kernel-ark/fs
Frank Filz 137d6acaa6 NFSv4: Make sure unlock is really an unlock when cancelling a lock
I ran into a curious issue when a lock is being canceled. The
cancellation results in a lock request to the vfs layer instead of an
unlock request. This is particularly insidious when the process that
owns the lock is exiting. In that case, sometimes the erroneous lock is
applied AFTER the process has entered zombie state, preventing the lock
from ever being released. Eventually other processes block on the lock
causing a slow degredation of the system. In the 2.6.16 kernel this was
investigated on, the problem is compounded by the fact that the cl_sem
is held while blocking on the vfs lock, which results in most processes
accessing the nfs file system in question hanging.

In more detail, here is how the situation occurs:

first _nfs4_do_setlk():

static int _nfs4_do_setlk(struct nfs4_state *state, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, int reclaim)
...
        ret = nfs4_wait_for_completion_rpc_task(task);
        if (ret == 0) {
...
        } else
                data->cancelled = 1;

then nfs4_lock_release():

static void nfs4_lock_release(void *calldata)
...
        if (data->cancelled != 0) {
                struct rpc_task *task;
                task = nfs4_do_unlck(&data->fl, data->ctx, data->lsp,
                                data->arg.lock_seqid);

The problem is the same file_lock that was passed in to _nfs4_do_setlk()
gets passed to nfs4_do_unlck() from nfs4_lock_release(). So the type is
still F_RDLCK or FWRLCK, not F_UNLCK. At some point, when cancelling the
lock, the type needs to be changed to F_UNLCK. It seemed easiest to do
that in nfs4_do_unlck(), but it could be done in nfs4_lock_release().
The concern I had with doing it there was if something still needed the
original file_lock, though it turns out the original file_lock still
needs to be modified by nfs4_do_unlck() because nfs4_do_unlck() uses the
original file_lock to pass to the vfs layer, and a copy of the original
file_lock for the RPC request.

It seems like the simplest solution is to force all situations where
nfs4_do_unlck() is being used to result in an unlock, so with that in
mind, I made the following change:

Signed-off-by: Frank Filz <ffilzlnx@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2007-07-10 23:40:49 -04:00
..
9p Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
adfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
affs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
afs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
autofs Replace pid_t in autofs with struct pid reference 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
autofs4 Fix some coding-style errors in autofs 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
befs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
bfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
cifs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
coda sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
configfs Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
cramfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
debugfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
devpts devpts: add fsnotify create event 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
dlm [DLM] dump more lock values 2007-07-09 08:24:13 +01:00
ecryptfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
efs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
exportfs header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
ext2 xip sendfile removal 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
ext3 sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
ext4 sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
fat sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
freevxfs freevxfs: possible null pointer dereference fix 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
fuse sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
gfs2 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw 2007-07-10 13:56:13 -07:00
hfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hfsplus sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hostfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hpfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs shm: fix the filename of hugetlb sysv shared memory 2007-06-16 13:16:16 -07:00
isofs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
jbd fix file specification in comments 2007-05-09 08:58:16 +02:00
jbd2 fix file specification in comments 2007-05-09 08:58:16 +02:00
jffs2 sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
jfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
lockd NLM: fix source address of callback to client 2007-07-10 23:40:49 -04:00
minix sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
msdos
ncpfs Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
nfs NFSv4: Make sure unlock is really an unlock when cancelling a lock 2007-07-10 23:40:49 -04:00
nfs_common
nfsd SUNRPC: Add a convenient default for the hostname when calling rpc_create() 2007-07-10 23:40:46 -04:00
nls
ntfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
ocfs2 pipe: change the ->pin() operation to ->confirm() 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
openpromfs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
partitions [S390] fixed cdl-format detection. 2007-07-10 11:24:44 +02:00
proc sched: scheduler debugging, core 2007-07-09 18:52:00 +02:00
qnx4 sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
ramfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
reiserfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
romfs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
smbfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
sysfs sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry, take#2 2007-06-12 16:08:47 -07:00
sysv sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
udf sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
ufs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
vfat
xfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
aio.c signal/timer/event: KAIO eventfd support example 2007-05-11 08:29:37 -07:00
anon_inodes.c signal/timer/event fds: anonymous inode source 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
attr.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
bad_inode.c sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c Fix elf_core_dump() when writing arch specific notes (spu coredumps) 2007-07-06 10:23:43 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c nommu: report correct errno in message 2007-06-08 17:23:32 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
binfmt_script.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_som.c
bio.c unexport bio_{,un}map_user 2007-07-10 08:03:34 +02:00
block_dev.c sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
buffer.c Fix "fs: convert core functions to zero_user_page" 2007-05-21 09:15:32 -07:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] remove protection of LANANA-reserved majors 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c fix compat console unimap regression 2007-05-25 17:37:46 -07:00
compat.c optimize compat_core_sys_select() by a using stack space for small fd sets 2007-05-23 20:14:12 -07:00
dcache.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c dio: remove bogus refcounting BUG_ON 2007-07-03 18:23:23 -07:00
dnotify.c
dquot.c circular locking dependency found in QUOTA OFF 2007-05-17 05:23:05 -07:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c eventfd use waitqueue lock ... 2007-05-18 13:09:34 -07:00
eventpoll.c epoll: move kfree inside ep_free 2007-05-15 08:54:00 -07:00
exec.c uselib: add missing MNT_NOEXEC check 2007-05-23 20:14:13 -07:00
fcntl.c
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file_table.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
file.c
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c
generic_acl.c
inode.c Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
inotify_user.c
inotify.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
internal.h cleanup compat ioctl handling 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
ioctl.c vanishing ioctl handler debugging 2007-06-04 13:25:10 -07:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig Remove obsolete fat_cvf help text 2007-05-09 08:58:15 +02:00
Kconfig.binfmt fs: Kill sh dependency for binfmt_flat. 2007-05-21 14:34:00 +09:00
libfs.c fs/libfs.c: >80 columns line break fix 2007-05-09 06:44:57 +02:00
locks.c Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
Makefile signal/timer/event: eventfd core 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
mbcache.c
mpage.c consolidate generic_writepages and mpage_writepages 2007-05-11 08:29:35 -07:00
namei.c [PATCH] complete message queue auditing 2007-05-11 05:38:26 -04:00
namespace.c check privileges before setting mount propagation 2007-05-08 11:15:12 -07:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c
open.c Remove suid/sgid bits on [f]truncate() 2007-05-08 20:10:00 -07:00
pipe.c pipe: add documentation and comments 2007-07-10 08:04:16 +02:00
pnode.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
quota.c circular locking dependency found in QUOTA OFF 2007-05-17 05:23:05 -07:00
read_write.c Remove remnants of sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
read_write.h
readdir.c ROUND_UP macro cleanup in fs/(select|compat|readdir).c 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
select.c Style fix in fs/select.c 2007-05-09 07:10:02 +02:00
seq_file.c Make common helpers for seq_files that work with list_heads 2007-07-10 17:51:13 -07:00
signalfd.c avoid spurious POLLIN returns in signalfd 2007-06-28 11:34:54 -07:00
splice.c pipe: add documentation and comments 2007-07-10 08:04:16 +02:00
stack.c
stat.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
super.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
sync.c Introduce fixed sys_sync_file_range2() syscall, implement on PowerPC and ARM 2007-06-28 11:38:30 -07:00
timerfd.c timerfd use waitqueue lock ... 2007-05-18 13:09:34 -07:00
utimes.c Fix permission checking for the new utimensat() system call 2007-07-08 12:02:55 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] audit inode for all xattr syscalls 2007-05-11 05:38:26 -04:00