Revision 774a1221e862b343388347bac9b318767336b20b authored by Tejun Heo on 16 January 2013, 02:52:51 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 16 January 2013, 17:05:33 UTC
If the default iosched is built as module, the kernel may deadlock
while trying to load the iosched module on device probe if the probing
was running off async.  This is because async_synchronize_full() at
the end of module init ends up waiting for the async job which
initiated the module loading.

 async A				modprobe

 1. finds a device
 2. registers the block device
 3. request_module(default iosched)
					4. modprobe in userland
					5. load and init module
					6. async_synchronize_full()

Async A waits for modprobe to finish in request_module() and modprobe
waits for async A to finish in async_synchronize_full().

Because there's no easy to track dependency once control goes out to
userland, implementing properly nested flushing is difficult.  For
now, make module init perform async_synchronize_full() iff module init
has queued async jobs as suggested by Linus.

This avoids the described deadlock because iosched module doesn't use
async and thus wouldn't invoke async_synchronize_full().  This is
hacky and incomplete.  It will deadlock if async module loading nests;
however, this works around the known problem case and seems to be the
best of bad options.

For more details, please refer to the following thread.

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1420814

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Tested-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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file_table.c
/*
 *  linux/fs/file_table.c
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Linus Torvalds
 *  Copyright (C) 1997 David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
 */

#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/fdtable.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/eventpoll.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <linux/lglock.h>
#include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <linux/task_work.h>
#include <linux/ima.h>

#include <linux/atomic.h>

#include "internal.h"

/* sysctl tunables... */
struct files_stat_struct files_stat = {
	.max_files = NR_FILE
};

DEFINE_STATIC_LGLOCK(files_lglock);

/* SLAB cache for file structures */
static struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep __read_mostly;

static struct percpu_counter nr_files __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;

static void file_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
	struct file *f = container_of(head, struct file, f_u.fu_rcuhead);

	put_cred(f->f_cred);
	kmem_cache_free(filp_cachep, f);
}

static inline void file_free(struct file *f)
{
	percpu_counter_dec(&nr_files);
	file_check_state(f);
	call_rcu(&f->f_u.fu_rcuhead, file_free_rcu);
}

/*
 * Return the total number of open files in the system
 */
static long get_nr_files(void)
{
	return percpu_counter_read_positive(&nr_files);
}

/*
 * Return the maximum number of open files in the system
 */
unsigned long get_max_files(void)
{
	return files_stat.max_files;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_max_files);

/*
 * Handle nr_files sysctl
 */
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write,
                     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
	files_stat.nr_files = get_nr_files();
	return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}
#else
int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write,
                     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
	return -ENOSYS;
}
#endif

/* Find an unused file structure and return a pointer to it.
 * Returns NULL, if there are no more free file structures or
 * we run out of memory.
 *
 * Be very careful using this.  You are responsible for
 * getting write access to any mount that you might assign
 * to this filp, if it is opened for write.  If this is not
 * done, you will imbalance int the mount's writer count
 * and a warning at __fput() time.
 */
struct file *get_empty_filp(void)
{
	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
	static long old_max;
	struct file * f;

	/*
	 * Privileged users can go above max_files
	 */
	if (get_nr_files() >= files_stat.max_files && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
		/*
		 * percpu_counters are inaccurate.  Do an expensive check before
		 * we go and fail.
		 */
		if (percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_files) >= files_stat.max_files)
			goto over;
	}

	f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (f == NULL)
		goto fail;

	percpu_counter_inc(&nr_files);
	f->f_cred = get_cred(cred);
	if (security_file_alloc(f))
		goto fail_sec;

	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f->f_u.fu_list);
	atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
	rwlock_init(&f->f_owner.lock);
	spin_lock_init(&f->f_lock);
	eventpoll_init_file(f);
	/* f->f_version: 0 */
	return f;

over:
	/* Ran out of filps - report that */
	if (get_nr_files() > old_max) {
		pr_info("VFS: file-max limit %lu reached\n", get_max_files());
		old_max = get_nr_files();
	}
	goto fail;

fail_sec:
	file_free(f);
fail:
	return NULL;
}

/**
 * alloc_file - allocate and initialize a 'struct file'
 * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file will reside
 * @dentry: the dentry representing the new file
 * @mode: the mode with which the new file will be opened
 * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
 *
 * Use this instead of get_empty_filp() to get a new
 * 'struct file'.  Do so because of the same initialization
 * pitfalls reasons listed for init_file().  This is a
 * preferred interface to using init_file().
 *
 * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
 * code should be moved into this function.
 */
struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
		const struct file_operations *fop)
{
	struct file *file;

	file = get_empty_filp();
	if (!file)
		return NULL;

	file->f_path = *path;
	file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
	file->f_mode = mode;
	file->f_op = fop;

	/*
	 * These mounts don't really matter in practice
	 * for r/o bind mounts.  They aren't userspace-
	 * visible.  We do this for consistency, and so
	 * that we can do debugging checks at __fput()
	 */
	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !special_file(path->dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
		file_take_write(file);
		WARN_ON(mnt_clone_write(path->mnt));
	}
	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
		i_readcount_inc(path->dentry->d_inode);
	return file;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);

/**
 * drop_file_write_access - give up ability to write to a file
 * @file: the file to which we will stop writing
 *
 * This is a central place which will give up the ability
 * to write to @file, along with access to write through
 * its vfsmount.
 */
static void drop_file_write_access(struct file *file)
{
	struct vfsmount *mnt = file->f_path.mnt;
	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;

	put_write_access(inode);

	if (special_file(inode->i_mode))
		return;
	if (file_check_writeable(file) != 0)
		return;
	__mnt_drop_write(mnt);
	file_release_write(file);
}

/* the real guts of fput() - releasing the last reference to file
 */
static void __fput(struct file *file)
{
	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
	struct vfsmount *mnt = file->f_path.mnt;
	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;

	might_sleep();

	fsnotify_close(file);
	/*
	 * The function eventpoll_release() should be the first called
	 * in the file cleanup chain.
	 */
	eventpoll_release(file);
	locks_remove_flock(file);

	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
		if (file->f_op && file->f_op->fasync)
			file->f_op->fasync(-1, file, 0);
	}
	ima_file_free(file);
	if (file->f_op && file->f_op->release)
		file->f_op->release(inode, file);
	security_file_free(file);
	if (unlikely(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev != NULL &&
		     !(file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH))) {
		cdev_put(inode->i_cdev);
	}
	fops_put(file->f_op);
	put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
	if ((file->f_mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
		i_readcount_dec(inode);
	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
		drop_file_write_access(file);
	file->f_path.dentry = NULL;
	file->f_path.mnt = NULL;
	file_free(file);
	dput(dentry);
	mntput(mnt);
}

static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(delayed_fput_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(delayed_fput_list);
static void delayed_fput(struct work_struct *unused)
{
	LIST_HEAD(head);
	spin_lock_irq(&delayed_fput_lock);
	list_splice_init(&delayed_fput_list, &head);
	spin_unlock_irq(&delayed_fput_lock);
	while (!list_empty(&head)) {
		struct file *f = list_first_entry(&head, struct file, f_u.fu_list);
		list_del_init(&f->f_u.fu_list);
		__fput(f);
	}
}

static void ____fput(struct callback_head *work)
{
	__fput(container_of(work, struct file, f_u.fu_rcuhead));
}

/*
 * If kernel thread really needs to have the final fput() it has done
 * to complete, call this.  The only user right now is the boot - we
 * *do* need to make sure our writes to binaries on initramfs has
 * not left us with opened struct file waiting for __fput() - execve()
 * won't work without that.  Please, don't add more callers without
 * very good reasons; in particular, never call that with locks
 * held and never call that from a thread that might need to do
 * some work on any kind of umount.
 */
void flush_delayed_fput(void)
{
	delayed_fput(NULL);
}

static DECLARE_WORK(delayed_fput_work, delayed_fput);

void fput(struct file *file)
{
	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) {
		struct task_struct *task = current;
		file_sb_list_del(file);
		if (unlikely(in_interrupt() || task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
			unsigned long flags;
			spin_lock_irqsave(&delayed_fput_lock, flags);
			list_add(&file->f_u.fu_list, &delayed_fput_list);
			schedule_work(&delayed_fput_work);
			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&delayed_fput_lock, flags);
			return;
		}
		init_task_work(&file->f_u.fu_rcuhead, ____fput);
		task_work_add(task, &file->f_u.fu_rcuhead, true);
	}
}

/*
 * synchronous analog of fput(); for kernel threads that might be needed
 * in some umount() (and thus can't use flush_delayed_fput() without
 * risking deadlocks), need to wait for completion of __fput() and know
 * for this specific struct file it won't involve anything that would
 * need them.  Use only if you really need it - at the very least,
 * don't blindly convert fput() by kernel thread to that.
 */
void __fput_sync(struct file *file)
{
	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) {
		struct task_struct *task = current;
		file_sb_list_del(file);
		BUG_ON(!(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
		__fput(file);
	}
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(fput);

void put_filp(struct file *file)
{
	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) {
		security_file_free(file);
		file_sb_list_del(file);
		file_free(file);
	}
}

static inline int file_list_cpu(struct file *file)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	return file->f_sb_list_cpu;
#else
	return smp_processor_id();
#endif
}

/* helper for file_sb_list_add to reduce ifdefs */
static inline void __file_sb_list_add(struct file *file, struct super_block *sb)
{
	struct list_head *list;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	int cpu;
	cpu = smp_processor_id();
	file->f_sb_list_cpu = cpu;
	list = per_cpu_ptr(sb->s_files, cpu);
#else
	list = &sb->s_files;
#endif
	list_add(&file->f_u.fu_list, list);
}

/**
 * file_sb_list_add - add a file to the sb's file list
 * @file: file to add
 * @sb: sb to add it to
 *
 * Use this function to associate a file with the superblock of the inode it
 * refers to.
 */
void file_sb_list_add(struct file *file, struct super_block *sb)
{
	lg_local_lock(&files_lglock);
	__file_sb_list_add(file, sb);
	lg_local_unlock(&files_lglock);
}

/**
 * file_sb_list_del - remove a file from the sb's file list
 * @file: file to remove
 * @sb: sb to remove it from
 *
 * Use this function to remove a file from its superblock.
 */
void file_sb_list_del(struct file *file)
{
	if (!list_empty(&file->f_u.fu_list)) {
		lg_local_lock_cpu(&files_lglock, file_list_cpu(file));
		list_del_init(&file->f_u.fu_list);
		lg_local_unlock_cpu(&files_lglock, file_list_cpu(file));
	}
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SMP

/*
 * These macros iterate all files on all CPUs for a given superblock.
 * files_lglock must be held globally.
 */
#define do_file_list_for_each_entry(__sb, __file)		\
{								\
	int i;							\
	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {				\
		struct list_head *list;				\
		list = per_cpu_ptr((__sb)->s_files, i);		\
		list_for_each_entry((__file), list, f_u.fu_list)

#define while_file_list_for_each_entry				\
	}							\
}

#else

#define do_file_list_for_each_entry(__sb, __file)		\
{								\
	struct list_head *list;					\
	list = &(sb)->s_files;					\
	list_for_each_entry((__file), list, f_u.fu_list)

#define while_file_list_for_each_entry				\
}

#endif

/**
 *	mark_files_ro - mark all files read-only
 *	@sb: superblock in question
 *
 *	All files are marked read-only.  We don't care about pending
 *	delete files so this should be used in 'force' mode only.
 */
void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *sb)
{
	struct file *f;

	lg_global_lock(&files_lglock);
	do_file_list_for_each_entry(sb, f) {
		if (!S_ISREG(f->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
		       continue;
		if (!file_count(f))
			continue;
		if (!(f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
			continue;
		spin_lock(&f->f_lock);
		f->f_mode &= ~FMODE_WRITE;
		spin_unlock(&f->f_lock);
		if (file_check_writeable(f) != 0)
			continue;
		__mnt_drop_write(f->f_path.mnt);
		file_release_write(f);
	} while_file_list_for_each_entry;
	lg_global_unlock(&files_lglock);
}

void __init files_init(unsigned long mempages)
{ 
	unsigned long n;

	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("filp", sizeof(struct file), 0,
			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC, NULL);

	/*
	 * One file with associated inode and dcache is very roughly 1K.
	 * Per default don't use more than 10% of our memory for files. 
	 */ 

	n = (mempages * (PAGE_SIZE / 1024)) / 10;
	files_stat.max_files = max_t(unsigned long, n, NR_FILE);
	files_defer_init();
	lg_lock_init(&files_lglock, "files_lglock");
	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0);
} 
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