linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/32] staging: lustre: llite: Fix the deadlock in balance_dirty

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Date:	Thu,  4 Aug 2016 12:52:41 -0400
From:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lustre Development List <lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org>,
	Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@...el.com>,
	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 05/32] staging: lustre: llite: Fix the deadlock in balance_dirty_pages()

From: Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@...el.com>

If the page is already dirtied in ll_write_end() and kernel tries
to call balance_dirty_pages() to write back dirty pages in the same
thread, this is deadlock case if the page is already held by clio.

This can also fix the issue of LU-4873.

Signed-off-by: Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@...el.com>
Intel-bug-id: https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-4977
Reviewed-on: http://review.whamcloud.com/10149
Reviewed-by: Bobi Jam <bobijam@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Lai Siyao <lai.siyao@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
index c14a1b6..8c8c100 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
@@ -506,9 +506,8 @@ static int ll_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	env = lcc->lcc_env;
 	io  = lcc->lcc_io;
 
-	if (likely(to == PAGE_SIZE)) /* LU-4873 */
-		/* To avoid deadlock, try to lock page first. */
-		vmpage = grab_cache_page_nowait(mapping, index);
+	/* To avoid deadlock, try to lock page first. */
+	vmpage = grab_cache_page_nowait(mapping, index);
 	if (unlikely(!vmpage || PageDirty(vmpage) || PageWriteback(vmpage))) {
 		struct vvp_io *vio = vvp_env_io(env);
 		struct cl_page_list *plist = &vio->u.write.vui_queue;
@@ -617,6 +616,13 @@ static int ll_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			LASSERT(from == 0);
 		vio->u.write.vui_to = from + copied;
 
+		/*
+		 * To address the deadlock in balance_dirty_pages() where
+		 * this dirty page may be written back in the same thread.
+		 */
+		if (PageDirty(vmpage))
+			unplug = true;
+
 		/* We may have one full RPC, commit it soon */
 		if (plist->pl_nr >= PTLRPC_MAX_BRW_PAGES)
 			unplug = true;
-- 
1.7.1