From eaf5f9073533cde21c7121c136f1c3f072d9cf59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:22:25 +0100 Subject: fix shrink_dcache_parent() livelock Two (or more) concurrent calls of shrink_dcache_parent() on the same dentry may cause shrink_dcache_parent() to loop forever. Here's what appears to happen: 1 - CPU0: select_parent(P) finds C and puts it on dispose list, returns 1 2 - CPU1: select_parent(P) locks P->d_lock 3 - CPU0: shrink_dentry_list() locks C->d_lock dentry_kill(C) tries to lock P->d_lock but fails, unlocks C->d_lock 4 - CPU1: select_parent(P) locks C->d_lock, moves C from dispose list being processed on CPU0 to the new dispose list, returns 1 5 - CPU0: shrink_dentry_list() finds dispose list empty, returns 6 - Goto 2 with CPU0 and CPU1 switched Basically select_parent() steals the dentry from shrink_dentry_list() and thinks it found a new one, causing shrink_dentry_list() to think it's making progress and loop over and over. One way to trigger this is to make udev calls stat() on the sysfs file while it is going away. Having a file in /lib/udev/rules.d/ with only this one rule seems to the trick: ATTR{vendor}=="0x8086", ATTR{device}=="0x10ca", ENV{PCI_SLOT_NAME}="%k", ENV{MATCHADDR}="$attr{address}", RUN+="/bin/true" Then execute the following loop: while true; do echo -bond0 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters echo +bond0 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters echo -bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters echo +bond1 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters done One fix would be to check all callers and prevent concurrent calls to shrink_dcache_parent(). But I think a better solution is to stop the stealing behavior. This patch adds a new dentry flag that is set when the dentry is added to the dispose list. The flag is cleared in dentry_lru_del() in case the dentry gets a new reference just before being pruned. If the dentry has this flag, select_parent() will skip it and let shrink_dentry_list() retry pruning it. With select_parent() skipping those dentries there will not be the appearance of progress (new dentries found) when there is none, hence shrink_dcache_parent() will not loop forever. Set the flag is also set in prune_dcache_sb() for consistency as suggested by Linus. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/dcache.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/dcache.c') diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index 3c6d3113a255..616fedff011a 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry) static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry) { list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru); + dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST; dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--; dentry_stat.nr_unused--; } @@ -806,6 +807,7 @@ relock: spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); } else { list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp); + dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST; spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); if (!--count) break; @@ -1097,14 +1099,19 @@ resume: /* * move only zero ref count dentries to the dispose list. + * + * Those which are presently on the shrink list, being processed + * by shrink_dentry_list(), shouldn't be moved. Otherwise the + * loop in shrink_dcache_parent() might not make any progress + * and loop forever. */ - if (!dentry->d_count) { + if (dentry->d_count) { + dentry_lru_del(dentry); + } else if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)) { dentry_lru_move_list(dentry, dispose); + dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST; found++; - } else { - dentry_lru_del(dentry); } - /* * We can return to the caller if we have found some (this * ensures forward progress). We'll be coming back to find -- cgit v1.2.3