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

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 03/22, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> 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?

Ping?

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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>
> > 主旨: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: avoid the deadlock case when stopping discard thread
> > 
> > 
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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?
> > 
> > Damn. I couldn't think _write uses _read sem.
> > 
> > >
> > > >  - 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.
> > 
> > I posted this patch before Light reported.
> > 
> > And, in the report, I didn't get this:
> > 
> > f2fs_ioc_shutdown() --> freeze_bdev() --> freeze_super() --> sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS) --> ... ->percpu_down_write().
> > 
> > because f2fs_ioc_shutdown() calls f2fs_stop_discard_thread() after thaw_bdev()
> > like this order.
> > 
> >  -> freeze_bdev()
> >  -> thaw_bdev()
> >  -> f2fs_stop_discard_thread()
> > 
> > Am I missing something?
> > 
> > >
> > > Reported-by: "Light Hsieh (謝明燈)" <Light.Hsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >