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    ocfs2: NFS hangs in __ocfs2_cluster_lock due to race with ocfs2_unblock_lock · 11fbe69a
    Tariq Saeed authored
    commit b1b1e15e upstream.
    
    NFS on a 2 node ocfs2 cluster each node exporting dir.  The lock causing
    the hang is the global bit map inode lock.  Node 1 is master, has the
    lock granted in PR mode; Node 2 is in the converting list (PR -> EX).
    There are no holders of the lock on the master node so it should
    downconvert to NL and grant EX to node 2 but that does not happen.
    BLOCKED + QUEUED in lock res are set and it is on osb blocked list.
    Threads are waiting in __ocfs2_cluster_lock on BLOCKED.  One thread
    wants EX, rest want PR.  So it is as though the downconvert thread needs
    to be kicked to complete the conv.
    
    The hang is caused by an EX req coming into __ocfs2_cluster_lock on the
    heels of a PR req after it sets BUSY (drops l_lock, releasing EX
    thread), forcing the incoming EX to wait on BUSY without doing anything.
    PR has called ocfs2_dlm_lock, which sets the node 1 lock from NL -> PR,
    queues ast.
    
    At this time, upconvert (PR ->EX) arrives from node 2, finds conflict
    with node 1 lock in PR, so the lock res is put on dlm thread's dirty
    listt.
    
    After ret from ocf2_dlm_lock, PR thread now waits behind EX on BUSY till
    awoken by ast.
    
    Now it is dlm_thread that serially runs dlm_shuffle_lists, ast, bast, in
    that order.  dlm_shuffle_lists ques a bast on behalf of node 2 (which
    will be run by dlm_thread right after the ast).  ast does its part, sets
    UPCONVERT_FINISHING, clears BUSY and wakes its waiters.  Next,
    dlm_thread runs bast.  It sets BLOCKED and kicks dc thread.  dc thread
    runs ocfs2_unblock_lock, but since UPCONVERT_FINISHING set, skips doing
    anything and reques.
    
    Inside of __ocfs2_cluster_lock, since EX has been waiting on BUSY ahead
    of PR, it wakes up first, finds BLOCKED set and skips doing anything but
    clearing UPCONVERT_FINISHING (which was actually "meant" for the PR
    thread), and this time waits on BLOCKED.  Next, the PR thread comes out
    of wait but since UPCONVERT_FINISHING is not set, it skips updating the
    l_ro_holders and goes straight to wait on BLOCKED.  So there, we have a
    hang! Threads in __ocfs2_cluster_lock wait on BLOCKED, lock res in osb
    blocked list.  Only when dc thread is awoken, it will run
    ocfs2_unblock_lock and things will unhang.
    
    One way to fix this is to wake the dc thread on the flag after clearing
    UPCONVERT_FINISHING
    
    Orabug: 20933419
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTariq Saeed <tariq.x.saeed@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSantosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarWengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@oracle.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.de>
    Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
    Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJoseph Qi <joseph.qi@huawei.com>
    Cc: Eric Ren <zren@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
    11fbe69a
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