linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.15 36/52] btrfs: remove spurious WARN_ON(ref->count < 0) in find_parent

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Message-Id: <20180319180737.023707478@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:08:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Zygo Blaxell <ce3g8jdj@...il.furryterror.org>,
        Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.15 36/52] btrfs: remove spurious WARN_ON(ref->count < 0) in find_parent_nodes

4.15-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zygo Blaxell <ce3g8jdj@...il.furryterror.org>

commit c8195a7b1ad5648857ce20ba24f384faed8512bc upstream.

Until v4.14, this warning was very infrequent:

	WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 18172 at fs/btrfs/backref.c:1391 find_parent_nodes+0xc41/0x14e0
	Modules linked in: [...]
	CPU: 3 PID: 18172 Comm: bees Tainted: G      D W    L  4.11.9-zb64+ #1
	Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/M5A78L-M/USB3, BIOS 2101    12/02/2014
	Call Trace:
	 dump_stack+0x85/0xc2
	 __warn+0xd1/0xf0
	 warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
	 find_parent_nodes+0xc41/0x14e0
	 __btrfs_find_all_roots+0xad/0x120
	 ? extent_same_check_offsets+0x70/0x70
	 iterate_extent_inodes+0x168/0x300
	 iterate_inodes_from_logical+0x87/0xb0
	 ? iterate_inodes_from_logical+0x87/0xb0
	 ? extent_same_check_offsets+0x70/0x70
	 btrfs_ioctl+0x8ac/0x2820
	 ? lock_acquire+0xc2/0x200
	 do_vfs_ioctl+0x91/0x700
	 ? __fget+0x112/0x200
	 SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
	 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc6
	 ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x1f/0x140

Starting with v4.14 (specifically 86d5f9944252 ("btrfs: convert prelimary
reference tracking to use rbtrees")) the WARN_ON occurs three orders of
magnitude more frequently--almost once per second while running workloads
like bees.

Replace the WARN_ON() with a comment rationale for its removal.
The rationale is paraphrased from an explanation by Edmund Nadolski
<enadolski@...e.de> on the linux-btrfs mailing list.

Fixes: 8da6d5815c59 ("Btrfs: added btrfs_find_all_roots()")
Signed-off-by: Zygo Blaxell <ce3g8jdj@...il.furryterror.org>
Reviewed-by: Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/btrfs/backref.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,16 @@ again:
 	while (node) {
 		ref = rb_entry(node, struct prelim_ref, rbnode);
 		node = rb_next(&ref->rbnode);
-		WARN_ON(ref->count < 0);
+		/*
+		 * ref->count < 0 can happen here if there are delayed
+		 * refs with a node->action of BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF.
+		 * prelim_ref_insert() relies on this when merging
+		 * identical refs to keep the overall count correct.
+		 * prelim_ref_insert() will merge only those refs
+		 * which compare identically.  Any refs having
+		 * e.g. different offsets would not be merged,
+		 * and would retain their original ref->count < 0.
+		 */
 		if (roots && ref->count && ref->root_id && ref->parent == 0) {
 			if (sc && sc->root_objectid &&
 			    ref->root_id != sc->root_objectid) {