linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs

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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:25:24 +0800
From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc: Light Hsieh (謝明燈) <Light.Hsieh@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs

On 2024/4/10 0:20, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> Shutdown does not check the error of thaw_super due to readonly, which
> causes a deadlock like below.
> 
> f2fs_ioc_shutdown(F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)        issue_discard_thread
>   - bdev_freeze
>    - freeze_super
>   - f2fs_stop_checkpoint()
>    - f2fs_handle_critical_error                     - sb_start_write
>      - set RO                                         - waiting
>   - bdev_thaw
>    - thaw_super_locked
>      - return -EINVAL, if sb_rdonly()
>   - f2fs_stop_discard_thread
>    -> wait for kthread_stop(discard_thread);
> 
> Reported-by: "Light Hsieh (謝明燈)" <Light.Hsieh@...iatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,