[PATCH] mm: backing-dev: use kfree_rcu() instead of synchronize_rcu_expedited()

From: Zqiang
Date: Thu Oct 14 2021 - 04:24:42 EST


<IRQ>
__init_work+0x2d/0x50
synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x3af/0x650
bdi_remove_from_list [inline]
bdi_unregister+0x17f/0x5c0
release_bdi+0xa1/0xc0
kref_put [inline]
bdi_put+0x72/0xa0
bdev_free_inode+0x11e/0x220
i_callback+0x3f/0x70
rcu_do_batch [inline]
rcu_core+0x76d/0x16c0
__do_softirq+0x1d7/0x93b
invoke_softirq [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu [inline]
irq_exit_rcu+0xf2/0x130
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x93/0xc0

The bdi_remove_from_list() is called in RCU softirq, however the
synchronize_rcu_expedited() will produce sleep action, use kfree_rcu()
instead of it.

Reported-by: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 1 +
mm/backing-dev.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 33207004cfde..35a093384518 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
struct dentry *debug_dir;
#endif
+ struct rcu_head rcu;
};

enum {
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index c878d995af06..45d866a3a4a2 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -935,8 +935,6 @@ static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
rb_erase(&bdi->rb_node, &bdi_tree);
list_del_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list);
spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
-
- synchronize_rcu_expedited();
}

void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
@@ -969,7 +967,7 @@ static void release_bdi(struct kref *ref)
bdi_unregister(bdi);
WARN_ON_ONCE(bdi->dev);
wb_exit(&bdi->wb);
- kfree(bdi);
+ kfree_rcu(bdi, rcu);
}

void bdi_put(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
--
2.17.1