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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, CAI Qian <caiqian@redhat.com>,
	linux-xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	xfs@oss.sgi.com, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xfs_file_splice_read: possible circular locking dependency detected
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:11:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160919061120.GK2356@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160919130830.14bde3b0@roar.ozlabs.ibm.com>

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 01:08:30PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:

> Without looking through all the patches again, I believe the issue was
> just that filesystems were not expecting (or at least, not audited to
> expect) pages being added to their pagecache in that particular state
> (they'd expect to go through ->readpage or see !uptodate in prepare_write).
> 
> If some wanted to attach metadata to uptodate pages for example, this
> may have caused a problem. It wasn't some big fundamental problem, just a
> mechanical one.

Umm...  Why not make it non-uptodate/locked, try to replace the original
with it in pagecache and then do full-page ->write_begin immediately
followed by full-page ->write_end?  Looks like that ought to work in
all in-tree cases...

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-19  6:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2016-09-03  0:39   ` xfs_file_splice_read: possible circular locking dependency detected Dave Chinner
2016-09-03  0:57     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-03  1:45       ` Al Viro
2016-09-06 23:59         ` Dave Chinner
2016-09-08 20:35           ` Al Viro
2016-09-06 21:53     ` CAI Qian
2016-09-06 23:34       ` Dave Chinner
2016-09-08 15:29     ` CAI Qian
2016-09-08 17:56       ` Al Viro
2016-09-08 18:12         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-08 18:18           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-08 20:44           ` Al Viro
2016-09-08 20:57             ` Al Viro
2016-09-08 21:23             ` Al Viro
2016-09-08 21:38           ` Dave Chinner
2016-09-08 23:55             ` Al Viro
2016-09-09  1:53               ` Dave Chinner
2016-09-09  2:22                 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-09  2:26                   ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-09  2:34                     ` Al Viro
2016-09-09  2:50                       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-09 22:19                         ` Al Viro
2016-09-10  2:06                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-14  3:16                             ` Al Viro
2016-09-14  3:39                               ` Nicholas Piggin
2016-09-14  4:01                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-18  5:33                                 ` Al Viro
2016-09-19  3:08                                   ` Nicholas Piggin
2016-09-19  6:11                                     ` Al Viro [this message]
2016-09-19  7:26                                       ` Nicholas Piggin
2016-09-14  3:49                               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-14  4:26                                 ` Al Viro
2016-09-17  8:20                                   ` Al Viro
2016-09-17 19:00                                     ` Al Viro
2016-09-17 20:15                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-18 19:31                                       ` skb_splice_bits() and large chunks in pipe (was " Al Viro
2016-09-18 20:12                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-18 22:31                                           ` Al Viro
2016-09-19  0:18                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-19  0:22                                             ` Al Viro
2016-09-19  0:22                                               ` Al Viro
2016-09-20  9:51                                               ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-23 19:00                                       ` [RFC][CFT] splice_read reworked Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:01                                         ` [PATCH 01/11] fix memory leaks in tracing_buffers_splice_read() Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:02                                         ` [PATCH 02/11] splice_to_pipe(): don't open-code wakeup_pipe_readers() Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:02                                         ` [PATCH 03/11] splice: switch get_iovec_page_array() to iov_iter Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:02                                           ` Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:03                                         ` [PATCH 04/11] splice: lift pipe_lock out of splice_to_pipe() Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:45                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-23 20:10                                             ` Al Viro
2016-09-23 20:36                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-24  3:59                                                 ` Al Viro
2016-09-24 17:29                                                   ` Al Viro
2016-09-27 15:38                                                     ` Nicholas Piggin
2016-09-27 15:53                                                     ` Chuck Lever
2016-09-27 15:53                                                       ` Chuck Lever
2016-09-24  3:59                                                 ` [PATCH 04/12] " Al Viro
2016-09-26 13:35                                                   ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-09-26 13:35                                                     ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-09-27  4:14                                                     ` Al Viro
2016-09-27  4:14                                                       ` Al Viro
2016-12-17 19:54                                                   ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-18 19:28                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-18 19:57                                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-18 20:12                                                       ` Al Viro
2016-12-18 20:30                                                         ` Al Viro
2016-12-18 22:10                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-18 22:18                                                             ` Al Viro
2016-12-18 22:22                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-12-18 22:49                                                             ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-21 18:56                                                             ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-21 19:12                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-24  4:00                                                 ` [PATCH 06/12] new helper: add_to_pipe() Al Viro
2016-09-26 13:49                                                   ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-09-24  4:01                                                 ` [PATCH 10/12] new iov_iter flavour: pipe-backed Al Viro
2016-09-29 20:53                                                   ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-09-29 22:50                                                     ` Al Viro
2016-09-29 22:50                                                       ` Al Viro
2016-09-30  7:30                                                       ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-10-03  3:34                                                         ` [RFC] O_DIRECT vs EFAULT (was Re: [PATCH 10/12] new iov_iter flavour: pipe-backed) Al Viro
2016-10-03 17:07                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-03 18:54                                                             ` Al Viro
2016-09-24  4:01                                                 ` [PATCH 11/12] switch generic_file_splice_read() to use of ->read_iter() Al Viro
2016-09-24  4:02                                                 ` [PATCH 12/12] switch default_file_splice_read() to use of pipe-backed iov_iter Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:03                                         ` [PATCH 05/11] skb_splice_bits(): get rid of callback Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:03                                           ` Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:04                                         ` [PATCH 06/11] new helper: add_to_pipe() Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:04                                         ` [PATCH 07/11] fuse_dev_splice_read(): switch to add_to_pipe() Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:06                                         ` [PATCH 08/11] cifs: don't use memcpy() to copy struct iov_iter Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:08                                         ` [PATCH 09/11] fuse_ioctl_copy_user(): don't open-code copy_page_{to,from}_iter() Al Viro
2016-09-26  9:31                                           ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-09-23 19:09                                         ` [PATCH 10/11] new iov_iter flavour: pipe-backed Al Viro
2016-09-23 19:10                                         ` [PATCH 11/11] switch generic_file_splice_read() to use of ->read_iter() Al Viro
2016-09-30 13:32                                         ` [RFC][CFT] splice_read reworked CAI Qian
2016-09-30 17:42                                           ` CAI Qian
2016-09-30 18:33                                             ` CAI Qian
2016-09-30 18:33                                               ` CAI Qian
2016-10-03  1:37                                               ` Al Viro
2016-10-03 17:49                                                 ` CAI Qian
2016-10-04 17:39                                                   ` local DoS - systemd hang or timeout (WAS: Re: [RFC][CFT] splice_read reworked) CAI Qian
2016-10-04 21:42                                                     ` tj
2016-10-05 14:09                                                       ` CAI Qian
2016-10-05 15:30                                                         ` tj
2016-10-05 15:54                                                           ` CAI Qian
2016-10-05 18:57                                                             ` CAI Qian
2016-10-05 20:05                                                               ` Al Viro
2016-10-06 12:20                                                                 ` CAI Qian
2016-10-06 12:25                                                                   ` CAI Qian
2016-10-06 16:11                                                                     ` CAI Qian
2016-10-06 17:00                                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-06 18:12                                                                         ` CAI Qian
2016-10-07  9:57                                                                         ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-07 15:25                                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2016-10-07  7:08                                                                     ` Jan Kara
2016-10-07 14:43                                                                       ` CAI Qian
2016-10-07 15:27                                                                         ` CAI Qian
2016-10-07 18:56                                                                           ` CAI Qian
2016-10-09 21:54                                                                             ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-10 14:10                                                                               ` CAI Qian
2016-10-10 20:14                                                                                 ` CAI Qian
2016-10-10 21:57                                                                                 ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-12 19:50                                                                                   ` [bisected] " CAI Qian
2016-10-12 20:59                                                                                     ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-13 16:25                                                                                       ` CAI Qian
2016-10-13 20:49                                                                                         ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-13 20:56                                                                                           ` CAI Qian
2016-10-09 21:51                                                                         ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-21 15:38                                                                       ` [4.9-rc1+] overlayfs lockdep CAI Qian
2016-10-24 12:57                                                                         ` Miklos Szeredi
2016-10-07  9:27                                                                   ` local DoS - systemd hang or timeout (WAS: Re: [RFC][CFT] splice_read reworked) Dave Chinner
2016-10-27 12:52                                                       ` local DoS - systemd hang or timeout with cgroup traces CAI Qian
2016-10-03  1:42                                             ` [RFC][CFT] splice_read reworked Al Viro
2016-10-03 14:06                                               ` CAI Qian
2016-10-03 15:20                                                 ` CAI Qian
2016-10-03 21:12                                                   ` Dave Chinner
2016-10-04 13:57                                                     ` CAI Qian
2016-10-03 20:32                                                 ` CAI Qian
2016-10-03 20:35                                                   ` Al Viro
2016-10-04 13:29                                                     ` CAI Qian
2016-10-04 14:28                                                       ` Al Viro
2016-10-04 16:21                                                         ` CAI Qian
2016-10-04 20:12                                                           ` Al Viro
2016-10-05 14:30                                                             ` CAI Qian
2016-10-05 16:07                                                               ` Al Viro
2016-09-09  2:31                   ` xfs_file_splice_read: possible circular locking dependency detected Al Viro
2016-09-09  2:39                     ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-09  2:26                 ` Al Viro
2016-09-09  2:19               ` Al Viro
2016-09-08 18:01       ` Linus Torvalds
2016-09-08 20:39         ` CAI Qian
2016-09-08 21:19           ` Dave Chinner
2016-09-08 21:30             ` Al Viro

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