lock_page_memcg()/unlock_page_memcg() use spin_lock_irqsave/restore() if
the page's memcg is undergoing move accounting, which occurs when a
process leaves its memcg for a new one that has
memory.move_charge_at_immigrate set.
unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin,end() use spin_lock_irq/spin_unlock_irq() if the
given inode is switching writeback domains. Swithces occur when enough
writes are issued from a new domain.
This existing pattern is thus suspicious:
lock_page_memcg(page);
unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked);
...
unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked);
unlock_page_memcg(page);
If both inode switch and process memcg migration are both in-flight then
unlocked_inode_to_wb_end() will unconditionally enable interrupts while
still holding the lock_page_memcg() irq spinlock. This suggests the
possibility of deadlock if an interrupt occurs before
unlock_page_memcg().
truncate
__cancel_dirty_page
lock_page_memcg
unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin
unlocked_inode_to_wb_end
<interrupts mistakenly enabled>
<interrupt>
end_page_writeback
test_clear_page_writeback
lock_page_memcg
<deadlock>
unlock_page_memcg
Due to configuration limitations this deadlock is not currently possible
because we don't mix cgroup writeback (a cgroupv2 feature) and
memory.move_charge_at_immigrate (a cgroupv1 feature).
If the kernel is hacked to always claim inode switching and memcg
moving_account, then this script triggers lockup in less than a minute:
cd /mnt/cgroup/memory
mkdir a b
echo 1 > a/memory.move_charge_at_immigrate
echo 1 > b/memory.move_charge_at_immigrate
(
echo $BASHPID > a/cgroup.procs
while true; do
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/big bs=1M count=256
done
) &
while true; do
sync
done &
sleep 1h &
SLEEP=$!
while true; do
echo $SLEEP > a/cgroup.procs
echo $SLEEP > b/cgroup.procs
done
Given the deadlock is not currently possible, it's debatable if there's
any reason to modify the kernel. I suggest we should to prevent future
surprises.
Reported-by: Wang Long <wanglon...@meituan.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthe...@google.com>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 5 +++--
include/linux/backing-dev.h | 18 ++++++++++++------
mm/page-writeback.c | 15 +++++++++------
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d4d04fee568a..d51bae5a53e2 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -746,10 +746,11 @@ int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits)
if (inode && inode_to_wb_is_valid(inode)) {
struct bdi_writeback *wb;
bool locked, congested;
+ unsigned long flags;
- wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked);
+ wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked, &flags);
congested = wb_congested(wb, cong_bits);
- unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked);
+ unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked, flags);
return congested;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 3e4ce54d84ab..6c74b64d6f56 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(const
struct inode *inode)
* unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin - begin unlocked inode wb access transaction
* @inode: target inode
* @lockedp: temp bool output param, to be passed to the end function
+ * @flags: saved irq flags, to be passed to the end function
*
* The caller wants to access the wb associated with @inode but isn't
* holding inode->i_lock, mapping->tree_lock or wb->list_lock. This
@@ -359,7 +360,8 @@ static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(const
struct inode *inode)
* disabled on return.
*/
static inline struct bdi_writeback *
-unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool *lockedp)
+unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool *lockedp,
+ unsigned long *flags)
{
rcu_read_lock();
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool
*lockedp)
*lockedp = smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_state) & I_WB_SWITCH;
if (unlikely(*lockedp))
- spin_lock_irq(&inode->i_mapping->tree_lock);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&inode->i_mapping->tree_lock, *flags);
/*
* Protected by either !I_WB_SWITCH + rcu_read_lock() or tree_lock.
@@ -383,11 +385,13 @@ unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool
*lockedp)
* unlocked_inode_to_wb_end - end inode wb access transaction
* @inode: target inode
* @locked: *@lockedp from unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin()
+ * @flags: *@flags from unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin()
*/
-static inline void unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(struct inode *inode, bool locked)
+static inline void unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(struct inode *inode, bool locked,
+ unsigned long flags)
{
if (unlikely(locked))
- spin_unlock_irq(&inode->i_mapping->tree_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&inode->i_mapping->tree_lock, flags);
rcu_read_unlock();
}
@@ -434,12 +438,14 @@ static inline struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb(struct
inode *inode)
}
static inline struct bdi_writeback *
-unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool *lockedp)
+unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(struct inode *inode, bool *lockedp,
+ unsigned long *flags)
{
return inode_to_wb(inode);
}
-static inline void unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(struct inode *inode, bool locked)
+static inline void unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(struct inode *inode, bool locked,
+ unsigned long flags)
{
}
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 586f31261c83..ca786528c74d 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2501,13 +2501,14 @@ void account_page_redirty(struct page *page)
if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ unsigned long flags;
bool locked;
- wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked);
+ wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked, &flags);
current->nr_dirtied--;
dec_node_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
- unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked);
+ unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked, flags);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_redirty);
@@ -2613,15 +2614,16 @@ void __cancel_dirty_page(struct page *page)
if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ unsigned long flags;
bool locked;
lock_page_memcg(page);
- wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked);
+ wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked, &flags);
if (TestClearPageDirty(page))
account_page_cleaned(page, mapping, wb);
- unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked);
+ unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked, flags);
unlock_page_memcg(page);
} else {
ClearPageDirty(page);
@@ -2653,6 +2655,7 @@ int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ unsigned long flags;
bool locked;
/*
@@ -2690,14 +2693,14 @@ int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
* always locked coming in here, so we get the desired
* exclusion.
*/
- wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked);
+ wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &locked, &flags);
if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
dec_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING);
dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
ret = 1;
}
- unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked);
+ unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, locked, flags);
return ret;
}
return TestClearPageDirty(page);
--
2.17.0.484.g0c8726318c-goog
