Btrfs: Fix deadlock between direct IO and fast fsync
authorChandan Rajendra <chandan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:30:18 +0000 (15:00 +0530)
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:01:02 +0000 (18:01 +0100)
commit97dcdea076ecef41ea4aaa23d4397c2f622e4265
treea851e5d1fec17e990a31866d011ca4771c45e95e
parent47b5d64691350e116093c9b47b55ca6b9433bc50
Btrfs: Fix deadlock between direct IO and fast fsync

The following deadlock is seen when executing generic/113 test,

 ---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------
  Direct I/O task                                           Fast fsync task
 ---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------
  btrfs_direct_IO
    __blockdev_direct_IO
     do_blockdev_direct_IO
      do_direct_IO
       btrfs_get_blocks_direct
        while (blocks needs to written)
         get_more_blocks (first iteration)
          btrfs_get_blocks_direct
           btrfs_create_dio_extent
             down_read(&BTRFS_I(inode) >dio_sem)
             Create and add extent map and ordered extent
             up_read(&BTRFS_I(inode) >dio_sem)
                                                            btrfs_sync_file
                                                              btrfs_log_dentry_safe
                                                               btrfs_log_inode_parent
                                                                btrfs_log_inode
                                                                 btrfs_log_changed_extents
                                                                  down_write(&BTRFS_I(inode) >dio_sem)
                                                                   Collect new extent maps and ordered extents
                                                                    wait for ordered extent completion
         get_more_blocks (second iteration)
          btrfs_get_blocks_direct
           btrfs_create_dio_extent
             down_read(&BTRFS_I(inode) >dio_sem)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the above description, Btrfs direct I/O code path has not yet started
submitting bios for file range covered by the initial ordered
extent. Meanwhile, The fast fsync task obtains the write semaphore and
waits for I/O on the ordered extent to get completed. However, the
Direct I/O task is now blocked on obtaining the read semaphore.

To resolve the deadlock, this commit modifies the Direct I/O code path
to obtain the read semaphore before invoking
__blockdev_direct_IO(). The semaphore is then given up after
__blockdev_direct_IO() returns. This allows the Direct I/O code to
complete I/O on all the ordered extents it creates.

Signed-off-by: Chandan Rajendra <chandan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
fs/btrfs/inode.c