Since 5.7-rc1, on btrfs we have a percpu counter initialization for
which we always pass a GFP_KERNEL gfp_t argument (this happens since
commit 2992df7326 ("btrfs: Implement DREW lock")).
That is safe in some contextes but not on others where allowing fs
reclaim could lead to a deadlock because we are either holding some
btrfs lock needed for a transaction commit or holding a btrfs
transaction handle open. Because of that we surround the call to the
function that initializes the percpu counter with a NOFS context using
memalloc_nofs_save() (this is done at btrfs_init_fs_root()).
However it turns out that this is not enough to prevent a possible
deadlock because percpu_alloc() determines if it is in an atomic context
by looking exclusively at the gfp flags passed to it (GFP_KERNEL in this
case) and it is not aware that a NOFS context is set.
Because percpu_alloc() thinks it is in a non atomic context it locks the
pcpu_alloc_mutex. This can result in a btrfs deadlock when
pcpu_balance_workfn() is running, has acquired that mutex and is waiting
for reclaim, while the btrfs task that called percpu_counter_init() (and
therefore percpu_alloc()) is holding either the btrfs commit_root
semaphore or a transaction handle (done fs/btrfs/backref.c:
iterate_extent_inodes()), which prevents reclaim from finishing as an
attempt to commit the current btrfs transaction will deadlock.
Lockdep reports this issue with the following trace:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.6.0-rc7-btrfs-next-77 #1 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kswapd0/91 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8938a3b3fdc8 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}, at: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x3f/0x320 [btrfs]
but task is already holding lock:
ffffffffb4f0dbc0 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}, at: __fs_reclaim_acquire+0x5/0x30
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #4 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}:
fs_reclaim_acquire.part.0+0x25/0x30
__kmalloc+0x5f/0x3a0
pcpu_create_chunk+0x19/0x230
pcpu_balance_workfn+0x56a/0x680
process_one_work+0x235/0x5f0
worker_thread+0x50/0x3b0
kthread+0x120/0x140
ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
-> #3 (pcpu_alloc_mutex){+.+.}:
__mutex_lock+0xa9/0xaf0
pcpu_alloc+0x480/0x7c0
__percpu_counter_init+0x50/0xd0
btrfs_drew_lock_init+0x22/0x70 [btrfs]
btrfs_get_fs_root+0x29c/0x5c0 [btrfs]
resolve_indirect_refs+0x120/0xa30 [btrfs]
find_parent_nodes+0x50b/0xf30 [btrfs]
btrfs_find_all_leafs+0x60/0xb0 [btrfs]
iterate_extent_inodes+0x139/0x2f0 [btrfs]
iterate_inodes_from_logical+0xa1/0xe0 [btrfs]
btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino+0xb4/0x190 [btrfs]
btrfs_ioctl+0x165a/0x3130 [btrfs]
ksys_ioctl+0x87/0xc0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x16/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
-> #2 (&fs_info->commit_root_sem){++++}:
down_write+0x38/0x70
btrfs_cache_block_group+0x2ec/0x500 [btrfs]
find_free_extent+0xc6a/0x1600 [btrfs]
btrfs_reserve_extent+0x9b/0x180 [btrfs]
btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0xc1/0x350 [btrfs]
alloc_tree_block_no_bg_flush+0x4a/0x60 [btrfs]
__btrfs_cow_block+0x122/0x5a0 [btrfs]
btrfs_cow_block+0x106/0x240 [btrfs]
commit_cowonly_roots+0x55/0x310 [btrfs]
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x509/0xb20 [btrfs]
sync_filesystem+0x74/0x90
generic_shutdown_super+0x22/0x100
kill_anon_super+0x14/0x30
btrfs_kill_super+0x12/0x20 [btrfs]
deactivate_locked_super+0x31/0x70
cleanup_mnt+0x100/0x160
task_work_run+0x93/0xc0
exit_to_usermode_loop+0xf9/0x100
do_syscall_64+0x20d/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
-> #1 (&space_info->groups_sem){++++}:
down_read+0x3c/0x140
find_free_extent+0xef6/0x1600 [btrfs]
btrfs_reserve_extent+0x9b/0x180 [btrfs]
btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0xc1/0x350 [btrfs]
alloc_tree_block_no_bg_flush+0x4a/0x60 [btrfs]
__btrfs_cow_block+0x122/0x5a0 [btrfs]
btrfs_cow_block+0x106/0x240 [btrfs]
btrfs_search_slot+0x50c/0xd60 [btrfs]
btrfs_lookup_inode+0x3a/0xc0 [btrfs]
__btrfs_update_delayed_inode+0x90/0x280 [btrfs]
__btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items+0x81f/0x870 [btrfs]
__btrfs_run_delayed_items+0x8e/0x180 [btrfs]
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x31b/0xb20 [btrfs]
iterate_supers+0x87/0xf0
ksys_sync+0x60/0xb0
__ia32_sys_sync+0xa/0x10
do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
-> #0 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}:
__lock_acquire+0xef0/0x1c80
lock_acquire+0xa2/0x1d0
__mutex_lock+0xa9/0xaf0
__btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x3f/0x320 [btrfs]
btrfs_evict_inode+0x40d/0x560 [btrfs]
evict+0xd9/0x1c0
dispose_list+0x48/0x70
prune_icache_sb+0x54/0x80
super_cache_scan+0x124/0x1a0
do_shrink_slab+0x176/0x440
shrink_slab+0x23a/0x2c0
shrink_node+0x188/0x6e0
balance_pgdat+0x31d/0x7f0
kswapd+0x238/0x550
kthread+0x120/0x140
ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&delayed_node->mutex --> pcpu_alloc_mutex --> fs_reclaim
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(fs_reclaim);
lock(pcpu_alloc_mutex);
lock(fs_reclaim);
lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
*** DEADLOCK ***
3 locks held by kswapd0/91:
#0: (fs_reclaim){+.+.}, at: __fs_reclaim_acquire+0x5/0x30
#1: (shrinker_rwsem){++++}, at: shrink_slab+0x12f/0x2c0
#2: (&type->s_umount_key#43){++++}, at: trylock_super+0x16/0x50
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 91 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 5.6.0-rc7-btrfs-next-77 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0x8f/0xd0
check_noncircular+0x170/0x190
__lock_acquire+0xef0/0x1c80
lock_acquire+0xa2/0x1d0
__mutex_lock+0xa9/0xaf0
__btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x3f/0x320 [btrfs]
btrfs_evict_inode+0x40d/0x560 [btrfs]
evict+0xd9/0x1c0
dispose_list+0x48/0x70
prune_icache_sb+0x54/0x80
super_cache_scan+0x124/0x1a0
do_shrink_slab+0x176/0x440
shrink_slab+0x23a/0x2c0
shrink_node+0x188/0x6e0
balance_pgdat+0x31d/0x7f0
kswapd+0x238/0x550
kthread+0x120/0x140
ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
This could be fixed by making btrfs pass GFP_NOFS instead of GFP_KERNEL
to percpu_counter_init() in contextes where it is not reclaim safe,
however that type of approach is discouraged since
memalloc_[nofs|noio]_save() were introduced. Therefore this change
makes pcpu_alloc() look up into an existing nofs/noio context before
deciding whether it is in an atomic context or not.
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200430164356.15543-1-fdmanana@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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