fs: dcache: Avoid livelock between d_alloc_parallel and __d_add
If d_alloc_parallel runs concurrently with __d_add, it is possible for
d_alloc_parallel to continuously retry whilst i_dir_seq has been
incremented to an odd value by __d_add:
CPU0:
__d_add
n = start_dir_add(dir);
cmpxchg(&dir->i_dir_seq, n, n + 1) == n
CPU1:
d_alloc_parallel
retry:
seq = smp_load_acquire(&parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq) & ~1;
hlist_bl_lock(b);
bit_spin_lock(0, (unsigned long *)b); // Always succeeds
CPU0:
__d_lookup_done(dentry)
hlist_bl_lock
bit_spin_lock(0, (unsigned long *)b); // Never succeeds
CPU1:
if (unlikely(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq != seq)) {
hlist_bl_unlock(b);
goto retry;
}
Since the simple bit_spin_lock used to implement hlist_bl_lock does not
provide any fairness guarantees, then CPU1 can starve CPU0 of the lock
and prevent it from reaching end_dir_add(dir), therefore CPU1 cannot
exit its retry loop because the sequence number always has the bottom
bit set.
This patch resolves the livelock by not taking hlist_bl_lock in
d_alloc_parallel if the sequence counter is odd, since any subsequent
masked comparison with i_dir_seq will fail anyway.
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Reported-by: Naresh Madhusudana <naresh.madhusudana@arm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 32aaab2..bde3b66 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2479,7 +2479,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
retry:
rcu_read_lock();
- seq = smp_load_acquire(&parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq) & ~1;
+ seq = smp_load_acquire(&parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq);
r_seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &d_seq);
if (unlikely(dentry)) {
@@ -2500,6 +2500,12 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
rcu_read_unlock();
goto retry;
}
+
+ if (unlikely(seq & 1)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
hlist_bl_lock(b);
if (unlikely(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq != seq)) {
hlist_bl_unlock(b);