Re: [PATCH 0/3 v5][RFC] ext3/4: enhance fsync performance when using CFQ

[Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>]

Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com> writes:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> On 06/27/2010 09:48 PM, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>> Tao Ma<tao.ma@oracle.com>  writes:
>>> I am sorry to say that the patch make jbd2 locked up when I tested
>>> fs_mark using ocfs2.
>>> I have attached the log from my netconsole server. After I reverted
>>> the patch [3/3], the box works again.
>>
>> I can't reproduce this, unfortunately.  Also, when building with the
>> .config you sent me, the disassembly doesn't line up with the stack
>> trace you posted.
>>
>> I'm not sure why yielding the queue would cause a deadlock.  The only
>> explanation I can come up with is that I/O is not being issued.  I'm
>> assuming that no other I/O will be completed to the file system in
>> question.  Is that right?  Could you send along the output from sysrq-t?
> yes, I just mounted it and begin the test, so there should be no
> outstanding I/O. So do you need me to setup another disk for test?
> I have attached the sysrq output in sysrq.log. please check.

Well, if it doesn't take long to reproduce, then it might be helpful to
see a blktrace of the run.  However, it might also just be worth waiting
for the next version of the patch to see if that fixes your issue.

> btw, I also met with a NULL pointer deference in cfq_yield. I have
> attached the null.log also. This seems to be related to the previous
> deadlock and happens when I try to remount the same volume after
> reboot and ocfs2 try to do some recovery.

 Pid: 4130, comm: ocfs2_wq Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3+ #5 0MM599/OptiPlex 745                  
 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff82161537>] 
  [<ffffffff82161537>] cfq_yield+0x5f/0x135 
 RSP: 0018:ffff880123061c60  EFLAGS: 00010246 
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88012c2b5ea8 RCX: ffff88012c3a30d0 

ffffffff82161528:	e8 69 eb ff ff       	callq  ffffffff82160096 <cfq_cic_lookup>
ffffffff8216152d:	49 89 c6             	mov    %rax,%r14
ffffffff82161530:	48 8b 85 00 06 00 00 	mov    0x600(%rbp),%rax
ffffffff82161537:	f0 48 ff 00          	lock incq (%rax)

I'm pretty sure that's a NULL pointer deref of the tsk->iocontext that
was passed into the yield function.  I've since fixed that, so your
recovery code should be safe in the newest version (which I've not yet
posted).

Cheers,
Jeff