Re: [BUG] fs: ocfs2: possible ABBA deadlock in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() and ocfs2_move_extents()

[Joseph Qi]

Hi,

Thanks for the report. But I don't think this is a possible deadlock in
practice. Please see my comments below.

On 12/10/21 4:38 PM, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My static analysis tool reports a possible ABBA deadlock in the ocfs2 module in Linux 5.10:
> 
> ocfs2_dio_end_io_write()
>   down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem); --> Line 2322 (Lock A)
>   ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan()
>     inode_lock(orphan_dir_inode);  --> Line 2701 (Lock B)

Just as the variable name indicates, it is orphan dir inode, which is a
system file (something hidden inside the filesystem) and not visible for
end user.

> 
> ocfs2_move_extents()
>   inode_lock(inode); --> Line 916 (Lock B)

This is called from a ioctl from user, it a normal file inode.

Thanks,
Joseph

>   down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem); --> Line 936 (Lock A)
> 
> When ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() and ocfs2_move_extents() are concurrently executed, the deadlocks can occur.
> 
> I am not quite sure whether this possible deadlock is real and how to fix it if it is real.
> Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)
> 
> Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Jia-Ju Bai