Re: [PATCH 11/11] xfs: avoid ABBA deadlock when scrubbing parent pointers

["Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:33:40AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 08:56:07AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 07:40:44PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > > From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> > > > 
> > > > In normal operation, the XFS convention is to take an inode's iolock
> > > > and then allocate a transaction.  However, when scrubbing parent inodes
> > > > this is inverted -- we allocated the transaction to do the scrub, and
> > > > now we're trying to grab the parent's iolock.  This can lead to ABBA
> > > > deadlocks: some thread grabbed the parent's iolock and is waiting for
> > > > space for a transaction while our parent scrubber is sitting on a
> > > > transaction trying to get the parent's iolock.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Is that really an issue if the scrub transaction doesn't acquire a log
> > > reservation (or does it in certain circumstances)..?
> > 
> > Once we get to the repair series the transactions will have reservations
> > for logging metadata changes from the metadata rebuilds.
> > 
> > For a non-repair scrub invocation it's pretty simple:
> > 1. Allocate zero-reservation (empty) transaction
> > 2. Iterate metadata, check stuff
> > 3. Cancel transaction, exit to userland
> > 
> > For a repair it's much more complicated:
> > 1. Allocate a big permanent-reservation transaction
> > 2. Iterate metadata, check stuff (same as #2 above)
> > 3. If the metadata is ok, cancel and exit to userland
> > 4. Create set of records that metadata is supposed to have
> > 5. Zap metadata root
> > 6. Insert record, roll transaction, repeat...
> > 7. Commit transaction
> > 8. Run non-repair scrub to see if we fixed it.
> > 
> > So this patch is more of a cleanup to prepare for the circumstances
> > changing later. :)
> > 
> 
> Ok, so all that really matters wrt to this patch is that the repair mode
> will eventually reserve log space for the transaction. Care to add some
> context to the commit log? Otherwise it's kind of hard to surmise the
> purpose. ;) Perhaps better yet would be to just bundle this with the
> repair code that depends on it..?

Ok, I'll update the commit message to note that we're preparing for
repair using transactions with nonzero reservations.

Though TBH this patch {c,sh}ould have just been the first one of the
series that I posted immediately after it.

--D

> Brian
> 
> > --D
> > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
> > > > Therefore, convert all iolock attempts to use trylock; if that fails,
> > > > they can use the existing mechanisms to back off and try again.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/common.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/common.h |    2 ++
> > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
> > > >  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
> > > > index f5e281a..93f9e7d 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
> > > > @@ -787,3 +787,25 @@ xfs_scrub_buffer_recheck(
> > > >  	sc->sm->sm_flags |= XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_CORRUPT;
> > > >  	trace_xfs_scrub_block_error(sc, bp->b_bn, fa);
> > > >  }
> > > > +
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Try to lock an inode in violation of the usual locking order rules.  For
> > > > + * example, trying to get the IOLOCK while in transaction context, or just
> > > > + * plain breaking AG-order or inode-order inode locking rules.  Either way,
> > > > + * the only way to avoid an ABBA deadlock is to use trylock and back off if
> > > > + * we can't.
> > > > + */
> > > > +int
> > > > +xfs_scrub_ilock_inverted(
> > > > +	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
> > > > +	uint			lock_mode)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	int			i;
> > > > +
> > > > +	for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
> > > > +		if (xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, lock_mode))
> > > > +			return 0;
> > > > +		delay(1);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +	return -EDEADLOCK;
> > > > +}
> > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
> > > > index 8296873..191c369 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
> > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
> > > > @@ -151,4 +151,6 @@ static inline bool xfs_scrub_found_corruption(struct xfs_scrub_metadata *sm)
> > > >  			       XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_XCORRUPT);
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +int xfs_scrub_ilock_inverted(struct xfs_inode *ip, uint lock_mode);
> > > > +
> > > >  #endif	/* __XFS_SCRUB_COMMON_H__ */
> > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
> > > > index 1fb88c1..19cd54d 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
> > > > @@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ xfs_scrub_parent_validate(
> > > >  	 */
> > > >  	xfs_iunlock(sc->ip, sc->ilock_flags);
> > > >  	sc->ilock_flags = 0;
> > > > -	xfs_ilock(dp, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
> > > > +	error = xfs_scrub_ilock_inverted(dp, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
> > > > +	if (error)
> > > > +		goto out_rele;
> > > >  
> > > >  	/* Go looking for our dentry. */
> > > >  	error = xfs_scrub_parent_count_parent_dentries(sc, dp, &nlink);
> > > > @@ -220,8 +222,10 @@ xfs_scrub_parent_validate(
> > > >  
> > > >  	/* Drop the parent lock, relock this inode. */
> > > >  	xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
> > > > +	error = xfs_scrub_ilock_inverted(sc->ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
> > > > +	if (error)
> > > > +		goto out_rele;
> > > >  	sc->ilock_flags = XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL;
> > > > -	xfs_ilock(sc->ip, sc->ilock_flags);
> > > >  
> > > >  	/*
> > > >  	 * If we're an unlinked directory, the parent /won't/ have a link
> > > > @@ -323,5 +327,13 @@ xfs_scrub_parent(
> > > >  	if (try_again && tries == 20)
> > > >  		xfs_scrub_set_incomplete(sc);
> > > >  out:
> > > > +	/*
> > > > +	 * If we failed to lock the parent inode even after a retry, just mark
> > > > +	 * this scrub incomplete and return.
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	if (sc->try_harder && error == -EDEADLOCK) {
> > > > +		error = 0;
> > > > +		xfs_scrub_set_incomplete(sc);
> > > > +	}
> > > >  	return error;
> > > >  }
> > > > 
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