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Message-Id: <20090608140529.4376.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:07:26 +0900 (JST)
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc: kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sk_lock: inconsistent {RECLAIM_FS-ON-W} -> {IN-RECLAIM_FS-W} usage
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 12:55:18PM +0800, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This lockdep warning appears when doing stress memory tests over NFS.
> > >
> > > page reclaim => nfs_writepage => tcp_sendmsg => lock sk_lock
> > >
> > > tcp_close => lock sk_lock => tcp_send_fin => alloc_skb_fclone => page reclaim
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > AFAIK, btrfs has re-dirty hack.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > static int btrfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> > {
> > struct extent_io_tree *tree;
> >
> >
> > if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) {
> > redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
> > unlock_page(page);
> > return 0;
> > }
> > tree = &BTRFS_I(page->mapping->host)->io_tree;
> > return extent_write_full_page(tree, page, btrfs_get_extent, wbc);
> > }
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > PF_MEMALLOC mean caller is try_to_free_pages(). (not normal write nor kswapd)
> > Can't nfs does similar hack?
>
> But the trace shows that current is kswapd:
>
> [ 1638.403414] [<ffffffff811c9b69>] nfs_flush_one+0xb9/0x100
> [ 1638.419417] [<ffffffff811c3f82>] nfs_pageio_doio+0x32/0x70
> [ 1638.419417] [<ffffffff811c3fc9>] nfs_pageio_complete+0x9/0x10
> [ 1638.427413] [<ffffffff811c7ee5>] nfs_writepage_locked+0x85/0xc0
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff811c8509>] nfs_writepage+0x19/0x40
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff810ce005>] shrink_page_list+0x675/0x810
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff810ce761>] shrink_list+0x301/0x650
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff810ced23>] shrink_zone+0x273/0x370
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff810cf9f9>] kswapd+0x729/0x7a0
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff810666de>] kthread+0x9e/0xb0
> [ 1638.435414] [<ffffffff8100d0ca>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
kswapd can't hold sk-lock before calling reclaim. Thus, we don't need
care its bogus warning, I think.
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