gfs2: Fix iomap write page reclaim deadlock

Since commit 64bc06bb32 ("gfs2: iomap buffered write support"), gfs2 is doing
buffered writes by starting a transaction in iomap_begin, writing a range of
pages, and ending that transaction in iomap_end.  This approach suffers from
two problems:

  (1) Any allocations necessary for the write are done in iomap_begin, so when
  the data aren't journaled, there is no need for keeping the transaction open
  until iomap_end.

  (2) Transactions keep the gfs2 log flush lock held.  When
  iomap_file_buffered_write calls balance_dirty_pages, this can end up calling
  gfs2_write_inode, which will try to flush the log.  This requires taking the
  log flush lock which is already held, resulting in a deadlock.

Fix both of these issues by not keeping transactions open from iomap_begin to
iomap_end.  Instead, start a small transaction in page_prepare and end it in
page_done when necessary.

Reported-by: Edwin Török <edvin.torok@citrix.com>
Fixes: 64bc06bb32 ("gfs2: iomap buffered write support")
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Andreas Gruenbacher
2019-04-29 20:50:30 +01:00
parent 8f91821990
commit d0a22a4b03
2 changed files with 58 additions and 44 deletions

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@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ out_uninit:
*/
void adjust_fs_space(struct inode *inode)
{
struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
struct gfs2_inode *m_ip = GFS2_I(sdp->sd_statfs_inode);
struct gfs2_inode *l_ip = GFS2_I(sdp->sd_sc_inode);
struct gfs2_statfs_change_host *m_sc = &sdp->sd_statfs_master;
@@ -657,10 +657,13 @@ void adjust_fs_space(struct inode *inode)
struct buffer_head *m_bh, *l_bh;
u64 fs_total, new_free;
if (gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, 2 * RES_STATFS, 0) != 0)
return;
/* Total up the file system space, according to the latest rindex. */
fs_total = gfs2_ri_total(sdp);
if (gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(m_ip, &m_bh) != 0)
return;
goto out;
spin_lock(&sdp->sd_statfs_spin);
gfs2_statfs_change_in(m_sc, m_bh->b_data +
@@ -675,11 +678,14 @@ void adjust_fs_space(struct inode *inode)
gfs2_statfs_change(sdp, new_free, new_free, 0);
if (gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(l_ip, &l_bh) != 0)
goto out;
goto out2;
update_statfs(sdp, m_bh, l_bh);
brelse(l_bh);
out:
out2:
brelse(m_bh);
out:
sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate = 0;
gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
}
/**