[PATCH v3] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

[PATCH v3] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

[Sahitya Tummala]

f2fs_ioc_shutdown() ioctl gets stuck in the below path
when issued with F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC option.

__switch_to+0x90/0xc4
percpu_down_write+0x8c/0xc0
freeze_super+0xec/0x1e4
freeze_bdev+0xc4/0xcc
f2fs_ioctl+0xc0c/0x1ce0
f2fs_compat_ioctl+0x98/0x1f0

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/file.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 6b94f19..5d99fd1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1851,9 +1851,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (get_user(in, (__u32 __user *)arg))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC) {
+		ret = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	switch (in) {
 	case F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC:
@@ -1894,7 +1896,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_shutdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	f2fs_update_time(sbi, REQ_TIME);
 out:
-	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+	if (in != F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC)
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
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Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: Fix deadlock in shutdown ioctl

[Chao Yu]

On 2018/5/18 14:21, Sahitya Tummala wrote:
> f2fs_ioc_shutdown() ioctl gets stuck in the below path
> when issued with F2FS_GOING_DOWN_FULLSYNC option.
> 
> __switch_to+0x90/0xc4
> percpu_down_write+0x8c/0xc0
> freeze_super+0xec/0x1e4
> freeze_bdev+0xc4/0xcc
> f2fs_ioctl+0xc0c/0x1ce0
> f2fs_compat_ioctl+0x98/0x1f0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>

Thanks,