linux-kernel - Re: Hang in XFS reclaim on 3.7.0-rc3

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:50:06 +0100
From:	Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	xfs@....sgi.com, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Hang in XFS reclaim on 3.7.0-rc3

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 04:29:22PM +0100, Torsten Kaiser wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Torsten Kaiser
>> <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Torsten Kaiser
>> > <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com> wrote:
>> >> I will keep LOCKDEP enabled on that system, and if there really is
>> >> another splat, I will report back here. But I rather doubt that this
>> >> will be needed.
>> >
>> > After the patch, I did not see this problem again, but today I found
>> > another LOCKDEP report that also looks XFS related.
>> > I found it twice in the logs, and as both were slightly different, I
>> > will attach both versions.
>>
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104353] 3.7.0-rc4 #1 Not tainted
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104355] inconsistent
>> > {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} usage.
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104430]        CPU0
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104431]        ----
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104432]   lock(&(&ip->i_lock)->mr_lock);
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104433]   <Interrupt>
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104434]
>> > lock(&(&ip->i_lock)->mr_lock);
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104435]
>> > Nov  6 21:57:09 thoregon kernel: [ 9941.104435]  *** DEADLOCK ***
>>
>> Sorry! Copied the wrong report. Your fix only landed in -rc5, so my
>> vanilla -rc4 did (also) report the old problem again.
>> And I copy&pasted that report instead of the second appearance of the
>> new problem.
>
> Can you repost it with line wrapping turned off? The output simply
> becomes unreadable when it wraps....
>
> Yeah, I know I can put it back together, but I've got better things
> to do with my time than stitch a couple of hundred lines of debug
> back into a readable format....

Sorry about that, but I can't find any option to turn that off in Gmail.

I have added the reports as attachment, I hope thats OK for you.

Thanks for looking into this.

Torsten

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