FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: fix false alarm of lockdep on cp_global_sem lock" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: fix false alarm of lockdep on cp_global_sem lock" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 6a5e3de9c2bb0b691d16789a5d19e9276a09b308
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051240-overthrow-lumpiness-9c49@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 6a5e3de9c2bb0b691d16789a5d19e9276a09b308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:24:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: fix false alarm of lockdep on cp_global_sem lock

lockdep reported a potential deadlock:

a) TCMU device removal context:
 - call del_gendisk() to get q->q_usage_counter
 - call start_flush_work() to get work_completion of wb->dwork
b) f2fs writeback context:
 - in wb_workfn(), which holds work_completion of wb->dwork
 - call f2fs_balance_fs() to get sbi->gc_lock
c) f2fs vfs_write context:
 - call f2fs_gc() to get sbi->gc_lock
 - call f2fs_write_checkpoint() to get sbi->cp_global_sem
d) f2fs mount context:
 - call recover_fsync_data() to get sbi->cp_global_sem
 - call f2fs_check_and_fix_write_pointer() to call blkdev_report_zones()
   that goes down to blk_mq_alloc_request and get q->q_usage_counter

Original callstack is in Closes tag.

However, I think this is a false alarm due to before mount returns
successfully (context d), we can not access file therein via vfs_write
(context c).

Let's introduce per-sb cp_global_sem_key, and assign the key for
cp_global_sem, so that lockdep can recognize cp_global_sem from
different super block correctly.

A lot of work are done by Shin'ichiro Kawasaki, thanks a lot for
the work.

Fixes: c426d99127b1 ("f2fs: Check write pointer consistency of open zones")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-and-tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20260218125237.3340441-1-shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com
Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 39b97621456a..56c4af4b1737 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2042,6 +2042,9 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 	spinlock_t iostat_lat_lock;
 	struct iostat_lat_info *iostat_io_lat;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	struct lock_class_key cp_global_sem_key;
+#endif
 };
 
 /* Definitions to access f2fs_sb_info */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index f626e5ca089d..ae81af5a8d29 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4964,6 +4964,11 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->gc_lock, sbi, LOCK_NAME_GC_LOCK);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->writepages);
 	init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->cp_global_sem, sbi, LOCK_NAME_CP_GLOBAL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	lockdep_register_key(&sbi->cp_global_sem_key);
+	lockdep_set_class(&sbi->cp_global_sem.internal_rwsem,
+					&sbi->cp_global_sem_key);
+#endif
 	init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->node_write, sbi, LOCK_NAME_NODE_WRITE);
 	init_f2fs_rwsem_trace(&sbi->node_change, sbi, LOCK_NAME_NODE_CHANGE);
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->stat_lock);
@@ -5435,6 +5440,9 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 free_sb_buf:
 	kfree(raw_super);
 free_sbi:
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	lockdep_unregister_key(&sbi->cp_global_sem_key);
+#endif
 	kfree(sbi);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 
@@ -5516,6 +5524,9 @@ static void kill_f2fs_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	/* Release block devices last, after fscrypt_destroy_keyring(). */
 	if (sbi) {
 		destroy_device_list(sbi);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+		lockdep_unregister_key(&sbi->cp_global_sem_key);
+#endif
 		kfree(sbi);
 		sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	}