linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 6/6 v2] f2fs: avoid double lock for cp

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Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:08:38 -0800
From:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:	Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 6/6 v2] f2fs: avoid double lock for cp_rwsem

Change log from v1:
 o fix description

>From fc897d61c01acc19dba434cd4aa29baeb1537b60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:32:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: avoid double lock for cp_rwsem

The __f2fs_add_link is covered by cp_rwsem all the time.
This calls init_inode_metadata, which conducts some acl operations including
memory allocation with GFP_KERNEL previously.
But, under memory pressure, f2fs_write_data_page can be called, which also
grabs cp_rwsem too.

In this case, this incurs a deadlock pointed by Chao.
Thread #1        Thread #2
 down_read
                 down_write
  down_read
 -> here down_read should wait forever.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/acl.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index 1ccb26b..7f12d28 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static struct posix_acl *f2fs_acl_from_disk(const char *value, size_t size)
 	if (count == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void *f2fs_acl_to_disk(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
 	int i;
 
 	f2fs_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-			sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!f2fs_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-- 
2.1.1


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