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nfs: skip commit in releasepage if we're freeing memory for fs-related reasons

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We've had some reports of a deadlock where rpciod ends up with a stack
trace like this:

    PID: 2507   TASK: ffff88103691ab40  CPU: 14  COMMAND: "rpciod/14"
     #0 [ffff8810343bf2f0] schedule at ffffffff814dabd9
     #1 [ffff8810343bf3b8] nfs_wait_bit_killable at ffffffffa038fc04 [nfs]
     #2 [ffff8810343bf3c8] __wait_on_bit at ffffffff814dbc2f
     #3 [ffff8810343bf418] out_of_line_wait_on_bit at ffffffff814dbcd8
     #4 [ffff8810343bf488] nfs_commit_inode at ffffffffa039e0c1 [nfs]
     #5 [ffff8810343bf4f8] nfs_release_page at ffffffffa038bef6 [nfs]
     #6 [ffff8810343bf528] try_to_release_page at ffffffff8110c670
     #7 [ffff8810343bf538] shrink_page_list.clone.0 at ffffffff81126271
     #8 [ffff8810343bf668] shrink_inactive_list at ffffffff81126638
     #9 [ffff8810343bf818] shrink_zone at ffffffff8112788f
    #10 [ffff8810343bf8c8] do_try_to_free_pages at ffffffff81127b1e
    #11 [ffff8810343bf958] try_to_free_pages at ffffffff8112812f
    #12 [ffff8810343bfa08] __alloc_pages_nodemask at ffffffff8111fdad
    #13 [ffff8810343bfb28] kmem_getpages at ffffffff81159942
    #14 [ffff8810343bfb58] fallback_alloc at ffffffff8115a55a
    #15 [ffff8810343bfbd8] ____cache_alloc_node at ffffffff8115a2d9
    #16 [ffff8810343bfc38] kmem_cache_alloc at ffffffff8115b09b
    #17 [ffff8810343bfc78] sk_prot_alloc at ffffffff81411808
    #18 [ffff8810343bfcb8] sk_alloc at ffffffff8141197c
    #19 [ffff8810343bfce8] inet_create at ffffffff81483ba6
    #20 [ffff8810343bfd38] __sock_create at ffffffff8140b4a7
    #21 [ffff8810343bfd98] xs_create_sock at ffffffffa01f649b [sunrpc]
    #22 [ffff8810343bfdd8] xs_tcp_setup_socket at ffffffffa01f6965 [sunrpc]
    #23 [ffff8810343bfe38] worker_thread at ffffffff810887d0
    #24 [ffff8810343bfee8] kthread at ffffffff8108dd96
    #25 [ffff8810343bff48] kernel_thread at ffffffff8100c1ca

rpciod is trying to allocate memory for a new socket to talk to the
server. The VM ends up calling ->releasepage to get more memory, and it
tries to do a blocking commit. That commit can't succeed however without
a connected socket, so we deadlock.

Fix this by setting PF_FSTRANS on the workqueue task prior to doing the
socket allocation, and having nfs_release_page check for that flag when
deciding whether to do a commit call. Also, set PF_FSTRANS
unconditionally in rpc_async_schedule since that function can also do
allocations sometimes.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
This commit is contained in:
Jeff Layton 2012-07-23 13:58:51 -04:00 committed by Trond Myklebust
parent 506026c3ec
commit 5cf02d09b5
4 changed files with 19 additions and 3 deletions
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7
fs/nfs/file.c
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@ -447,8 +447,11 @@ static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL) {
/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL, and we're not
* doing this memory reclaim for a fs-related allocation.
*/
if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL &&
!(current->flags & PF_FSTRANS)) {
int how = FLUSH_SYNC;
/* Don't let kswapd deadlock waiting for OOM RPC calls */

2
net/sunrpc/sched.c
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@ -791,7 +791,9 @@ void rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
{
current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
__rpc_execute(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
}
/**

3
net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
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@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ xprt_rdma_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
int rc = 0;
if (!xprt->shutdown) {
current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
xprt_clear_connected(xprt);
dprintk("RPC: %s: %sconnect\n", __func__,
@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ xprt_rdma_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
out:
xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, rc);
out_clear:
dprintk("RPC: %s: exit\n", __func__);
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
}
/*

10
net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
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@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ static void xs_local_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
if (xprt->shutdown)
goto out;
current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
status = __sock_create(xprt->xprt_net, AF_LOCAL,
SOCK_STREAM, 0, &sock, 1);
@ -1928,6 +1930,7 @@ static void xs_local_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
out:
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
}
static void xs_udp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
@ -1970,6 +1973,8 @@ static void xs_udp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
if (xprt->shutdown)
goto out;
current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
/* Start by resetting any existing state */
xs_reset_transport(transport);
sock = xs_create_sock(xprt, transport,
@ -1988,6 +1993,7 @@ static void xs_udp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
out:
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
}
/*
@ -2113,6 +2119,8 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
if (xprt->shutdown)
goto out;
current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
if (!sock) {
clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
sock = xs_create_sock(xprt, transport,
@ -2162,6 +2170,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
case -EINPROGRESS:
case -EALREADY:
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
return;
case -EINVAL:
/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
@ -2174,6 +2183,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
out:
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
}
/**