[PATCH] xfs: I/O completion handlers must use NOFS allocations

[PATCH] xfs: I/O completion handlers must use NOFS allocations

[Christoph Hellwig]

When complention I/O requests we must not allow the memory allocator to
recurse into the filesystem, as we might deadlock on waiting for the
I/O completion otherwise.  The only thing currently allocting normal
GFP_KERNEL memory is the allocation of the transaction structure for the
unwritten extent conversion.  Add a memflags argument to _xfs_trans_alloc
to allow controlling the allocator behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reported-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>
Tested-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>

Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.170027882 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:09:22.904256700 +0200
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ xfs_fs_log_dummy(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
 	int		error;
 
-	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1);
+	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ICHANGE_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
 	if (error) {
 		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:10:14.342278346 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:12:08.148004392 +0200
@@ -860,8 +860,15 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
 		 * set up a transaction to convert the range of extents
 		 * from unwritten to real. Do allocations in a loop until
 		 * we have covered the range passed in.
+		 *
+		 * Note that we opencoding the transaction allocation here
+		 * to pass KM_NOFS - we can't risk to recurse back into
+		 * the filesystem here as we might be asked to write out
+		 * the same inode that we complete here and might deadlock
+		 * on the iolock.
 		 */
-		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE);
+		xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
+		tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE, KM_NOFS);
 		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
 		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks,
 				XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.147024815 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:09:25.127005437 +0200
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ xfs_log_sbcount(
 	if (!xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
 		return 0;
 
-	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT);
+	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT, KM_SLEEP);
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize + 128, 0, 0,
 					XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT);
 	if (error) {
Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.117003816 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:58.202005942 +0200
@@ -236,19 +236,20 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
 	uint		type)
 {
 	xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
-	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type);
+	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
 }
 
 xfs_trans_t *
 _xfs_trans_alloc(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	uint		type)
+	uint		type,
+	uint		memflags)
 {
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
 
 	atomic_inc(&mp->m_active_trans);
 
-	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, memflags);
 	tp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
 	tp->t_type = type;
 	tp->t_mountp = mp;
Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:08:25.127003692 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:09:04.726256000 +0200
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans {
  * XFS transaction mechanism exported interfaces.
  */
 xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
-xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
+xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint, uint);
 xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_dup(xfs_trans_t *);
 int		xfs_trans_reserve(xfs_trans_t *, uint, uint, uint,
 				  uint, uint);

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Re: [PATCH] xfs: I/O completion handlers must use NOFS allocations

[Christoph Hellwig]

Any chance to get a review for this one?

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:00:03AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> When complention I/O requests we must not allow the memory allocator to
> recurse into the filesystem, as we might deadlock on waiting for the
> I/O completion otherwise.  The only thing currently allocting normal
> GFP_KERNEL memory is the allocation of the transaction structure for the
> unwritten extent conversion.  Add a memflags argument to _xfs_trans_alloc
> to allow controlling the allocator behaviour.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Reported-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>
> Tested-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.170027882 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:09:22.904256700 +0200
> @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ xfs_fs_log_dummy(
>  	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
>  	int		error;
>  
> -	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1);
> +	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
>  	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ICHANGE_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
>  	if (error) {
>  		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:10:14.342278346 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:12:08.148004392 +0200
> @@ -860,8 +860,15 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
>  		 * set up a transaction to convert the range of extents
>  		 * from unwritten to real. Do allocations in a loop until
>  		 * we have covered the range passed in.
> +		 *
> +		 * Note that we opencoding the transaction allocation here
> +		 * to pass KM_NOFS - we can't risk to recurse back into
> +		 * the filesystem here as we might be asked to write out
> +		 * the same inode that we complete here and might deadlock
> +		 * on the iolock.
>  		 */
> -		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE);
> +		xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
> +		tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE, KM_NOFS);
>  		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
>  		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks,
>  				XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.147024815 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:09:25.127005437 +0200
> @@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ xfs_log_sbcount(
>  	if (!xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT);
> +	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT, KM_SLEEP);
>  	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize + 128, 0, 0,
>  					XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT);
>  	if (error) {
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.117003816 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:58.202005942 +0200
> @@ -236,19 +236,20 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
>  	uint		type)
>  {
>  	xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
> -	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type);
> +	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
>  }
>  
>  xfs_trans_t *
>  _xfs_trans_alloc(
>  	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
> -	uint		type)
> +	uint		type,
> +	uint		memflags)
>  {
>  	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
>  
>  	atomic_inc(&mp->m_active_trans);
>  
> -	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, KM_SLEEP);
> +	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, memflags);
>  	tp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
>  	tp->t_type = type;
>  	tp->t_mountp = mp;
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:08:25.127003692 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:09:04.726256000 +0200
> @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans {
>   * XFS transaction mechanism exported interfaces.
>   */
>  xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
> -xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
> +xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint, uint);
>  xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_dup(xfs_trans_t *);
>  int		xfs_trans_reserve(xfs_trans_t *, uint, uint, uint,
>  				  uint, uint);
> 
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RE: [PATCH] xfs: I/O completion handlers must use NOFS allocations

[Alex Elder]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> When complention I/O requests we must not allow the memory allocator to
> recurse into the filesystem, as we might deadlock on waiting for the
> I/O completion otherwise.  The only thing currently allocting normal
> GFP_KERNEL memory is the allocation of the transaction structure for the
> unwritten extent conversion.  Add a memflags argument to _xfs_trans_alloc
> to allow controlling the allocator behaviour.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Reported-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>
> Tested-by: Thomas Neumann <tneumann@users.sourceforge.net>

This looks good.  It's kind of too bad the GFP_ flag
argument had to be added, but I can't think of a cleaner
way than the way you did it.

I have one minor suggestion on wording used in a comment,
but the code looks correct to me.  I verified that--as you
say--the only place we're doing an allocation in an I/O
completion handler (i.e., a function called via
io_end->io_work->func) is in xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(),
so this fix should cover the only case.

Sorry it took so long to get to this.

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>

> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.170027882 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c	2009-10-16 23:09:22.904256700 +0200
> @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ xfs_fs_log_dummy(
>  	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
>  	int		error;
> 
> -	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1);
> +	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
>  	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ICHANGE_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
>  	if (error) {
>  		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:10:14.342278346 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c	2009-10-16 23:12:08.148004392 +0200
> @@ -860,8 +860,15 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
>  		 * set up a transaction to convert the range of extents
>  		 * from unwritten to real. Do allocations in a loop until
>  		 * we have covered the range passed in.
> +		 *
> +		 * Note that we opencoding the transaction allocation here
> +		 * to pass KM_NOFS - we can't risk to recurse back into


How about, "we can't risk recursing back into"


> +		 * the filesystem here as we might be asked to write out
> +		 * the same inode that we complete here and might deadlock
> +		 * on the iolock.
>  		 */
> -		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE);
> +		xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
> +		tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE, KM_NOFS);
>  		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
>  		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks,
>  				XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.147024815 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c	2009-10-16 23:09:25.127005437 +0200
> @@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ xfs_log_sbcount(
>  	if (!xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
>  		return 0;
> 
> -	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT);
> +	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT, KM_SLEEP);
>  	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize + 128, 0, 0,
>  					XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT);
>  	if (error) {
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:25.117003816 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c	2009-10-16 23:08:58.202005942 +0200
> @@ -236,19 +236,20 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
>  	uint		type)
>  {
>  	xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
> -	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type);
> +	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
>  }
> 
>  xfs_trans_t *
>  _xfs_trans_alloc(
>  	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
> -	uint		type)
> +	uint		type,
> +	uint		memflags)
>  {
>  	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
> 
>  	atomic_inc(&mp->m_active_trans);
> 
> -	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, KM_SLEEP);
> +	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, memflags);
>  	tp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
>  	tp->t_type = type;
>  	tp->t_mountp = mp;
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:08:25.127003692 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h	2009-10-16 23:09:04.726256000 +0200
> @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans {
>   * XFS transaction mechanism exported interfaces.
>   */
>  xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
> -xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
> +xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint, uint);
>  xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_dup(xfs_trans_t *);
>  int		xfs_trans_reserve(xfs_trans_t *, uint, uint, uint,
>  				  uint, uint);
> 
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Re: [PATCH] xfs: I/O completion handlers must use NOFS allocations

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:34:01PM -0600, Alex Elder wrote:
> This looks good.  It's kind of too bad the GFP_ flag
> argument had to be added, but I can't think of a cleaner
> way than the way you did it.

The slightly better way would be to set the PF_FSTRANS flag for the
workqueue threads, but the workqueue interfaces that allows setting
these flags were removed a while ago.

> I have one minor suggestion on wording used in a comment,
> but the code looks correct to me.  I verified that--as you
> say--the only place we're doing an allocation in an I/O
> completion handler (i.e., a function called via
> io_end->io_work->func) is in xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(),
> so this fix should cover the only case.

> > +		 * Note that we opencoding the transaction allocation here
> > +		 * to pass KM_NOFS - we can't risk to recurse back into
> 
> 
> How about, "we can't risk recursing back into"

Fine with me.  Do you want me to resend or are you going to fix it up on
fly before applying the patch?

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