On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 02:03:37PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> memory allocates can happen while the xfs ilock is held in
> xfs_free_eofblocks, particularly
>
> [<ffffffff813e6667>] kmem_zone_alloc+0x67/0xc0
> [<ffffffff813e5945>] xfs_trans_add_item+0x25/0x50
> [<ffffffff8143d64c>] xfs_trans_ijoin+0x2c/0x60
> [<ffffffff8142275e>] xfs_itruncate_extents+0xbe/0x400
> [<ffffffff813c72f4>] xfs_free_eofblocks+0x1c4/0x240
>
> So set PF_FSTRANS to avoid this causing a deadlock.
Another "You broke KM_NOFS" moment. You win a Kit Kat. ;)
xfs_trans_add_item():
lidp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_item_desc_zone, KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
KM_NOFS needs to work, otherwise XFS is just a huge steaming pile of
memory reclaim deadlocks regardless of whether you are using
loopback NFS or not.
Cheers,
Dave.
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da...@fromorbit.com
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