linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: Disable preempt when acquire i_size

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:34:19 +0800
From:	Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
To:	<matthew@....cx>
CC:	<fan.du@...driver.com>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fs: Disable preempt when acquire i_size_seqcount write lock

Two rt tasks bind to one CPU core.

The higher priority rt task A preempts a lower priority rt task B which
has already taken the write seq lock, and then the higher priority
rt task A try to acquire read seq lock, it's doomed to lockup.

rt task A with lower priority: call write
i_size_write                                        rt task B with higher priority: call sync, and preempt task A
  write_seqcount_begin(&inode->i_size_seqcount);    i_size_read  
  inode->i_size = i_size;                             read_seqcount_begin <-- lockup here... 

So disable preempt when acquiring every i_size_seqcount *write* lock will
cure the problem.

Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
---
 include/linux/fs.h |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index db84f77..1b69e87 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -758,9 +758,11 @@ static inline loff_t i_size_read(const struct inode *inode)
 static inline void i_size_write(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_size)
 {
 #if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	preempt_disable();
 	write_seqcount_begin(&inode->i_size_seqcount);
 	inode->i_size = i_size;
 	write_seqcount_end(&inode->i_size_seqcount);
+	preempt_enable();
 #elif BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT)
 	preempt_disable();
 	inode->i_size = i_size;
-- 
1.7.0.5

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