From: Josh Cartwright <joshc@linux.com>
To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2] jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in gc path
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:34:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120329233453.GA23698@joshcartwright.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN8TOE-9fxbc8PM8oNVBc_tUdkYBhV6jTG8_M5GdjLNGpLhKKA@mail.gmail.com>
The locking policy is such that the erase_complete_block spinlock is
nested within the alloc_sem mutex. This fixes a case in which the
acquisition order was erroneously reversed. This issue was caught by
the following lockdep splat:
=======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.0.5 #1
-------------------------------------------------------
jffs2_gcd_mtd6/299 is trying to acquire lock:
(&c->alloc_sem){+.+.+.}, at: [<c01f7714>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x314/0x890
but task is already holding lock:
(&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<c01f7708>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x308/0x890
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #1 (&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock){+.+...}:
[<c008bec4>] validate_chain+0xe6c/0x10bc
[<c008c660>] __lock_acquire+0x54c/0xba4
[<c008d240>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x114
[<c046780c>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3c/0x4c
[<c01f744c>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x4c/0x890
[<c01f937c>] jffs2_garbage_collect_thread+0x1b4/0x1cc
[<c0071a68>] kthread+0x98/0xa0
[<c000f264>] kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8
-> #0 (&c->alloc_sem){+.+.+.}:
[<c008ad2c>] print_circular_bug+0x70/0x2c4
[<c008c08c>] validate_chain+0x1034/0x10bc
[<c008c660>] __lock_acquire+0x54c/0xba4
[<c008d240>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x114
[<c0466628>] mutex_lock_nested+0x74/0x33c
[<c01f7714>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x314/0x890
[<c01f937c>] jffs2_garbage_collect_thread+0x1b4/0x1cc
[<c0071a68>] kthread+0x98/0xa0
[<c000f264>] kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock);
lock(&c->alloc_sem);
lock(&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock);
lock(&c->alloc_sem);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by jffs2_gcd_mtd6/299:
#0: (&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<c01f7708>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x308/0x890
stack backtrace:
[<c00155dc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x100) from [<c0463dc0>] (dump_stack+0x20/0x24)
[<c0463dc0>] (dump_stack+0x20/0x24) from [<c008ae84>] (print_circular_bug+0x1c8/0x2c4)
[<c008ae84>] (print_circular_bug+0x1c8/0x2c4) from [<c008c08c>] (validate_chain+0x1034/0x10bc)
[<c008c08c>] (validate_chain+0x1034/0x10bc) from [<c008c660>] (__lock_acquire+0x54c/0xba4)
[<c008c660>] (__lock_acquire+0x54c/0xba4) from [<c008d240>] (lock_acquire+0xa4/0x114)
[<c008d240>] (lock_acquire+0xa4/0x114) from [<c0466628>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x74/0x33c)
[<c0466628>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x74/0x33c) from [<c01f7714>] (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x314/0x890)
[<c01f7714>] (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x314/0x890) from [<c01f937c>] (jffs2_garbage_collect_thread+0x1b4/0x1cc)
[<c01f937c>] (jffs2_garbage_collect_thread+0x1b4/0x1cc) from [<c0071a68>] (kthread+0x98/0xa0)
[<c0071a68>] (kthread+0x98/0xa0) from [<c000f264>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8)
Signed-off-by: Josh Cartwright <joshc@linux.com>
---
fs/jffs2/gc.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/gc.c b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
index ad271c7..5a2dec2 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/gc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ int jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
return 0;
jffs2_dbg(1, "No progress from erasing block; doing GC anyway\n");
- spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
mutex_lock(&c->alloc_sem);
+ spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
}
/* First, work out which block we're garbage-collecting */
--
1.7.2.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-29 23:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-09 18:50 [PATCH] jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in gc path Josh Cartwright
2012-03-29 15:38 ` Brian Norris
2012-03-29 23:29 ` Josh Cartwright
2012-03-29 23:34 ` Josh Cartwright [this message]
2012-04-13 15:14 ` [PATCH V2] " Artem Bityutskiy
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