Re: [PATCH 3/5] fstests: add fsstress + compaction test

Darrick J. Wong
2024-06-11T14:48:16Z

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 08:02:00PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Running compaction while we run fsstress can crash older kernels as per
> korg#218227 [0], the fix for that [0] has been posted [1] that patch
> was merged on v6.9-rc6 fixed by commit d99e3140a4d3 ("mm: turn
> folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType"). However even on v6.10-rc2 where
> this kernel commit is already merged we can still deadlock when running
> fsstress and at the same time triggering compaction, this is a new
> issue being reported now this through patch, but this patch also
> serves as a reproducer with a high confidence. It always deadlocks.
> If you enable CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING with the defaults you will end up
> with a complaint about increasing MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS [1], if
> you adjust that you then end up with a few soft lockup complaints and
> some possible deadlock candidates to evaluate [2].
>
> Provide a simple reproducer and pave the way so we keep on testing this.
>
> Without lockdep enabled we silently deadlock on the first run of the
> test without the fix applied. With lockdep enabled you get a splat about
> the possible deadlock on the first run of the test.
>
> [0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218227
> [1] https://gist.github.com/mcgrof/824913b645892214effeb1631df75072
> [2] https://gist.github.com/mcgrof/926e183d21c5c4c55d74ec90197bd77a
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> ---
> common/rc | 7 +++++
> tests/generic/750 | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tests/generic/750.out | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 tests/generic/750
> create mode 100644 tests/generic/750.out
>
> diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
> index e812a2f7cc67..18ad25662d5c 100644
> --- a/common/rc
> +++ b/common/rc
> @@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ _require_hugepages()
> _notrun "Kernel does not report huge page size"
> }
>
> +# Requires CONFIG_COMPACTION
> +_require_vm_compaction()
> +{
> + if [ ! -f /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory ]; then
> + _notrun "Need compaction enabled CONFIG_COMPACTION=y"
> + fi
> +}
> # Get hugepagesize in bytes
> _get_hugepagesize()
> {
> diff --git a/tests/generic/750 b/tests/generic/750
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..334ab011dfa0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tests/generic/750
> @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
> +#! /bin/bash
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +# Copyright (c) 2024 Luis Chamberlain. All Rights Reserved.
> +#
> +# FS QA Test 750
> +#
> +# fsstress + memory compaction test
> +#
> +. ./common/preamble
> +_begin_fstest auto rw long_rw stress soak smoketest
> +
> +_cleanup()
> +{
> + cd /
> + rm -f $runfile
> + rm -f $tmp.*
> + kill -9 $trigger_compaction_pid > /dev/null 2>&1
> + $KILLALL_PROG -9 fsstress > /dev/null 2>&1
> +
> + wait > /dev/null 2>&1
> +}
> +
> +# Import common functions.
> +
> +# real QA test starts here
> +
> +_supported_fs generic
> +
> +_require_scratch
> +_require_vm_compaction
> +_require_command "$KILLALL_PROG" "killall"
> +
> +# We still deadlock with this test on v6.10-rc2, we need more work.
> +# but the below makes things better.
> +_fixed_by_git_commit kernel d99e3140a4d3 \
> + "mm: turn folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType"
> +
> +echo "Silence is golden"
> +
> +_scratch_mkfs > $seqres.full 2>&1
> +_scratch_mount >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> +
> +nr_cpus=$((LOAD_FACTOR * 4))
> +nr_ops=$((25000 * nr_cpus * TIME_FACTOR))
> +fsstress_args=(-w -d $SCRATCH_MNT -n $nr_ops -p $nr_cpus)
> +
> +# start a background trigger for memory compaction
> +runfile="$tmp.compaction"
> +touch $runfile
> +while [ -e $runfile ]; do
> + echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
> + sleep 5
> +done &
> +trigger_compaction_pid=$!
> +
> +test -n "$SOAK_DURATION" && fsstress_args+=(--duration="$SOAK_DURATION")

Maybe put this with the other fsstress_args definition above, but
otherwise this looks reasonable.

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>

--D

> +
> +$FSSTRESS_PROG $FSSTRESS_AVOID "${fsstress_args[@]}" >> $seqres.full
> +wait > /dev/null 2>&1
> +
> +status=0
> +exit
> diff --git a/tests/generic/750.out b/tests/generic/750.out
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..bd79507b632e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tests/generic/750.out
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +QA output created by 750
> +Silence is golden
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>