linux/fs
NeilBrown 9590544694 NFS: avoid deadlocks with loop-back mounted NFS filesystems.
Support for loop-back mounted NFS filesystems is useful when NFS is
used to access shared storage in a high-availability cluster.

If the node running the NFS server fails, some other node can mount the
filesystem and start providing NFS service.  If that node already had
the filesystem NFS mounted, it will now have it loop-back mounted.

nfsd can suffer a deadlock when allocating memory and entering direct
reclaim.
While direct reclaim does not write to the NFS filesystem it can send
and wait for a COMMIT through nfs_release_page().

This patch modifies nfs_release_page() to wait a limited time for the
commit to complete - one second.  If the commit doesn't complete
in this time, nfs_release_page() will fail.  This means it might now
fail in some cases where it wouldn't before.  These cases are only
when 'gfp' includes '__GFP_WAIT'.

nfs_release_page() is only called by try_to_release_page(), and that
can only be called on an NFS page with required 'gfp' flags from
 - page_cache_pipe_buf_steal() in splice.c
 - shrink_page_list() in vmscan.c
 - invalidate_inode_pages2_range() in truncate.c

The first two handle failure quite safely.  The last is only called
after ->launder_page() has been called, and that will have waited
for the commit to finish already.

So aborting if the commit takes longer than 1 second is perfectly safe.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@primarydata.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>
2014-09-25 08:25:28 -04:00
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9p Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
adfs adfs: add __printf verification, fix format/argument mismatches 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
affs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
afs AFS: Correctly assemble the client UUID 2014-07-29 10:14:36 -07:00
autofs4 autofs4: comment typo: remove a a doubled word 2014-08-08 15:57:19 -07:00
befs fs/befs/linuxvfs.c: check superblock before dump operation 2014-08-08 15:57:20 -07:00
bfs fs/bfs: use bfs prefix for dump_imap 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2014-08-27 09:14:17 -07:00
cachefiles fs/cachefiles: replace kerror by pr_err 2014-06-06 16:08:14 -07:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2014-08-13 17:43:29 -06:00
cifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6 2014-08-20 18:33:21 -05:00
coda fs/coda: use linux/uaccess.h 2014-08-08 15:57:20 -07:00
configfs fs/configfs: use pr_fmt 2014-06-04 16:53:53 -07:00
cramfs fs/cramfs/inode.c: use linux/uaccess.h 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
debugfs fs: debugfs: remove trailing whitespace 2014-07-09 16:58:21 -07:00
devpts fs/devpts/inode.c: convert printk to pr_foo() 2014-06-06 16:08:14 -07:00
dlm fs/dlm/debug_fs.c: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove 2014-08-08 15:57:27 -07:00
ecryptfs write_iter variants of {__,}generic_file_aio_write() 2014-05-06 17:38:00 -04:00
efivarfs fs/efivarfs/super.c: use static const for dentry_operations 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
efs fs/efs/namei.c: return is not a function 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
exofs fs/exofs/ore_raid.c: replace count*size kzalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
exportfs fs/exportfs/expfs.c: kernel-doc warning fixes 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
ext2 fs/ext2/super.c: Drop memory allocation cast 2014-07-15 22:40:22 +02:00
ext3 ext3: Count internal journal as bsddf overhead in ext3_statfs 2014-08-19 23:16:51 +02:00
ext4 ext4: fix same-dir rename when inline data directory overflows 2014-08-28 22:22:29 -04:00
f2fs f2fs: reposition unlock_new_inode to prevent accessing invalid inode 2014-09-02 00:22:24 -07:00
fat Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
freevxfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
fscache fs/fscache: make ctl_table static 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
fuse switch iov_iter_get_pages() to passing maximal number of pages 2014-08-07 14:40:11 -04:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to merge fixes before applying new changes 2014-07-28 10:03:00 +02:00
hfs write_iter variants of {__,}generic_file_aio_write() 2014-05-06 17:38:00 -04:00
hfsplus Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
hostfs hostfs: support rename flags 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
hpfs fs/hpfs/dnode.c: fix suspect code indent 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c: remove null test before kfree 2014-06-04 16:54:11 -07:00
isofs isofs: Fix unbounded recursion when processing relocated directories 2014-08-19 18:29:30 +02:00
jbd fs/jbd/revoke.c: replace shift loop by ilog2 2014-05-21 10:26:13 +02:00
jbd2 jbd2: fix descriptor block size handling errors with journal_csum 2014-08-28 22:22:29 -04:00
jffs2 MTD updates for 3.17-rc1 2014-08-08 18:13:21 -07:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
kernfs Merge 3.16-rc6 into driver-core-next 2014-07-21 10:07:25 -07:00
lockd lockd: Try to reconnect if statd has moved 2014-09-24 23:08:43 -04:00
logfs fs/logfs/readwrite.c: kernel-doc warning fixes 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
minix minix zmap block counts calculation fix 2014-08-08 15:57:20 -07:00
ncpfs fs/ncpfs/getopt.c: replace simple_strtoul by kstrtoul 2014-06-04 16:54:21 -07:00
nfs NFS: avoid deadlocks with loop-back mounted NFS filesystems. 2014-09-25 08:25:28 -04:00
nfs_common fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c: move EXPORT symbol after functions 2014-07-12 18:43:42 -04:00
nfsd Merge branch 'for-3.17' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2014-08-09 14:31:18 -07:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-08-11 11:44:11 -07:00
nls
notify list: fix order of arguments for hlist_add_after(_rcu) 2014-08-06 18:01:24 -07:00
ntfs ntfs: kernel-doc warning fixes 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: quorum: add a log for node not fenced 2014-08-29 16:28:17 -07:00
omfs fs/omfs/inode.c: replace count*size kzalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
openpromfs fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
proc Revert "proc: Point /proc/{mounts,net} at /proc/thread-self/{mounts,net} instead of /proc/self/{mounts,net}" 2014-08-10 21:24:59 -07:00
pstore fs/pstore/ram_core.c: replace count*size kmalloc by kmalloc_array 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
qnx4 fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
qnx6 fs/qnx6: update debugging to current functions 2014-08-08 15:57:26 -07:00
quota fs/quota: kernel-doc warning fixes 2014-07-15 22:40:23 +02:00
ramfs fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c: replace count*size kzalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-08-13 17:45:40 -06:00
romfs fs/romfs/super.c: add blank line after declarations 2014-08-08 15:57:25 -07:00
squashfs fs/squashfs/super.c: logging cleanup 2014-08-06 18:01:13 -07:00
sysfs kernfs: move the last knowledge of sysfs out from kernfs 2014-06-03 08:11:18 -07:00
sysv write_iter variants of {__,}generic_file_aio_write() 2014-05-06 17:38:00 -04:00
ubifs UBIFS: Add log overlap assertions 2014-07-31 15:52:51 +03:00
udf udf: avoid unneeded up_write when fail to add entry in ->symlink 2014-08-19 18:29:30 +02:00
ufs ufs: fix deadlocks introduced by sb mutex merge 2014-09-07 13:26:39 -04:00
xfs xfs: trim eofblocks before collapse range 2014-09-02 12:12:53 +10:00
aio.c aio: block exit_aio() until all context requests are completed 2014-09-04 16:54:47 -04:00
anon_inodes.c vfs: Allocate anon_inode_inode in anon_inode_init() 2014-03-27 09:52:54 -07:00
attr.c fs,userns: Change inode_capable to capable_wrt_inode_uidgid 2014-06-10 13:57:22 -07:00
bad_inode.c bad_inode: add ->rename2() 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
binfmt_elf.c Merge branch 'x86/vdso' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-05 08:05:29 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c fs/binfmt_flat.c: make old_reloc() static 2014-06-04 16:54:21 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: add missing 'break' statement 2014-04-03 16:21:16 -07:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
buffer.c sched: Remove proliferation of wait_on_bit() action functions 2014-07-16 15:10:39 +02:00
char_dev.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c Bluetooth: Move HCI socket definitions into its own header file 2014-07-11 13:53:04 +03:00
compat.c locks: rename file-private locks to "open file description locks" 2014-04-22 08:23:58 -04:00
coredump.c coredump: fix the setting of PF_DUMPCORE 2014-07-23 15:10:54 -07:00
dcache.c fs: mark __d_obtain_alias static 2014-08-07 14:40:11 -04:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c switch iov_iter_get_pages() to passing maximal number of pages 2014-08-07 14:40:11 -04:00
drop_caches.c fs: convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2014-06-06 16:08:16 -07:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: fix use-after-free in eventpoll_release_file 2014-06-16 17:21:59 -10:00
exec.c fork/exec: cleanup mm initialization 2014-08-08 15:57:23 -07:00
fcntl.c shm: add sealing API 2014-08-08 15:57:31 -07:00
fhandle.c
file_table.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-06-12 10:30:18 -07:00
file.c fs/file.c: don't open-code kvfree() 2014-05-06 17:31:10 -04:00
filesystems.c sys_sysfs: Add CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
fs_pin.c make fs/{namespace,super}.c forget about acct.h 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c sched: Remove proliferation of wait_on_bit() action functions 2014-07-16 15:10:39 +02:00
inode.c mm: allow drivers to prevent new writable mappings 2014-08-08 15:57:31 -07:00
internal.h make fs/{namespace,super}.c forget about acct.h 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
ioctl.c
Kconfig
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c fs/libfs.c: add generic data flush to fsync 2014-06-04 16:53:55 -07:00
locks.c locks: pass correct "before" pointer to locks_unlink_lock in generic_add_lease 2014-08-22 09:58:22 -04:00
Makefile take fs_pin stuff to fs/* 2014-08-07 14:40:08 -04:00
mbcache.c fs/mbcache: replace __builtin_log2() with ilog2() 2014-06-25 22:08:29 -04:00
mount.h death to mnt_pinned 2014-08-07 14:40:09 -04:00
mpage.c fs/block_dev.c: add bdev_read_page() and bdev_write_page() 2014-06-04 16:54:02 -07:00
namei.c namei: trivial fix to vfs_rename_dir comment 2014-08-07 14:40:10 -04:00
namespace.c fix EBUSY on umount() from MNT_SHRINKABLE 2014-08-30 18:32:05 -04:00
no-block.c
open.c vfs: fix check for fallocate on active swapfile 2014-08-01 02:36:04 -04:00
pipe.c new helper: copy_page_from_iter() 2014-05-06 17:39:42 -04:00
pnode.c get rid of propagate_umount() mistakenly treating slaves as busy. 2014-08-30 18:31:41 -04:00
pnode.h smarter propagate_mnt() 2014-04-01 23:19:08 -04:00
posix_acl.c posix_acl: handle NULL ACL in posix_acl_equiv_mode 2014-05-06 13:58:42 -04:00
proc_namespace.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
read_write.c switch simple generic_file_aio_read() users to ->read_iter() 2014-05-06 17:37:55 -04:00
readdir.c fanotify: create FAN_ACCESS event for readdir 2014-06-04 16:53:52 -07:00
select.c
seq_file.c fs/seq_file: fallback to vmalloc allocation 2014-07-03 09:21:54 -07:00
signalfd.c
splice.c Merge commit '9f12600fe425bc28f0ccba034a77783c09c15af4' into for-linus 2014-06-12 00:28:09 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-08-13 17:45:40 -06:00
sync.c Export sync_filesystem() for modular ->remount_fs() use 2014-09-05 08:16:21 -07:00
timerfd.c timerfd: Use ktime_mono_to_real() 2014-07-23 10:18:02 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr.c simple_xattr: permit 0-size extended attributes 2014-07-23 15:10:55 -07:00