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Filipe Manana 8731f2c50b btrfs: release path before initializing extent tree in btrfs_read_locked_inode()
In btrfs_read_locked_inode() we are calling btrfs_init_file_extent_tree()
while holding a path with a read locked leaf from a subvolume tree, and
btrfs_init_file_extent_tree() may do a GFP_KERNEL allocation, which can
trigger reclaim.

This can create a circular lock dependency which lockdep warns about with
the following splat:

   [6.1433] ======================================================
   [6.1574] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
   [6.1583] 6.18.0+ #4 Tainted: G     U
   [6.1591] ------------------------------------------------------
   [6.1599] kswapd0/117 is trying to acquire lock:
   [6.1606] ffff8d9b6333c5b8 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1625]
            but task is already holding lock:
   [6.1633] ffffffffa4ab8ce0 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat+0x195/0xc60
   [6.1646]
            which lock already depends on the new lock.

   [6.1657]
            the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
   [6.1667]
            -> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
   [6.1677]        fs_reclaim_acquire+0x9d/0xd0
   [6.1685]        __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x59/0x750
   [6.1694]        btrfs_init_file_extent_tree+0x90/0x100
   [6.1702]        btrfs_read_locked_inode+0xc3/0x6b0
   [6.1710]        btrfs_iget+0xbb/0xf0
   [6.1716]        btrfs_lookup_dentry+0x3c5/0x8e0
   [6.1724]        btrfs_lookup+0x12/0x30
   [6.1731]        lookup_open.isra.0+0x1aa/0x6a0
   [6.1739]        path_openat+0x5f7/0xc60
   [6.1746]        do_filp_open+0xd6/0x180
   [6.1753]        do_sys_openat2+0x8b/0xe0
   [6.1760]        __x64_sys_openat+0x54/0xa0
   [6.1768]        do_syscall_64+0x97/0x3e0
   [6.1776]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
   [6.1784]
            -> #1 (btrfs-tree-00){++++}-{3:3}:
   [6.1794]        lock_release+0x127/0x2a0
   [6.1801]        up_read+0x1b/0x30
   [6.1808]        btrfs_search_slot+0x8e0/0xff0
   [6.1817]        btrfs_lookup_inode+0x52/0xd0
   [6.1825]        __btrfs_update_delayed_inode+0x73/0x520
   [6.1833]        btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode+0x11a/0x120
   [6.1842]        btrfs_log_inode+0x608/0x1aa0
   [6.1849]        btrfs_log_inode_parent+0x249/0xf80
   [6.1857]        btrfs_log_dentry_safe+0x3e/0x60
   [6.1865]        btrfs_sync_file+0x431/0x690
   [6.1872]        do_fsync+0x39/0x80
   [6.1879]        __x64_sys_fsync+0x13/0x20
   [6.1887]        do_syscall_64+0x97/0x3e0
   [6.1894]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
   [6.1903]
            -> #0 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
   [6.1913]        __lock_acquire+0x15e9/0x2820
   [6.1920]        lock_acquire+0xc9/0x2d0
   [6.1927]        __mutex_lock+0xcc/0x10a0
   [6.1934]        __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1944]        btrfs_evict_inode+0x20b/0x4b0
   [6.1952]        evict+0x15a/0x2f0
   [6.1958]        prune_icache_sb+0x91/0xd0
   [6.1966]        super_cache_scan+0x150/0x1d0
   [6.1974]        do_shrink_slab+0x155/0x6f0
   [6.1981]        shrink_slab+0x48e/0x890
   [6.1988]        shrink_one+0x11a/0x1f0
   [6.1995]        shrink_node+0xbfd/0x1320
   [6.1002]        balance_pgdat+0x67f/0xc60
   [6.1321]        kswapd+0x1dc/0x3e0
   [6.1643]        kthread+0xff/0x240
   [6.1965]        ret_from_fork+0x223/0x280
   [6.1287]        ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
   [6.1616]
            other info that might help us debug this:

   [6.1561] Chain exists of:
              &delayed_node->mutex --> btrfs-tree-00 --> fs_reclaim

   [6.1503]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

   [6.1110]        CPU0                    CPU1
   [6.1411]        ----                    ----
   [6.1707]   lock(fs_reclaim);
   [6.1998]                                lock(btrfs-tree-00);
   [6.1291]                                lock(fs_reclaim);
   [6.1581]   lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
   [6.1874]
             *** DEADLOCK ***

   [6.1716] 2 locks held by kswapd0/117:
   [6.1999]  #0: ffffffffa4ab8ce0 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat+0x195/0xc60
   [6.1294]  #1: ffff8d998344b0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#40){++++}- {3:3}, at: super_cache_scan+0x37/0x1d0
   [6.1596]
            stack backtrace:
   [6.1183] CPU: 11 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: kswapd0 Tainted: G     U 6.18.0+ #4 PREEMPT(lazy)
   [6.1185] Tainted: [U]=USER
   [6.1186] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B560M-A AC, BIOS 2001 02/01/2023
   [6.1187] Call Trace:
   [6.1187]  <TASK>
   [6.1189]  dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xa0
   [6.1192]  print_circular_bug.cold+0x17a/0x1c0
   [6.1194]  check_noncircular+0x175/0x190
   [6.1197]  __lock_acquire+0x15e9/0x2820
   [6.1200]  lock_acquire+0xc9/0x2d0
   [6.1201]  ? __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1204]  __mutex_lock+0xcc/0x10a0
   [6.1206]  ? __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1208]  ? __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1211]  ? __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1213]  __btrfs_release_delayed_node.part.0+0x39/0x2f0
   [6.1215]  btrfs_evict_inode+0x20b/0x4b0
   [6.1217]  ? lock_acquire+0xc9/0x2d0
   [6.1220]  evict+0x15a/0x2f0
   [6.1222]  prune_icache_sb+0x91/0xd0
   [6.1224]  super_cache_scan+0x150/0x1d0
   [6.1226]  do_shrink_slab+0x155/0x6f0
   [6.1228]  shrink_slab+0x48e/0x890
   [6.1229]  ? shrink_slab+0x2d2/0x890
   [6.1231]  shrink_one+0x11a/0x1f0
   [6.1234]  shrink_node+0xbfd/0x1320
   [6.1236]  ? shrink_node+0xa2d/0x1320
   [6.1236]  ? shrink_node+0xbd3/0x1320
   [6.1239]  ? balance_pgdat+0x67f/0xc60
   [6.1239]  balance_pgdat+0x67f/0xc60
   [6.1241]  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xc4/0x2a0
   [6.1246]  kswapd+0x1dc/0x3e0
   [6.1247]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
   [6.1249]  ? __pfx_kswapd+0x10/0x10
   [6.1250]  kthread+0xff/0x240
   [6.1251]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
   [6.1253]  ret_from_fork+0x223/0x280
   [6.1255]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
   [6.1257]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
   [6.1260]  </TASK>

This is because:

1) The fsync task is holding an inode's delayed node mutex (for a
   directory) while calling __btrfs_update_delayed_inode() and that needs
   to do a search on the subvolume's btree (therefore read lock some
   extent buffers);

2) The lookup task, at btrfs_lookup(), triggered reclaim with the
   GFP_KERNEL allocation done by btrfs_init_file_extent_tree() while
   holding a read lock on a subvolume leaf;

3) The reclaim triggered kswapd which is doing inode eviction for the
   directory inode the fsync task is using as an argument to
   btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode() - but in that call chain we are
   trying to read lock the same leaf that the lookup task is holding
   while calling btrfs_init_file_extent_tree() and doing the GFP_KERNEL
   allocation.

Fix this by calling btrfs_init_file_extent_tree() after we don't need the
path anymore and release it in btrfs_read_locked_inode().

Reported-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/6e55113a22347c3925458a5d840a18401a38b276.camel@linux.intel.com/
Fixes: 8679d2687c ("btrfs: initialize inode::file_extent_tree after i_mode has been set")
Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2026-01-06 01:22:59 +01:00
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