {
> struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
> index d293a22..a7fc18b 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
> @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ struct ocfs2_orphan_scan_lvb {
> __be32 lvb_os_seqno;
> };
>
> +struct ocfs2_lock_holder {
> + struct list_head oh_list;
> + struct pid *oh_owner_pid;
> +};
> +
> /* ocfs2_inode_lock_full() 'arg_flags' flags */
> /* don't wait on recovery. */
> #define OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY (0x01)
> @@ -77,6 +82,8 @@ struct ocfs2_orphan_scan_lvb {
> #define OCFS2_META_LOCK_NOQUEUE (0x02)
> /* don't block waiting for the downconvert thread, instead return -EAGAIN */
> #define OCFS2_LOCK_NONBLOCK (0x04)
> +/* just get back disk inode bh if we've got cluster lock. */
> +#define OCFS2_META_LOCK_GETBH (0x08)
>
> /* Locking subclasses of inode cluster lock */
> enum {
> @@ -170,4 +177,15 @@ void ocfs2_put_dlm_debug(struct ocfs2_dlm_debug *dlm_debug);
>
> /* To set the locking protocol on module initialization */
> void ocfs2_set_locking_protocol(void);
> +
> +/* The _tracker pair is used to avoid cluster recursive locking */
> +int ocfs2_inode_lock_tracker(struct inode *inode,
> + struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
> + int ex,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh);
> +void ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(struct inode *inode,
> + int ex,
> + struct ocfs2_lock_holder *oh,
> + int had_lock);
> +
> #endif /* DLMGLUE_H */
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
> index 7e5958b..0c39d71 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
> @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ struct ocfs2_lock_res {
>
> struct list_head l_blocked_list;
> struct list_head l_mask_waiters;
> + struct list_head l_holders;
>
> unsigned long l_flags;
> char l_name[OCFS2_LOCK_ID_MAX_LEN];

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