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Re: [PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock

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On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 06:17:20 +0530 Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org> wrote:

> __list_lru_walk_one() can hold the spin lock for longer duration
> if there are more number of entries to be isolated.
> 
> This results in "BUG: spinlock lockup suspected" in the below path -
> 
> [<ffffff8eca0fb0bc>] spin_bug+0x90
> [<ffffff8eca0fb220>] do_raw_spin_lock+0xfc
> [<ffffff8ecafb7798>] _raw_spin_lock+0x28
> [<ffffff8eca1ae884>] list_lru_add+0x28
> [<ffffff8eca1f5dac>] dput+0x1c8
> [<ffffff8eca1eb46c>] path_put+0x20
> [<ffffff8eca1eb73c>] terminate_walk+0x3c
> [<ffffff8eca1eee58>] path_lookupat+0x100
> [<ffffff8eca1f00fc>] filename_lookup+0x6c
> [<ffffff8eca1f0264>] user_path_at_empty+0x54
> [<ffffff8eca1e066c>] SyS_faccessat+0xd0
> [<ffffff8eca084e30>] el0_svc_naked+0x24
> 
> This nlru->lock has been acquired by another CPU in this path -
> 
> [<ffffff8eca1f5fd0>] d_lru_shrink_move+0x34
> [<ffffff8eca1f6180>] dentry_lru_isolate_shrink+0x48
> [<ffffff8eca1aeafc>] __list_lru_walk_one.isra.10+0x94
> [<ffffff8eca1aec34>] list_lru_walk_node+0x40
> [<ffffff8eca1f6620>] shrink_dcache_sb+0x60
> [<ffffff8eca1e56a8>] do_remount_sb+0xbc
> [<ffffff8eca1e583c>] do_emergency_remount+0xb0
> [<ffffff8eca0ba510>] process_one_work+0x228
> [<ffffff8eca0bb158>] worker_thread+0x2e0
> [<ffffff8eca0c040c>] kthread+0xf4
> [<ffffff8eca084dd0>] ret_from_fork+0x10
> 
> Link: http://marc.info/?t=149511514800002&r=1&w=2
> Fix-suggested-by: Jan kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  mm/list_lru.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
> index 5d8dffd..1af0709 100644
> --- a/mm/list_lru.c
> +++ b/mm/list_lru.c
> @@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ restart:
>  		default:
>  			BUG();
>  		}
> +		if (cond_resched_lock(&nlru->lock))
> +			goto restart;
>  	}
>  
>  	spin_unlock(&nlru->lock);

This is rather worrying.

a) Why are we spending so long holding that lock that this is occurring?

b) With this patch, we're restarting the entire scan.  Are there
   situations in which this loop will never terminate, or will take a
   very long time?  Suppose that this process is getting rescheds
   blasted at it for some reason?

IOW this looks like a bit of a band-aid and a deeper analysis and
understanding might be needed.

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[PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org> - 2017-06-12 02:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2017-06-12 15:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-15 23:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org> - 2017-06-16 16:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mm/list_lru.c: use cond_resched_lock() for nlru->lock Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com> - 2017-06-17 13:20 +0200

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