linux/fs
Darrick J. Wong 22843291ef vfs: remove lockdep bogosity in __sb_start_write
__sb_start_write has some weird looking lockdep code that claims to
exist to handle nested freeze locking requests from xfs.  The code as
written seems broken -- if we think we hold a read lock on any of the
higher freeze levels (e.g. we hold SB_FREEZE_WRITE and are trying to
lock SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT), it converts a blocking lock attempt into a
trylock.

However, it's not correct to downgrade a blocking lock attempt to a
trylock unless the downgrading code or the callers are prepared to deal
with that situation.  Neither __sb_start_write nor its callers handle
this at all.  For example:

sb_start_pagefault ignores the return value completely, with the result
that if xfs_filemap_fault loses a race with a different thread trying to
fsfreeze, it will proceed without pagefault freeze protection (thereby
breaking locking rules) and then unlocks the pagefault freeze lock that
it doesn't own on its way out (thereby corrupting the lock state), which
leads to a system hang shortly afterwards.

Normally, this won't happen because our ownership of a read lock on a
higher freeze protection level blocks fsfreeze from grabbing a write
lock on that higher level.  *However*, if lockdep is offline,
lock_is_held_type unconditionally returns 1, which means that
percpu_rwsem_is_held returns 1, which means that __sb_start_write
unconditionally converts blocking freeze lock attempts into trylocks,
even when we *don't* hold anything that would block a fsfreeze.

Apparently this all held together until 5.10-rc1, when bugs in lockdep
caused lockdep to shut itself off early in an fstests run, and once
fstests gets to the "race writes with freezer" tests, kaboom.  This
might explain the long trail of vanishingly infrequent livelocks in
fstests after lockdep goes offline that I've never been able to
diagnose.

We could fix it by spinning on the trylock if wait==true, but AFAICT the
locking works fine if lockdep is not built at all (and I didn't see any
complaints running fstests overnight), so remove this snippet entirely.

NOTE: Commit f4b554af99 in 2015 created the current weird logic (which
used to exist in a different form in commit 5accdf82ba from 2012) in
__sb_start_write.  XFS solved this whole problem in the late 2.6 era by
creating a variant of transactions (XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT) that don't
grab intwrite freeze protection, thus making lockdep's solution
unnecessary.  The commit claims that Dave Chinner explained that the
trylock hack + comment could be removed, but nobody ever did.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2020-11-10 16:49:29 -08:00
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9p Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
adfs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
affs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
afs afs fixes 2020-10-16 15:22:41 -07:00
autofs autofs: harden ioctl table 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
befs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
bfs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
btrfs block-5.10-2020-10-12 2020-10-13 12:12:44 -07:00
cachefiles cachefiles: switch to kernel_write 2020-07-08 08:27:56 +02:00
ceph Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
cifs cifs: update internal module version number 2020-10-23 23:41:49 -05:00
coda
configfs fs: configfs: delete repeated words in comments 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
cramfs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
crypto fscrypt: export fscrypt_d_revalidate() 2020-09-28 14:44:51 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: Fix module state check condition 2020-09-04 18:12:52 +02:00
devpts
dlm networking changes for the 5.10 merge window 2020-10-15 18:42:13 -07:00
ecryptfs mm, treewide: rename kzfree() to kfree_sensitive() 2020-08-07 11:33:22 -07:00
efivarfs efivarfs: Replace invalid slashes with exclamation marks in dentries. 2020-09-25 23:29:04 +02:00
efs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
erofs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
exfat Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
exportfs
ext2 Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
f2fs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
fat [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
freevxfs
fscache Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
fuse fuse update for 5.10 2020-10-19 14:28:30 -07:00
gfs2 gfs2: Recover statfs info in journal head 2020-10-23 15:47:38 +02:00
hfs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
hfsplus Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
hostfs
hpfs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: prevent filesystem stacking of hugetlbfs 2020-08-12 10:57:56 -07:00
iomap iomap: Call inode_dio_end() before generic_write_sync() 2020-09-28 08:51:08 -07:00
isofs [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
jbd2 jbd2: fast commit recovery path 2020-10-21 23:22:37 -04:00
jffs2 treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
jfs fs: Introduce i_blocks_per_page 2020-09-21 08:59:26 -07:00
kernfs fsnotify: pass dir and inode arguments to fsnotify() 2020-07-27 23:15:48 +02:00
lockd The one new feature this time, from Anna Schumaker, is READ_PLUS, which 2020-10-22 09:44:27 -07:00
minix [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
nfs The one new feature this time, from Anna Schumaker, is READ_PLUS, which 2020-10-22 09:44:27 -07:00
nfs_common NFSv4.2: Fix NFS4ERR_STALE error when doing inter server copy 2020-10-21 10:31:20 -04:00
nfsd The one new feature this time, from Anna Schumaker, is READ_PLUS, which 2020-10-22 09:44:27 -07:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
nls treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
notify mm, memcg: rework remote charging API to support nesting 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
ntfs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
ocfs2 The siginificant new ext4 feature this time around is Harshad's new 2020-10-22 10:31:08 -07:00
omfs fs: omfs: use kmemdup() rather than kmalloc+memcpy 2020-09-22 23:39:45 -04:00
openpromfs
orangefs orangefs: remove unnecessary assignment to variable ret 2020-08-04 15:01:58 -04:00
overlayfs ovl: use generic vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare() helper 2020-10-06 15:38:15 +02:00
proc Merge branch 'work.set_fs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-22 09:59:21 -07:00
pstore treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
qnx4 [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
qnx6 [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
quota \n 2020-10-15 14:56:15 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: fix nommu mmap with gaps in the page cache 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: Fix oops during mount 2020-10-01 11:15:31 +02:00
romfs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
squashfs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
sysfs sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format sysfs output 2020-10-02 12:02:30 +02:00
sysv [PATCH] reduce boilerplate in fsid handling 2020-09-18 16:45:50 -04:00
tracefs
ubifs This pull request contains fixes for UBI and UBIFS 2020-10-18 09:56:50 -07:00
udf Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
ufs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
unicode unicode: Add utf8_casefold_hash 2020-09-10 14:03:31 -07:00
vboxsf Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2020-10-15 15:11:56 -07:00
verity fs-verity: use smp_load_acquire() for ->i_verity_info 2020-07-21 16:02:41 -07:00
xfs treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
zonefs Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
aio.c Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-12 16:35:51 -07:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c
bad_inode.c fs: move the fiemap definitions out of fs.h 2020-06-03 23:16:55 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf, binfmt_elf_fdpic: use a VMA list snapshot 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf: take the mmap lock around find_extend_vma() 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-04 19:18:29 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: revert "binfmt_flat: don't offset the data start" 2020-08-24 08:49:13 +10:00
binfmt_misc.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-04 19:18:29 -07:00
binfmt_script.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-04 19:18:29 -07:00
block_dev.c block: add a bdget_part helper 2020-10-05 10:38:33 -06:00
buffer.c mm, memcg: rework remote charging API to support nesting 2020-10-18 09:27:09 -07:00
char_dev.c vfs: allow unprivileged whiteout creation 2020-05-14 16:44:23 +02:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c Split the old READ_IMPLIES_EXEC workaround from executable PT_GNU_STACK 2020-06-05 13:45:21 -07:00
coredump.c binfmt_elf, binfmt_elf_fdpic: use a VMA list snapshot 2020-10-16 11:11:21 -07:00
d_path.c fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path() 2020-10-14 14:54:45 -07:00
dax.c fuse update for 5.10 2020-10-19 14:28:30 -07:00
dcache.c vfs: Use sequence counter with associated spinlock 2020-07-29 16:14:27 +02:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c \n 2020-10-15 15:03:10 -07:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c ep_create_wakeup_source(): dentry name can change under you... 2020-09-24 19:41:58 -04:00
exec.c powerpc updates for 5.10 2020-10-16 12:21:15 -07:00
fcntl.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
fhandle.c
file_table.c task_work: cleanup notification modes 2020-10-17 15:05:30 -06:00
file.c io_uring: don't rely on weak ->files references 2020-09-30 20:32:32 -06:00
filesystems.c
fs_context.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
fs_parser.c fs_parse: mark fs_param_bad_value() as static 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
fs_pin.c
fs_struct.c vfs: Use sequence counter with associated spinlock 2020-07-29 16:14:27 +02:00
fs_types.c
fs-writeback.c block-5.10-2020-10-12 2020-10-13 12:12:44 -07:00
fsopen.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
init.c init: add an init_dup helper 2020-08-04 21:02:38 -04:00
inode.c fs: add a filesystem flag for THPs 2020-10-16 11:11:15 -07:00
internal.h fs: remove compat_sys_mount 2020-09-22 23:45:57 -04:00
io_uring.c io_uring-5.10-2020-10-24 2020-10-24 12:40:18 -07:00
io-wq.c io-wq: re-set NUMA node affinities if CPUs come online 2020-10-22 09:02:50 -06:00
io-wq.h io_uring: unify fsize with def->work_flags 2020-10-20 16:03:13 -06:00
ioctl.c fs: remove ksys_ioctl 2020-07-31 08:16:01 +02:00
Kconfig tmpfs: support 64-bit inums per-sb 2020-08-07 11:33:24 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
kernel_read_file.c fs/kernel_file_read: Add "offset" arg for partial reads 2020-10-05 13:37:04 +02:00
libfs.c fs: Add standard casefolding support 2020-09-10 14:03:31 -07:00
locks.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
Makefile Refactored code for 5.10: 2020-10-23 11:33:41 -07:00
mbcache.c
mount.h proc/mounts: add cursor 2020-05-14 16:44:24 +02:00
mpage.c fs: convert mpage_readpages to mpage_readahead 2020-06-02 10:59:07 -07:00
namei.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
namespace.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-24 12:26:05 -07:00
no-block.c
nsfs.c nsproxy: attach to namespaces via pidfds 2020-05-13 11:41:22 +02:00
open.c exec: move S_ISREG() check earlier 2020-08-12 10:58:01 -07:00
pipe.c Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-10-11 11:11:35 -07:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c vfs: clean up posix_acl_permission() logic aroudn MAY_NOT_BLOCK 2020-06-08 11:04:19 -07:00
proc_namespace.c Add a "nosymfollow" mount option. 2020-08-27 16:06:47 -04:00
read_write.c Refactored code for 5.10: 2020-10-23 11:33:41 -07:00
readdir.c fs: remove ksys_getdents64 2020-07-31 08:16:00 +02:00
remap_range.c vfs: move the remap range helpers to remap_range.c 2020-10-15 09:48:49 -07:00
select.c pselect6() and friends: take handling the combined 6th/7th args into helper 2020-05-29 19:10:42 -04:00
seq_file.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
signalfd.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
splice.c io_uring-5.10-2020-10-24 2020-10-24 12:40:18 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c fs: remove KSTAT_QUERY_FLAGS 2020-09-26 22:55:05 -04:00
statfs.c Add a "nosymfollow" mount option. 2020-08-27 16:06:47 -04:00
super.c vfs: remove lockdep bogosity in __sb_start_write 2020-11-10 16:49:29 -08:00
sync.c overlayfs update for 5.8 2020-06-09 15:40:50 -07:00
timerfd.c
userfaultfd.c mm: remove the now-unnecessary mmget_still_valid() hack 2020-10-16 11:11:22 -07:00
utimes.c fs: expose utimes_common 2020-07-31 08:16:01 +02:00
xattr.c fs/xattr.c: fix kernel-doc warnings for setxattr & removexattr 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00