linux-kernel-test/fs
David Howells 8c209ce721 NFS: nfs_migrate_page() does not wait for FS-Cache to finish with a page
nfs_migrate_page() does not wait for FS-Cache to finish with a page, probably
leading to the following bad-page-state:

 BUG: Bad page state in process python-bin  pfn:17d39b
 page:ffffea00053649e8 flags:004000000000100c count:0 mapcount:0 mapping:(null)
index:38686 (Tainted: G    B      ---------------- )
 Pid: 31053, comm: python-bin Tainted: G    B      ----------------
2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.x86_64 #1
 Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8111bfe7>] bad_page+0x107/0x160
 [<ffffffff8111ee69>] free_hot_cold_page+0x1c9/0x220
 [<ffffffff8111ef19>] __pagevec_free+0x59/0xb0
 [<ffffffff8104b988>] ? flush_tlb_others_ipi+0x128/0x130
 [<ffffffff8112230c>] release_pages+0x21c/0x250
 [<ffffffff8115b92a>] ? remove_migration_pte+0x28a/0x2b0
 [<ffffffff8115f3f8>] ? mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat_from_page+0x18/0x70
 [<ffffffff81122687>] ____pagevec_lru_add+0x167/0x180
 [<ffffffff811226f8>] __lru_cache_add+0x58/0x70
 [<ffffffff81122731>] lru_cache_add_lru+0x21/0x40
 [<ffffffff81123f49>] putback_lru_page+0x69/0x100
 [<ffffffff8115c0bd>] migrate_pages+0x13d/0x5d0
 [<ffffffff81122687>] ? ____pagevec_lru_add+0x167/0x180
 [<ffffffff81152ab0>] ? compaction_alloc+0x0/0x370
 [<ffffffff8115255c>] compact_zone+0x4cc/0x600
 [<ffffffff8111cfac>] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x15c/0x820
 [<ffffffff810672f4>] ? check_preempt_wakeup+0x1c4/0x3c0
 [<ffffffff8115290e>] compact_zone_order+0x7e/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81152a49>] try_to_compact_pages+0x109/0x170
 [<ffffffff8111e94d>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x5ed/0x850
 [<ffffffff814c9136>] ? thread_return+0x4e/0x778
 [<ffffffff81150d43>] alloc_pages_vma+0x93/0x150
 [<ffffffff81167ea5>] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0x135/0x340
 [<ffffffff814cb6f6>] ? rwsem_down_read_failed+0x26/0x30
 [<ffffffff81136755>] handle_mm_fault+0x245/0x2b0
 [<ffffffff814ce383>] do_page_fault+0x123/0x3a0
 [<ffffffff814cbdf5>] page_fault+0x25/0x30

nfs_migrate_page() calls nfs_fscache_release_page() which doesn't actually wait
- even if __GFP_WAIT is set.  The reason that doesn't wait is that
fscache_maybe_release_page() might deadlock the allocator as the work threads
writing to the cache may all end up sleeping on memory allocation.

However, I wonder if that is actually a problem.  There are a number of things
I can do to deal with this:

 (1) Make nfs_migrate_page() wait.

 (2) Make fscache_maybe_release_page() honour the __GFP_WAIT flag.

 (3) Set a timeout around the wait.

 (4) Make nfs_migrate_page() return an error if the page is still busy.

For the moment, I'll select (2) and (4).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 22:12:03 +00:00
..
9p The following changes since commit 4cbe5a555f: 2012-10-12 09:59:23 +09:00
adfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
affs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
afs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
autofs4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-12-17 15:44:47 -08:00
befs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
bfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2012-12-18 09:42:05 -08:00
cachefiles FS-Cache: Don't mask off the object event mask when printing it 2012-12-20 22:08:53 +00:00
ceph ceph: fix dentry reference leak in ceph_encode_fh() 2012-12-18 15:02:11 -08:00
cifs lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
coda fs: push rcu_barrier() from deactivate_locked_super() to filesystems 2012-10-02 21:35:55 -04:00
configfs lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
cramfs userns: Convert cramfs to use kuid/kgid where appropriate 2012-09-21 03:13:08 -07:00
debugfs fs/debugsfs: remove unnecessary inode->i_private initialization 2012-11-15 17:46:42 -08:00
devpts TTY: devpts, document devpts inode operations 2012-10-22 16:50:13 -07:00
dlm dlm: fix lvb invalidation conditions 2012-11-16 11:20:42 -06:00
ecryptfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
efs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
exofs exofs: don't leak io_state and pages on read error 2012-12-14 12:17:32 +02:00
exportfs fs, exportfs: add exportfs_encode_inode_fh() helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
ext2 ext2: fix return values on parse_options() failure 2012-10-09 23:23:53 +02:00
ext3 lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
ext4 lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
fat fs/fat: strip "cp" prefix from codepage in display 2012-12-17 17:15:22 -08:00
freevxfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
fscache NFS: nfs_migrate_page() does not wait for FS-Cache to finish with a page 2012-12-20 22:12:03 +00:00
fuse Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-12-17 20:58:12 -08:00
gfs2 lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
hfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
hfsplus Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
hostfs Merge branch 'for-linus-37rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2012-10-10 11:15:20 +09:00
hpfs hpfs: drop lock/unlock super 2012-10-09 23:33:38 -04:00
hppfs pidns: Use task_active_pid_ns where appropriate 2012-11-19 05:59:09 -08:00
hugetlbfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
isofs tmpfs,ceph,gfs2,isofs,reiserfs,xfs: fix fh_len checking 2012-10-09 23:33:55 -04:00
jbd Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
jbd2 There are two major features for this merge window. The first is 2012-12-16 17:33:01 -08:00
jffs2 jffs2: hold erase_completion_lock on exit 2012-11-18 11:59:01 +02:00
jfs jfs: Fix FITRIM argument handling 2012-10-17 09:18:38 -05:00
lockd lockd: Remove BUG_ON()s from fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2012-11-04 14:43:40 -05:00
logfs Fix misspellings of "whether" in comments. 2012-11-19 14:31:35 +01:00
minix Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
ncpfs propagate name change to comments in kernel source 2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
nfs NFS: nfs_migrate_page() does not wait for FS-Cache to finish with a page 2012-12-20 22:12:03 +00:00
nfs_common
nfsd UAPI Disintegration 2012-10-09 2012-10-09 18:35:22 -04:00
nilfs2 mm: redefine address_space.assoc_mapping 2012-12-11 17:22:26 -08:00
nls nls: fix (and rename) mac NLS table files and config options 2012-06-01 19:51:22 -07:00
notify fs, fanotify: add @mflags field to fanotify output 2012-12-17 17:15:28 -08:00
ntfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
ocfs2 lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
omfs omfs: convert to use beXX_add_cpu() 2012-10-06 03:05:31 +09:00
openpromfs fs: push rcu_barrier() from deactivate_locked_super() to filesystems 2012-10-02 21:35:55 -04:00
proc Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-12-17 20:58:12 -08:00
pstore lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
qnx4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
qnx6 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
quota quota: Use the pre-processor to compile out quotactl_cmd_write when !CONFIG_BLOCK 2012-12-13 16:33:24 +01:00
ramfs don't pass nameidata to ->create() 2012-07-14 16:34:47 +04:00
reiserfs reiserfs: Move quota calls out of write lock 2012-11-19 21:34:33 +01:00
romfs fs: push rcu_barrier() from deactivate_locked_super() to filesystems 2012-10-02 21:35:55 -04:00
squashfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
sysfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-12-17 15:44:47 -08:00
sysv sysv: drop lock/unlock super 2012-10-09 23:33:39 -04:00
ubifs ubifs: use prandom_bytes 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
udf udf: remove un-needed variable from inode_getblk 2012-12-13 16:33:23 +01:00
ufs ufs: drop lock/unlock super 2012-10-09 23:33:39 -04:00
xfs xfs: fix sparse reported log CRC endian issue 2012-12-03 12:10:59 -06:00
aio.c aio: now fput() is OK from interrupt context; get rid of manual delayed __fput() 2012-07-22 23:57:59 +04:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c userns: Allow chown and setgid preservation 2012-11-20 04:17:24 -08:00
bad_inode.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf: fix corner case kfree of uninitialized data 2012-12-17 17:15:19 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth 2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
binfmt_flat.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
binfmt_misc.c exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth 2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
binfmt_script.c exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth 2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
binfmt_som.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
bio-integrity.c block: Ues bi_pool for bio_integrity_alloc() 2012-09-09 10:35:38 +02:00
bio.c vfs: fix: don't increase bio_slab_max if krealloc() fails 2012-10-22 22:00:26 +02:00
block_dev.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
buffer.c fs/buffer.c: remove redundant initialization in alloc_page_buffers() 2012-12-12 17:38:35 -08:00
char_dev.c char_dev: pin parent kobject 2012-10-22 08:50:37 +03:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c coredump: extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files 2012-10-06 03:05:17 +09:00
compat_ioctl.c Merge 3.7-rc3 into tty-next 2012-10-29 09:00:57 -07:00
compat.c vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it 2012-10-12 20:14:55 -04:00
coredump.c do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument 2012-11-29 00:01:25 -05:00
coredump.h coredump: update coredump-related headers 2012-10-06 03:05:15 +09:00
dcache.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c direct-io: don't read inode->i_blkbits multiple times 2012-11-29 12:38:44 -08:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c fs, eventfd: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
eventpoll.c fs, epoll: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
exec.c Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-12-17 20:58:12 -08:00
fcntl.c Fix F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC breakage 2012-10-09 15:52:31 +09:00
fhandle.c Fix misspellings of "whether" in comments. 2012-11-19 14:31:35 +01:00
fifo.c fifo: Do not restart open() if it already found a partner 2012-07-16 08:33:14 -07:00
file_table.c lglock: add DEFINE_STATIC_LGLOCK() 2012-10-10 01:15:44 -04:00
file.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-12 12:22:13 -08:00
filesystems.c vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it 2012-10-12 20:14:55 -04:00
fs_struct.c kill daemonize() 2012-11-28 21:49:02 -05:00
fs-writeback.c writeback: fix a typo in comment 2012-12-12 17:38:34 -08:00
generic_acl.c userns: Pass a userns parameter into posix_acl_to_xattr and posix_acl_from_xattr 2012-09-18 01:01:35 -07:00
inode.c mm: redefine address_space.assoc_mapping 2012-12-11 17:22:26 -08:00
internal.h writeback: put unused inodes to LRU after writeback completion 2012-11-26 17:41:24 -08:00
ioctl.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig ext4: Remove CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR 2012-12-10 16:30:43 -05:00
Kconfig.binfmt coredump: make core dump functionality optional 2012-10-06 03:05:15 +09:00
libfs.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
locks.c UAPI Disintegration 2012-10-09 2012-10-09 18:35:22 -04:00
Makefile coredump: make core dump functionality optional 2012-10-06 03:05:15 +09:00
mbcache.c
mount.h proc: Usable inode numbers for the namespace file descriptors. 2012-11-20 04:19:49 -08:00
mpage.c
namei.c lookup_one_len: don't accept . and .. 2012-11-29 22:17:21 -05:00
namespace.c userns: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for most uses of setns. 2012-12-14 16:12:03 -08:00
no-block.c
open.c VFS: Make more complete truncate operation available to CacheFiles 2012-12-20 22:05:41 +00:00
pipe.c pipe(2) - race-free error recovery 2012-09-26 21:08:52 -04:00
pnode.c VFS: Make clone_mnt()/copy_tree()/collect_mounts() return errors 2012-07-14 16:37:27 +04:00
pnode.h vfs: Only support slave subtrees across different user namespaces 2012-11-19 05:59:20 -08:00
posix_acl.c userns: Convert vfs posix_acl support to use kuids and kgids 2012-09-18 01:01:35 -07:00
proc_namespace.c get rid of magic in proc_namespace.c 2012-07-14 16:32:48 +04:00
read_write.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
read_write.h compat: fs: Generic compat_sys_sendfile implementation 2012-10-02 21:35:55 -04:00
readdir.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
select.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
seq_file.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
signalfd.c fs, epoll: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
splice.c writeback: remove nr_pages_dirtied arg from balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr() 2012-12-11 17:22:21 -08:00
stack.c
stat.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-10-02 20:25:04 -07:00
statfs.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
super.c vfs: drop lock/unlock super 2012-10-09 23:33:39 -04:00
sync.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
timerfd.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
utimes.c switch simple cases of fget_light to fdget 2012-09-26 22:20:08 -04:00
xattr_acl.c userns: Fix posix_acl_file_xattr_userns gid conversion 2012-10-12 13:16:48 -07:00
xattr.c fs, xattr: fix bug when removing a name not in xattr list 2012-10-18 12:35:58 -07:00