>From 1cd5b8178893f3f186ce93eb1f47664a1a3e81fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:13:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] jbd2: Fix hung processes in jbd2_journal_lock_updates() Toshiyuki Okajima found out that when running for ((i=0; i < 100000; i++)); do if ((i%2 == 0)); then chattr +j /mnt/file else chattr -j /mnt/file fi echo "0" >> /mnt/file done process sometimes hangs indefinitely in jbd2_journal_lock_updates(). Toshiyuki identified that the following race happens: jbd2_journal_lock_updates() |jbd2_journal_stop() ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock) | . ++journal->j_barrier_count | . spin_lock(&tran->t_handle_lock) | . atomic_read(&tran->t_updates) //not 0 | | atomic_dec_and_test(&tran->t_updates) | // t_updates = 0 | wake_up(&journal->j_wait_updates) prepare_to_wait() | // no process is woken up. spin_unlock(&tran->t_handle_lock) | write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock) | schedule() // never return | We fix the problem by first calling prepare_to_wait() and only after that checking t_updates in jbd2_journal_lock_updates(). Reported-and-analyzed-by: Toshiyuki Okajima Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c index a0e41a4..35ae096 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c @@ -517,12 +517,13 @@ void jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal_t *journal) break; spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock); + prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait, + TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); if (!atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates)) { spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock); + finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait); break; } - prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait, - TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock); write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); schedule(); -- 1.7.1