From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D83AC43387 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:53:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A1120659 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:53:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726092AbfANIxs (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:53:48 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:49462 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725837AbfANIxs (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:53:48 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278D1AC24; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:53:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by quack2.suse.cz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E0E7E1E157A; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:53:46 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Kara To: Andrew Morton Cc: Al Viro , , , Jan Kara Subject: [PATCH] vfs: Avoid softlockups in drop_pagecache_sb() Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:53:43 +0100 Message-Id: <20190114085343.15011-1-jack@suse.cz> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.16.4 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org When superblock has lots of inodes without any pagecache (like is the case for /proc), drop_pagecache_sb() will iterate through all of them without dropping sb->s_inode_list_lock which can lead to softlockups (one of our customers hit this). Fix the problem by going to the slow path and doing cond_resched() in case the process needs rescheduling. Acked-by: Michal Hocko Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- fs/drop_caches.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Andrew, can you please merge this patch? Thanks! diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c index 82377017130f..d31b6c72b476 100644 --- a/fs/drop_caches.c +++ b/fs/drop_caches.c @@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused) spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock); list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) { spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); + /* + * We must skip inodes in unusual state. We may also skip + * inodes without pages but we deliberately won't in case + * we need to reschedule to avoid softlockups. + */ if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) || - (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)) { + (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0 && !need_resched())) { spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); continue; } @@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused) spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock); + cond_resched(); invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1); iput(toput_inode); toput_inode = inode; -- 2.16.4