linux-kernel - Re: [LTP] 56cbb429d9: ltp.fs

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Message-ID: <20190725180428.GH1131@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:04:28 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>,
        kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com>, LKP <lkp@...org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, ltp@...ts.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] 56cbb429d9: ltp.fs_fill.fail

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:32:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 6:26 AM Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz> wrote:
> >
> > This looks like mkfs.vfat got EBUSY after the loop device was
> > succesfully umounted.
> 
> Hmm. Smells like the RCU-delaying got triggered again.
> 
> We have that "synchronize_rcu_expedited()" in namespace_unlock(),
> which is so that everything should be done by the time we return to
> user space.
> 
> Al, maybe that RCU synchronization should be after the mntput()s?

There are several interesting issues in there, but synchronize_rcu()
should be between zeroing ->mnt_ns and dropping the final refs.
I'm digging through that crap right now; at least one bug is dealt
with by #fixes, but there's more, unfortunately.