linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.18 344/350] btrfs: dont run delayed

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 14:23:28 -0800
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>,
        Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.18 344/350] btrfs: dont run delayed_iputs in commit

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

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

From: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>

commit 30928e9baac238a7330085a1c5747f0b5df444b4 upstream.

This could result in a really bad case where we do something like

evict
  evict_refill_and_join
    btrfs_commit_transaction
      btrfs_run_delayed_iputs
        evict
          evict_refill_and_join
            btrfs_commit_transaction
... forever

We have plenty of other places where we run delayed iputs that are much
safer, let those do the work.

CC: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.4+
Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/btrfs/transaction.c |    9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -2281,15 +2281,6 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrf
 
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 
-	/*
-	 * If fs has been frozen, we can not handle delayed iputs, otherwise
-	 * it'll result in deadlock about SB_FREEZE_FS.
-	 */
-	if (current != fs_info->transaction_kthread &&
-	    current != fs_info->cleaner_kthread &&
-	    !test_bit(BTRFS_FS_FROZEN, &fs_info->flags))
-		btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(fs_info);
-
 	return ret;
 
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