Re: [2.6.21] circular locking dependency found in QUOTA OFF

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue May 15 2007 - 14:04:32 EST

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On Tue 15-05-07 19:52:03, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> I'm afraid it doesn't compile:
>
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
> CHK include/linux/compile.h
> CC fs/dquot.o
> CC fs/quota.o
> fs/quota.c: In function `quota_sync_sb':
> fs/quota.c:180: error: `I_MUTEX_NESTED' undeclared (first use in this function)
> fs/quota.c:180: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> fs/quota.c:180: error: for each function it appears in.)
> make[1]: *** [fs/quota.o] Error 1
> make: *** [fs] Error 2
Huh, I has compiled just fine for me... Can you send me your .config?
Thanks.

Honza

> On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:09:39PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for report. It seems like a lockdep problem. i_mutex for quota
> > files is below dqonoff_sem. We were already fixing this for filesystem
> > specific quota IO functions but obviously we've missed a few cases. I
> > wonder why it showed up only now... Anyway, attached is a fix. Andrew,
> > would you add it? Thanks.
> >
> > Honza
> >
> > On Mon 14-05-07 19:43:18, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > > [adding Jan and fsdevel to CC]
> > >
> > > Hi Folkert,
> > >
> > > On 14/05/07, Folkert van Heusden <folkert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >When I cleanly reboot my pc running 2.6.21 on a P4 with HT and 2GB of ram
> > > >and system on an 1-filesystem IDE disk, I get the following circular
> > > >locking dependency error:
> > > >
> > > >[330961.226405] =======================================================
> > > >[330961.226489] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> > > >[330961.226531] 2.6.21 #5
> > > >[330961.226569] -------------------------------------------------------
> > > >[330961.226611] quotaoff/12249 is trying to acquire lock:
> > > >[330961.226652] (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4){--..}, at: [<c120e2a1>]
> > > >mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.226861]
> > > >[330961.226862] but task is already holding lock:
> > > >[330961.226938] (&s->s_dquot.dqonoff_mutex){--..}, at: [<c120e2a1>]
> > > >mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.227111]
> > > >[330961.227111] which lock already depends on the new lock.
> > > >[330961.227112]
> > > >[330961.227225]
> > > >[330961.227225] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> > > >[330961.227303]
> > > >[330961.227303] -> #1 (&s->s_dquot.dqonoff_mutex){--..}:
> > > >[330961.227473] [<c1039b02>] check_prev_add+0x15b/0x281
> > > >[330961.227766] [<c1039cb3>] check_prevs_add+0x8b/0xe8
> > > >[330961.228056] [<c103b683>] __lock_acquire+0x692/0xb81
> > > >[330961.228353] [<c103bfda>] lock_acquire+0x62/0x81
> > > >[330961.228643] [<c120e322>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x28c
> > > >[330961.228934] [<c120e2a1>] mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.229221] [<c109fbbe>] vfs_quota_on_inode+0xc1/0x25f
> > > >[330961.229513] [<c109fdd1>] vfs_quota_on+0x75/0x79
> > > >[330961.229803] [<c10bc92d>] ext3_quota_on+0x95/0xb0
> > > >[330961.230093] [<c10a1eb2>] do_quotactl+0xc9/0x2dd
> > > >[330961.230384] [<c10a214a>] sys_quotactl+0x84/0xd6
> > > >[330961.230673] [<c1003f74>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> > > >[330961.230963] [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
> > > >[330961.231268]
> > > >[330961.231268] -> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#4){--..}:
> > > >[330961.231469] [<c10399db>] check_prev_add+0x34/0x281
> > > >[330961.231759] [<c1039cb3>] check_prevs_add+0x8b/0xe8
> > > >[330961.232049] [<c103b683>] __lock_acquire+0x692/0xb81
> > > >[330961.232344] [<c103bfda>] lock_acquire+0x62/0x81
> > > >[330961.232632] [<c120e322>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x28c
> > > >[330961.232923] [<c120e2a1>] mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.233211] [<c109fa6c>] vfs_quota_off+0x1cf/0x260
> > > >[330961.233500] [<c10a2088>] do_quotactl+0x29f/0x2dd
> > > >[330961.233792] [<c10a214a>] sys_quotactl+0x84/0xd6
> > > >[330961.234081] [<c1003f74>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> > > >[330961.234503] [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
> > > >[330961.234795]
> > > >[330961.234795] other info that might help us debug this:
> > > >[330961.234796]
> > > >[330961.234908] 2 locks held by quotaoff/12249:
> > > >[330961.234947] #0: (&type->s_umount_key#15){----}, at: [<c1070b5d>]
> > > >get_super+0x53/0x94
> > > >[330961.235183] #1: (&s->s_dquot.dqonoff_mutex){--..}, at: [<c120e2a1>]
> > > >mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.235386]
> > > >[330961.235387] stack backtrace:
> > > >[330961.235462] [<c1004d53>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> > > >[330961.235535] [<c1004d7b>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
> > > >[330961.235606] [<c1004e75>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
> > > >[330961.235679] [<c1039352>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x6f/0x71
> > > >[330961.235753] [<c10399db>] check_prev_add+0x34/0x281
> > > >[330961.235825] [<c1039cb3>] check_prevs_add+0x8b/0xe8
> > > >[330961.235897] [<c103b683>] __lock_acquire+0x692/0xb81
> > > >[330961.235969] [<c103bfda>] lock_acquire+0x62/0x81
> > > >[330961.236041] [<c120e322>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x28c
> > > >[330961.236113] [<c120e2a1>] mutex_lock+0x8/0xa
> > > >[330961.236185] [<c109fa6c>] vfs_quota_off+0x1cf/0x260
> > > >[330961.236257] [<c10a2088>] do_quotactl+0x29f/0x2dd
> > > >[330961.236330] [<c10a214a>] sys_quotactl+0x84/0xd6
> > > >[330961.236402] [<c1003f74>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> > > >[330961.236473] =======================
> > > >
> > >
> > > Is this a 2.6.21 regression?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Michal
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michal K. K. Piotrowski
> > > Kernel Monkeys
> > > (http://kernel.wikidot.com/start)
> > --
> > Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > SuSE CR Labs
>
> > i_mutex on quota files is special. Unlike i_mutexes for other inodes it is
> > acquired under dqonoff_mutex. Tell lockdep about this lock ranking. Also
> > comment and code in quota_sync_sb() seem to be bogus (as i_mutex for quota
> > file can be acquired under dqonoff_mutex). Move truncate_inode_pages()
> > call under dqonoff_mutex and save some problems with races...
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.21/fs/dquot.c linux-2.6.21-1-quota_lockdep/fs/dquot.c
> > --- linux-2.6.21/fs/dquot.c 2007-05-15 14:18:47.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.21-1-quota_lockdep/fs/dquot.c 2007-05-15 14:22:47.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ int vfs_quota_off(struct super_block *sb
> > /* If quota was reenabled in the meantime, we have
> > * nothing to do */
> > if (!sb_has_quota_enabled(sb, cnt)) {
> > - mutex_lock(&toputinode[cnt]->i_mutex);
> > + mutex_lock_nested(&toputinode[cnt]->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
> > toputinode[cnt]->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE |
> > S_NOATIME | S_NOQUOTA);
> > truncate_inode_pages(&toputinode[cnt]->i_data, 0);
> > diff -rupX /home/jack/.kerndiffexclude linux-2.6.21/fs/quota.c linux-2.6.21-1-quota_lockdep/fs/quota.c
> > --- linux-2.6.21/fs/quota.c 2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.21-1-quota_lockdep/fs/quota.c 2007-05-15 15:15:44.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ static int check_quotactl_valid(struct s
> > static void quota_sync_sb(struct super_block *sb, int type)
> > {
> > int cnt;
> > - struct inode *discard[MAXQUOTAS];
> >
> > sb->s_qcop->quota_sync(sb, type);
> > /* This is not very clever (and fast) but currently I don't know about
> > @@ -168,29 +167,21 @@ static void quota_sync_sb(struct super_b
> > sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 1);
> > sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
> >
> > - /* Now when everything is written we can discard the pagecache so
> > - * that userspace sees the changes. We need i_mutex and so we could
> > - * not do it inside dqonoff_mutex. Moreover we need to be carefull
> > - * about races with quotaoff() (that is the reason why we have own
> > - * reference to inode). */
> > + /*
> > + * Now when everything is written we can discard the pagecache so
> > + * that userspace sees the changes.
> > + */
> > mutex_lock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqonoff_mutex);
> > for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
> > - discard[cnt] = NULL;
> > if (type != -1 && cnt != type)
> > continue;
> > if (!sb_has_quota_enabled(sb, cnt))
> > continue;
> > - discard[cnt] = igrab(sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]);
> > + mutex_lock_nested(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_NESTED);
> > + truncate_inode_pages(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_data, 0);
> > + mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_mutex);
> > }
> > mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqonoff_mutex);
> > - for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
> > - if (discard[cnt]) {
> > - mutex_lock(&discard[cnt]->i_mutex);
> > - truncate_inode_pages(&discard[cnt]->i_data, 0);
> > - mutex_unlock(&discard[cnt]->i_mutex);
> > - iput(discard[cnt]);
> > - }
> > - }
> > }
> >
> > void sync_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
>
>
>
> Folkert van Heusden
>
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