As described in commit 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between
shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata"), ABBA deadlocks will be
triggered because shrinker_rwsem currently needs to held by
dm_pool_abort_metadata() as a side-effect of thin-pool metadata
operation failure.
The following three problem scenarios have been noticed:
1) Described by commit 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between
shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata")
2) shrinker_rwsem and throttle->lock
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
super_cache_scan
prune_icache_sb
dispose_list
evict
ext4_evict_inode
ext4_clear_inode
ext4_discard_preallocations
ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
ext4_mb_init_cache
ext4_wait_block_bitmap
__ext4_error
ext4_handle_error
ext4_commit_super
...
dm_submit_bio
do_worker
throttle_work_update
down_write(&t->lock) -- LOCK B
process_deferred_bios
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
dm_block_manager_create
dm_bufio_client_create
register_shrinker
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem)
-- LOCK A
thin_map
thin_bio_map
thin_defer_bio_with_throttle
throttle_lock
down_read(&t->lock) - LOCK B
3) shrinker_rwsem and wait_on_buffer
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
...
ext4_wait_block_bitmap
__ext4_error
ext4_handle_error
jbd2_journal_abort
jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno
jbd2_write_superblock
submit_bh
// LOCK B
// RELEASE B
do_worker
throttle_work_update
down_write(&t->lock) - LOCK B
process_deferred_bios
process_bio
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
dm_block_manager_create
dm_bufio_client_create
register_shrinker
register_shrinker_prepared
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
bio_endio
wait_on_buffer
__wait_on_buffer
Fix these by resetting dm_bufio_client without holding shrinker_rwsem.
Fixes: 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
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