linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/19] RDMA/FS DAX truncate proposal V1,000,002 ;-)

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Message-ID: <20190821194810.GI8653@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:48:10 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/19] RDMA/FS DAX truncate proposal V1,000,002 ;-)

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:57:03AM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:

> > Oh, I didn't think we were talking about that. Hanging the close of
> > the datafile fd contingent on some other FD's closure is a recipe for
> > deadlock..
> 
> The discussion between Jan and Dave was concerning what happens when a user
> calls
> 
> fd = open()
> fnctl(...getlease...)
> addr = mmap(fd...)
> ib_reg_mr() <pin>
> munmap(addr...)
> close(fd)

I don't see how blocking close(fd) could work. Write it like this:

 fd = open()
 uverbs = open(/dev/uverbs)
 fnctl(...getlease...)
 addr = mmap(fd...)
 ib_reg_mr() <pin>
 munmap(addr...)
  <sigkill>

The order FD's are closed during sigkill is not deterministic, so when
all the fputs happen during a kill'd exit we could end up blocking in
close(fd) as close(uverbs) will come after in the close
list. close(uverbs) is the thing that does the dereg_mr and releases
the pin.

We don't need complexity with dup to create problems.

Jason