* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during" failed to apply to 6.19-stable tree
@ 2026-02-17 12:53 gregkh
2026-02-17 16:14 ` [PATCH 6.19.y] Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()" Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: gregkh @ 2026-02-17 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: chao, jaegeuk; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 6.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.19.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 3996b70209f145bfcf2afc7d05dd92c27b233b48
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026021721-glare-regular-e385@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.19.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 3996b70209f145bfcf2afc7d05dd92c27b233b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:38:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during
f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"
This reverts commit 196c81fdd438f7ac429d5639090a9816abb9760a.
Original patch may cause below deadlock, revert it.
write remount
- write_begin
- lock_page --- lock A
- prepare_write_begin
- f2fs_map_lock
- f2fs_enable_checkpoint
- down_write(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock B
- sync_inode_sb
- writepages
- lock_page --- lock A
- down_read(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock A
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 196c81fdd438 ("f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()")
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index f32eb51ccee4..2e133a723b99 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1474,7 +1474,6 @@ static void f2fs_map_lock(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
struct f2fs_lock_context *lc,
int flag)
{
- f2fs_down_read(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
if (flag == F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO)
f2fs_down_read_trace(&sbi->node_change, lc);
else
@@ -1489,7 +1488,6 @@ static void f2fs_map_unlock(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
f2fs_up_read_trace(&sbi->node_change, lc);
else
f2fs_unlock_op(sbi, lc);
- f2fs_up_read(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
}
int f2fs_get_block_locked(struct dnode_of_data *dn, pgoff_t index)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index ded41b416ed7..90aa1d53722a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ enum {
#define DEF_CP_INTERVAL 60 /* 60 secs */
#define DEF_IDLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
#define DEF_DISABLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
-#define DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
+#define DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL 16 /* 16 secs */
#define DEF_DISABLE_QUICK_INTERVAL 1 /* 1 secs */
#define DEF_UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 secs */
@@ -1762,7 +1762,6 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
long interval_time[MAX_TIME]; /* to store thresholds */
struct ckpt_req_control cprc_info; /* for checkpoint request control */
struct cp_stats cp_stats; /* for time stat of checkpoint */
- struct f2fs_rwsem cp_enable_rwsem; /* block cache/dio write */
struct inode_management im[MAX_INO_ENTRY]; /* manage inode cache */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 4573bac94793..25f796232ad9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2687,12 +2687,11 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
{
unsigned int nr_pages = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) / 16;
- long long start, writeback, lock, sync_inode, end;
+ long long start, writeback, end;
int ret;
struct f2fs_lock_context lc;
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s start, meta: %lld, node: %lld, data: %lld",
- __func__,
+ f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() starts, meta: %lld, node: %lld, data: %lld",
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META),
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES),
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
@@ -2711,18 +2710,11 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
}
writeback = ktime_get();
- f2fs_down_write(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
-
- lock = ktime_get();
-
- if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA))
- sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+ sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
if (unlikely(get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA)))
- f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: has some unwritten data: %lld",
- __func__, get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
-
- sync_inode = ktime_get();
+ f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data: %lld",
+ get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
f2fs_down_write_trace(&sbi->gc_lock, &lc);
f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);
@@ -2731,13 +2723,6 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_DIRTY);
f2fs_up_write_trace(&sbi->gc_lock, &lc);
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s sync_fs, meta: %lld, imeta: %lld, node: %lld, dents: %lld, qdata: %lld",
- __func__,
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_IMETA),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA));
ret = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
if (ret)
f2fs_err(sbi, "%s sync_fs failed, ret: %d", __func__, ret);
@@ -2745,17 +2730,11 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
/* Let's ensure there's no pending checkpoint anymore */
f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(sbi);
- f2fs_up_write(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
-
end = ktime_get();
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s end, writeback:%llu, "
- "lock:%llu, sync_inode:%llu, sync_fs:%llu",
- __func__,
- ktime_ms_delta(writeback, start),
- ktime_ms_delta(lock, writeback),
- ktime_ms_delta(sync_inode, lock),
- ktime_ms_delta(end, sync_inode));
+ f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() finishes, writeback:%llu, sync:%llu",
+ ktime_ms_delta(writeback, start),
+ ktime_ms_delta(end, writeback));
return ret;
}
@@ -4952,7 +4931,6 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->node_change, sbi, LOCK_NAME_NODE_CHANGE);
spin_lock_init(&sbi->stat_lock);
init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->cp_rwsem, sbi, LOCK_NAME_CP_RWSEM);
- init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->quota_sem);
init_waitqueue_head(&sbi->cp_wait);
spin_lock_init(&sbi->error_lock);
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* [PATCH 6.19.y] Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"
2026-02-17 12:53 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during" failed to apply to 6.19-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-02-17 16:14 ` Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-02-17 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Chao Yu, stable, Jaegeuk Kim, Sasha Levin
From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 3996b70209f145bfcf2afc7d05dd92c27b233b48 ]
This reverts commit 196c81fdd438f7ac429d5639090a9816abb9760a.
Original patch may cause below deadlock, revert it.
write remount
- write_begin
- lock_page --- lock A
- prepare_write_begin
- f2fs_map_lock
- f2fs_enable_checkpoint
- down_write(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock B
- sync_inode_sb
- writepages
- lock_page --- lock A
- down_read(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock A
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 196c81fdd438 ("f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()")
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
[ drop tracing bits ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/f2fs/data.c | 2 --
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 3 +--
fs/f2fs/super.c | 38 ++++++++------------------------------
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index c30e69392a623..d21a3ce71dfb6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,6 @@ static int __allocate_data_block(struct dnode_of_data *dn, int seg_type)
static void f2fs_map_lock(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
{
- f2fs_down_read(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
if (flag == F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_AIO)
f2fs_down_read(&sbi->node_change);
else
@@ -1431,7 +1430,6 @@ static void f2fs_map_unlock(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
f2fs_up_read(&sbi->node_change);
else
f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
- f2fs_up_read(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
}
int f2fs_get_block_locked(struct dnode_of_data *dn, pgoff_t index)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 20edbb99b814a..8ea576eac73fb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ enum {
#define DEF_CP_INTERVAL 60 /* 60 secs */
#define DEF_IDLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
#define DEF_DISABLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
-#define DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL 5 /* 5 secs */
+#define DEF_ENABLE_INTERVAL 16 /* 16 secs */
#define DEF_DISABLE_QUICK_INTERVAL 1 /* 1 secs */
#define DEF_UMOUNT_DISCARD_TIMEOUT 5 /* 5 secs */
@@ -1716,7 +1716,6 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
long interval_time[MAX_TIME]; /* to store thresholds */
struct ckpt_req_control cprc_info; /* for checkpoint request control */
struct cp_stats cp_stats; /* for time stat of checkpoint */
- struct f2fs_rwsem cp_enable_rwsem; /* block cache/dio write */
struct inode_management im[MAX_INO_ENTRY]; /* manage inode cache */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index c4c225e09dc47..3fa78021a013c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2636,11 +2636,10 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
{
unsigned int nr_pages = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) / 16;
- long long start, writeback, lock, sync_inode, end;
+ long long start, writeback, end;
int ret;
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s start, meta: %lld, node: %lld, data: %lld",
- __func__,
+ f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() starts, meta: %lld, node: %lld, data: %lld",
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META),
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES),
get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
@@ -2659,18 +2658,11 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
}
writeback = ktime_get();
- f2fs_down_write(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
-
- lock = ktime_get();
-
- if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA))
- sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
+ sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb);
if (unlikely(get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA)))
- f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: has some unwritten data: %lld",
- __func__, get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
-
- sync_inode = ktime_get();
+ f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint=enable has some unwritten data: %lld",
+ get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA));
f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);
@@ -2679,13 +2671,6 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_DIRTY);
f2fs_up_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s sync_fs, meta: %lld, imeta: %lld, node: %lld, dents: %lld, qdata: %lld",
- __func__,
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_IMETA),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS),
- get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_QDATA));
ret = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
if (ret)
f2fs_err(sbi, "%s sync_fs failed, ret: %d", __func__, ret);
@@ -2693,17 +2678,11 @@ static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
/* Let's ensure there's no pending checkpoint anymore */
f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(sbi);
- f2fs_up_write(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
-
end = ktime_get();
- f2fs_info(sbi, "%s end, writeback:%llu, "
- "lock:%llu, sync_inode:%llu, sync_fs:%llu",
- __func__,
- ktime_ms_delta(writeback, start),
- ktime_ms_delta(lock, writeback),
- ktime_ms_delta(sync_inode, lock),
- ktime_ms_delta(end, sync_inode));
+ f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() finishes, writeback:%llu, sync:%llu",
+ ktime_ms_delta(writeback, start),
+ ktime_ms_delta(end, writeback));
return ret;
}
@@ -4906,7 +4885,6 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->node_change);
spin_lock_init(&sbi->stat_lock);
init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->cp_rwsem);
- init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->cp_enable_rwsem);
init_f2fs_rwsem(&sbi->quota_sem);
init_waitqueue_head(&sbi->cp_wait);
spin_lock_init(&sbi->error_lock);
--
2.51.0
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