Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 05/17, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2018/5/17 16:03, Sahitya Tummala wrote:
> > f2fs_ioc_shutdown() ioctl gets stuck in the below path
> > when issued with F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC option.
> > 
> > __switch_to+0x90/0xc4
> > percpu_down_write+0x8c/0xc0
> > freeze_super+0xec/0x1e4
> > freeze_bdev+0xc4/0xcc
> > f2fs_ioctl+0xc0c/0x1ce0
> > f2fs_compat_ioctl+0x98/0x1f0
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > remove lock coverage for only F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC case as suggested by Chao.
> > 
> >  fs/f2fs/file.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > index 6b94f19..5a132c9 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > @@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
> 
> How about:
> 
> if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)
> 	mnt_want_write_file();
> 
> switch()
> {
> 	handle command;
> }
> 
> if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)
> 	mnt_drop_write_file();
> 
> Thanks,

if (in == F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) {
	sb = freeze_bdev();
	if (IS_ERR(sb))
		return PTR_ERR(sb);
	if (unlikely(!sb))
		return -EINVAL;
}

ret = mnt_want_write_file();
...
switch() {
case F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC:
	f2fs_stop_checkpoint();
	dhaw_bdev();
	break;
...
}

drop:
...


> 
> >  
> >  	switch (in) {
> >  	case F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC:
> > +		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
> >  		sb = freeze_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
> >  		if (IS_ERR(sb)) {
> >  			ret = PTR_ERR(sb);
> > @@ -1894,7 +1895,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
> >  
> >  	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
> >  out:
> > -	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
> > +	if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)
> > +		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> >