linux-kernel - [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax

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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:40:00 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault

Fix the deadlock exposed by xfstests generic/075.  Here is the sequence
that was causing us to deadlock:

1) enter __dax_fault()
2) page = find_get_page() gives us a page, so skip
	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping)
3) if (!buffer_mapped(&bh) && !buffer_unwritten(&bh) && !vmf->cow_page)
	passes, enter this block
4) if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) fails, so do the else case and
	i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
	return dax_load_hole(mapping, page, vmf);

This causes us to up_write() a semaphore that we weren't holding.

The up_write() on a semaphore we didn't down_write() happens twice in
a row, and then the next time we try and i_mmap_lock_write(), we hang.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Reported-by: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
---
 fs/dax.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 7ae6df7..df1b0ac 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			if (error)
 				goto unlock;
 		} else {
-			i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
+			if (!page)
+				i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping);
 			return dax_load_hole(mapping, page, vmf);
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.1.0

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