Re: 回覆: [PATCH] f2fs: avoid the deadlock case when stopping discard thread

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Fri Mar 22 2024 - 18:24:40 EST


On 03/22, Light Hsieh (謝明燈) wrote:
> I don't see my added log in sb_free_unlock() which will invoke percpu_up_write to release the write semaphore.

May I ask more details whether thaw_super() was called or not?

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> 寄件者: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 寄件日期: 2024年3月22日 上午 08:29
> 收件者: Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx>
> 副本: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Light Hsieh (謝明燈) <Light.Hsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> On 03/22, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:14:42 -0700 Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_NOSYNC) issue_discard_thread
> > > - mnt_want_write_file()
> > > - sb_start_write(SB_FREEZE_WRITE)
> > __sb_start_write()
> > percpu_down_read()
> > > - sb_start_intwrite(SB_FREEZE_FS);
> > __sb_start_write()
> > percpu_down_read()
> >
> > Given lock acquirers for read on both sides, wtf deadlock are you fixing?
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> Damn. I couldn't think _write uses _read sem.
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> >
> > > - f2fs_stop_checkpoint(sbi, false, : waiting
> > > STOP_CP_REASON_SHUTDOWN);
> > > - f2fs_stop_discard_thread(sbi);
> > > - kthread_stop()
> > > : waiting
> > >
> > > - mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
> >
> > More important, feel free to add in spin.
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> I posted this patch before Light reported.
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> And, in the report, I didn't get this:
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> f2fs_ioc_shutdown() --> freeze_bdev() --> freeze_super() --> sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS) --> ... ->percpu_down_write().
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> because f2fs_ioc_shutdown() calls f2fs_stop_discard_thread() after thaw_bdev()
> like this order.
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> -> freeze_bdev()
> -> thaw_bdev()
> -> f2fs_stop_discard_thread()
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> Am I missing something?
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> >
> > Reported-by: "Light Hsieh (謝明燈)" <Light.Hsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>