[PATCH 5.4 23/27] btrfs: fix lockdep splat when enabling and disabling qgroups

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Aug 13 2021 - 11:16:38 EST


From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>

commit a855fbe69229078cd8aecd8974fb996a5ca651e6 upstream

When running test case btrfs/017 from fstests, lockdep reported the
following splat:

[ 1297.067385] ======================================================
[ 1297.067708] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 1297.068022] 5.10.0-rc4-btrfs-next-73 #1 Not tainted
[ 1297.068322] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 1297.068629] btrfs/189080 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 1297.068929] ffff9f2725731690 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_quota_enable+0xaf/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.069274]
but task is already holding lock:
[ 1297.069868] ffff9f2702b61a08 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_quota_enable+0x3b/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.070219]
which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 1297.071131]
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 1297.071721]
-> #1 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[ 1297.072375] lock_acquire+0xd8/0x490
[ 1297.072710] __mutex_lock+0xa3/0xb30
[ 1297.073061] btrfs_qgroup_inherit+0x59/0x6a0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.073421] create_subvol+0x194/0x990 [btrfs]
[ 1297.073780] btrfs_mksubvol+0x3fb/0x4a0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.074133] __btrfs_ioctl_snap_create+0x119/0x1a0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.074498] btrfs_ioctl_snap_create+0x58/0x80 [btrfs]
[ 1297.074872] btrfs_ioctl+0x1a90/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.075245] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xb0
[ 1297.075617] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
[ 1297.075993] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
[ 1297.076380]
-> #0 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
[ 1297.077166] check_prev_add+0x91/0xc60
[ 1297.077572] __lock_acquire+0x1740/0x3110
[ 1297.077984] lock_acquire+0xd8/0x490
[ 1297.078411] start_transaction+0x3c5/0x760 [btrfs]
[ 1297.078853] btrfs_quota_enable+0xaf/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.079323] btrfs_ioctl+0x2c60/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.079789] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xb0
[ 1297.080232] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
[ 1297.080680] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
[ 1297.081139]
other info that might help us debug this:

[ 1297.082536] Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 1297.083510] CPU0 CPU1
[ 1297.084005] ---- ----
[ 1297.084500] lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
[ 1297.084994] lock(sb_internal#2);
[ 1297.085485] lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
[ 1297.085974] lock(sb_internal#2);
[ 1297.086454]
*** DEADLOCK ***
[ 1297.087880] 3 locks held by btrfs/189080:
[ 1297.088324] #0: ffff9f2725731470 (sb_writers#14){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: btrfs_ioctl+0xa73/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.088799] #1: ffff9f2702b60cc0 (&fs_info->subvol_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_ioctl+0x1f4d/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.089284] #2: ffff9f2702b61a08 (&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_quota_enable+0x3b/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.089771]
stack backtrace:
[ 1297.090662] CPU: 5 PID: 189080 Comm: btrfs Not tainted 5.10.0-rc4-btrfs-next-73 #1
[ 1297.091132] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 1297.092123] Call Trace:
[ 1297.092629] dump_stack+0x8d/0xb5
[ 1297.093115] check_noncircular+0xff/0x110
[ 1297.093596] check_prev_add+0x91/0xc60
[ 1297.094076] ? kvm_clock_read+0x14/0x30
[ 1297.094553] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x5/0x10
[ 1297.095029] __lock_acquire+0x1740/0x3110
[ 1297.095510] lock_acquire+0xd8/0x490
[ 1297.095993] ? btrfs_quota_enable+0xaf/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.096476] start_transaction+0x3c5/0x760 [btrfs]
[ 1297.096962] ? btrfs_quota_enable+0xaf/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.097451] btrfs_quota_enable+0xaf/0xa70 [btrfs]
[ 1297.097941] ? btrfs_ioctl+0x1f4d/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.098429] btrfs_ioctl+0x2c60/0x36f0 [btrfs]
[ 1297.098904] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x20c/0x430
[ 1297.099382] ? kvm_clock_read+0x14/0x30
[ 1297.099854] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x5/0x10
[ 1297.100328] ? sched_clock+0x5/0x10
[ 1297.100801] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x12/0x180
[ 1297.101272] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xb0
[ 1297.101739] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xb0
[ 1297.102207] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
[ 1297.102673] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
[ 1297.103148] RIP: 0033:0x7f773ff65d87

This is because during the quota enable ioctl we lock first the mutex
qgroup_ioctl_lock and then start a transaction, and starting a transaction
acquires a fs freeze semaphore (at the VFS level). However, every other
code path, except for the quota disable ioctl path, we do the opposite:
we start a transaction and then lock the mutex.

So fix this by making the quota enable and disable paths to start the
transaction without having the mutex locked, and then, after starting the
transaction, lock the mutex and check if some other task already enabled
or disabled the quotas, bailing with success if that was the case.

Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx>

Conflicts:
fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/ctree.h | 5 +++-
fs/btrfs/qgroup.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -827,7 +827,10 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
*/
struct ulist *qgroup_ulist;

- /* protect user change for quota operations */
+ /*
+ * Protect user change for quota operations. If a transaction is needed,
+ * it must be started before locking this lock.
+ */
struct mutex qgroup_ioctl_lock;

/* list of dirty qgroups to be written at next commit */
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_i
struct btrfs_key found_key;
struct btrfs_qgroup *qgroup = NULL;
struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans = NULL;
+ struct ulist *ulist = NULL;
int ret = 0;
int slot;

@@ -893,13 +894,28 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_i
if (fs_info->quota_root)
goto out;

- fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!fs_info->qgroup_ulist) {
+ ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ulist) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}

/*
+ * Unlock qgroup_ioctl_lock before starting the transaction. This is to
+ * avoid lock acquisition inversion problems (reported by lockdep) between
+ * qgroup_ioctl_lock and the vfs freeze semaphores, acquired when we
+ * start a transaction.
+ * After we started the transaction lock qgroup_ioctl_lock again and
+ * check if someone else created the quota root in the meanwhile. If so,
+ * just return success and release the transaction handle.
+ *
+ * Also we don't need to worry about someone else calling
+ * btrfs_sysfs_add_qgroups() after we unlock and getting an error because
+ * that function returns 0 (success) when the sysfs entries already exist.
+ */
+ mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+
+ /*
* 1 for quota root item
* 1 for BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS item
*
@@ -908,12 +924,20 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_i
* would be a lot of overkill.
*/
trans = btrfs_start_transaction(tree_root, 2);
+
+ mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
trans = NULL;
goto out;
}

+ if (fs_info->quota_root)
+ goto out;
+
+ fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist;
+ ulist = NULL;
+
/*
* initially create the quota tree
*/
@@ -1046,10 +1070,13 @@ out:
if (ret) {
ulist_free(fs_info->qgroup_ulist);
fs_info->qgroup_ulist = NULL;
- if (trans)
- btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
}
mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+ if (ret && trans)
+ btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+ else if (trans)
+ ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+ ulist_free(ulist);
return ret;
}

@@ -1062,19 +1089,29 @@ int btrfs_quota_disable(struct btrfs_fs_
mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
if (!fs_info->quota_root)
goto out;
+ mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);

/*
* 1 For the root item
*
* We should also reserve enough items for the quota tree deletion in
* btrfs_clean_quota_tree but this is not done.
+ *
+ * Also, we must always start a transaction without holding the mutex
+ * qgroup_ioctl_lock, see btrfs_quota_enable().
*/
trans = btrfs_start_transaction(fs_info->tree_root, 1);
+
+ mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+ trans = NULL;
goto out;
}

+ if (!fs_info->quota_root)
+ goto out;
+
clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags);
btrfs_qgroup_wait_for_completion(fs_info, false);
spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
@@ -1088,13 +1125,13 @@ int btrfs_quota_disable(struct btrfs_fs_
ret = btrfs_clean_quota_tree(trans, quota_root);
if (ret) {
btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
- goto end_trans;
+ goto out;
}

ret = btrfs_del_root(trans, &quota_root->root_key);
if (ret) {
btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
- goto end_trans;
+ goto out;
}

list_del(&quota_root->dirty_list);
@@ -1108,10 +1145,13 @@ int btrfs_quota_disable(struct btrfs_fs_
free_extent_buffer(quota_root->commit_root);
kfree(quota_root);

-end_trans:
- ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
out:
mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+ if (ret && trans)
+ btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+ else if (trans)
+ ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+
return ret;
}