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    nilfs2: fix deadlock of segment constructor over I_SYNC flag · 7ef3ff2f
    Ryusuke Konishi authored
    Nilfs2 eventually hangs in a stress test with fsstress program.  This
    issue was caused by the following deadlock over I_SYNC flag between
    nilfs_segctor_thread() and writeback_sb_inodes():
    
      nilfs_segctor_thread()
        nilfs_segctor_thread_construct()
          nilfs_segctor_unlock()
            nilfs_dispose_list()
              iput()
                iput_final()
                  evict()
                    inode_wait_for_writeback()  * wait for I_SYNC flag
    
      writeback_sb_inodes()
         * set I_SYNC flag on inode->i_state
        __writeback_single_inode()
          do_writepages()
            nilfs_writepages()
              nilfs_construct_dsync_segment()
                nilfs_segctor_sync()
                   * wait for completion of segment constructor
        inode_sync_complete()
           * clear I_SYNC flag after __writeback_single_inode() completed
    
    writeback_sb_inodes() calls do_writepages() for dirty inodes after
    setting I_SYNC flag on inode->i_state.  do_writepages() in turn calls
    nilfs_writepages(), which can run segment constructor and wait for its
    completion.  On the other hand, segment constructor calls iput(), which
    can call evict() and wait for the I_SYNC flag on
    inode_wait_for_writeback().
    
    Since segment constructor doesn't know when I_SYNC will be set, it
    cannot know whether iput() will block or not unless inode->i_nlink has a
    non-zero count.  We can prevent evict() from being called in iput() by
    implementing sop->drop_inode(), but it's not preferable to leave inodes
    with i_nlink == 0 for long periods because it even defers file
    truncation and inode deallocation.  So, this instead resolves the
    deadlock by calling iput() asynchronously with a workqueue for inodes
    with i_nlink == 0.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
    Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Tested-by: default avatarRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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