linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm, dax: fix DAX deadlocks (COW fault)

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:09:15 +0200
From:	Yigal Korman <yigal@...xistor.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, david@...morbit.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Yigal Korman <yigal@...xistor.com>,
	Stable Tree <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm, dax: fix DAX deadlocks (COW fault)

DAX handling of COW faults has wrong locking sequence:
	dax_fault does i_mmap_lock_read
	do_cow_fault does i_mmap_unlock_write

Ross's commit[1] missed a fix[2] that Kirill added to Matthew's
commit[3].

Original COW locking logic was introduced by Matthew here[4].

This should be applied to v4.3 as well.

[1] 0f90cc6609c7 mm, dax: fix DAX deadlocks
[2] 52a2b53ffde6 mm, dax: use i_mmap_unlock_write() in do_cow_fault()
[3] 843172978bb9 dax: fix race between simultaneous faults
[4] 2e4cdab0584f mm: allow page fault handlers to perform the COW

Signed-off-by: Yigal Korman <yigal@...xistor.com>

Cc: Stable Tree <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>
---
 mm/memory.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c716913..e5071af 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3015,9 +3015,9 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * The fault handler has no page to lock, so it holds
-			 * i_mmap_lock for write to protect against truncate.
+			 * i_mmap_lock for read to protect against truncate.
 			 */
-			i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+			i_mmap_unlock_read(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 		}
 		goto uncharge_out;
 	}
@@ -3031,9 +3031,9 @@ static int do_cow_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * The fault handler has no page to lock, so it holds
-		 * i_mmap_lock for write to protect against truncate.
+		 * i_mmap_lock for read to protect against truncate.
 		 */
-		i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
+		i_mmap_unlock_read(vma->vm_file->f_mapping);
 	}
 	return ret;
 uncharge_out:
-- 
1.9.3

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