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From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] fix up lock order reversal in writeback
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:00:58 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101116110058.GA4298@amd> (raw)

I saw a lock order warning on ext4 trigger. This should solve it.
Raciness shouldn't matter much, because writeback can stop just
after we make the test and return anyway (so the API is racy anyway).

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c	2010-11-16 21:44:32.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c	2010-11-16 21:49:37.000000000 +1100
@@ -1125,16 +1125,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
  *
  * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ *
+ * May be called inside i_lock. May not start writeback if locks cannot
+ * be acquired.
  */
 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
-		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
-		writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
-		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-		return 1;
-	} else
-		return 0;
+		if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
+			writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
 
@@ -1145,17 +1149,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idl
  *
  * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ *
+ * May be called inside i_lock. May not start writeback if locks cannot
+ * be acquired.
  */
 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
 				   unsigned long nr)
 {
 	if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
-		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
-		writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr);
-		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
-		return 1;
-	} else
-		return 0;
+		if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
+			writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr);
+			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
 

             reply	other threads:[~2010-11-16 11:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-16 11:00 Nick Piggin [this message]
2010-11-16 13:01 ` [patch] fix up lock order reversal in writeback Jan Kara
2010-11-17  4:30   ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-17  4:38     ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-17  5:05       ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-17  6:10         ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-18  3:06           ` Ted Ts'o
2010-11-18  3:29             ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18  6:00               ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-18  6:28                 ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18  8:18                   ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-18 10:51                     ` Theodore Tso
2010-11-18 17:58                     ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-19  5:10                       ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-19 12:07                         ` Theodore Tso
2010-11-18 14:55                   ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-18 17:10                     ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18 18:04                       ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-18 18:24                         ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-18 18:39                           ` Chris Mason
2010-11-18 18:36                         ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18 18:51                           ` Chris Mason
2010-11-18 20:22                             ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18 20:36                               ` Chris Mason
2010-11-18 19:02                           ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-18 20:17                             ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-18 18:33                   ` Chris Mason
2010-11-18 23:58                     ` Jan Kara
2010-11-19  0:45                   ` Jan Kara
2010-11-19  5:16                     ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-22 18:16                       ` Jan Kara
2010-11-23  8:07                         ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-23 13:32                           ` Jan Kara
2010-11-23  8:15                         ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-18 18:53             ` Al Viro
2010-11-18  3:18           ` Eric Sandeen
2010-11-22 23:43             ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-16 20:32 ` Andrew Morton
2010-11-17  3:56   ` Nick Piggin

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