linux/fs
Wu Fengguang 0e995816f4 don't busy retry the inode on failed grab_super_passive()
This fixes a soft lockup on conditions

a) the flusher is working on a work by __bdi_start_writeback(), while

b) someone else calls writeback_inodes_sb*() or sync_inodes_sb(), which
   grab sb->s_umount and enqueue a new work for the flusher to execute

The s_umount grabbed by (b) will fail the grab_super_passive() in (a).
Then if the inode is requeued, wb_writeback() will busy retry on it.
As a result, wb_writeback() loops for ever without releasing
wb->list_lock, which further blocks other tasks.

Fix the busy loop by redirtying the inode. This may undesirably delay
the writeback of the inode, however most likely it will be picked up
soon by the queued work by writeback_inodes_sb*(), sync_inodes_sb() or
even writeback_inodes_wb().

bug url: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg47292.html

Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
2011-07-31 22:52:08 +08:00
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9p v9fs_iop_get_acl: get rid of unused variable 2011-07-26 12:57:42 -04:00
adfs
affs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
afs AFS: Fix silly characters in a comment 2011-07-20 20:48:03 -04:00
autofs4 autofs4: bogus dentry_unhash() added in ->unlink() 2011-05-30 01:50:53 -04:00
befs
bfs bfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on dir rename 2011-05-28 01:02:50 -04:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable 2011-07-27 16:43:52 -07:00
cachefiles kill useless checks for sb->s_op == NULL 2011-07-20 01:44:21 -04:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2011-07-26 13:38:50 -07:00
cifs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6 2011-07-26 11:11:28 -07:00
coda fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
configfs configfs: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash on rmdir, dir rename 2011-05-28 01:02:54 -04:00
cramfs cramfs: get_cramfs_inode() returns ERR_PTR() on failure 2011-07-17 23:22:02 -04:00
debugfs debugfs: move to new strtobool 2011-05-19 16:55:28 +09:30
devpts
dlm Merge branch 'for-3.1' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2011-07-25 22:49:19 -07:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: Make inode bdi consistent with superblock bdi 2011-07-28 23:48:26 -05:00
efs make d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) = ERR_PTR(err) 2011-07-20 01:44:26 -04:00
exofs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
exportfs
ext2 ext2: remove duplicate 'ext2_get_acl()' define 2011-07-29 23:21:50 -07:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2011-07-26 11:34:40 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback 2011-07-26 10:39:54 -07:00
fat fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
freevxfs treewide: fix a few typos in comments 2011-05-10 10:16:21 +02:00
fscache FS-Cache: Fix __fscache_uncache_all_inode_pages()'s outer loop 2011-07-21 10:59:16 -07:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-3.1' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2011-07-25 22:49:19 -07:00
gfs2 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-fixes 2011-07-27 09:26:22 -07:00
hfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
hfsplus Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-07-22 19:02:39 -07:00
hostfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
hpfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
hppfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
hugetlbfs Merge 'akpm' patch series 2011-07-25 21:00:19 -07:00
isofs isofs: Remove global fs lock 2011-07-22 19:42:12 -04:00
jbd jbd: Use WRITE_SYNC in journal checkpoint. 2011-06-28 00:06:41 +02:00
jbd2 jbd2: Fix oops in jbd2_journal_remove_journal_head() 2011-06-13 15:38:22 -04:00
jffs2 jffs2: S_ISLNK(mode & S_IFMT) is pointless 2011-07-26 13:00:35 -04:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6 2011-07-27 09:26:39 -07:00
lockd Merge branch 'nfs-for-3.1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs 2011-07-27 13:23:02 -07:00
logfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
minix minix_getattr(): don't bother with ->d_parent 2011-07-20 20:47:53 -04:00
ncpfs fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
nfs Merge branch 'nfs-for-3.1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs 2011-07-27 13:23:02 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-3.1' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2011-07-25 22:49:19 -07:00
nilfs2 fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
nls
notify atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
ntfs atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
omfs omfs: fix (mode & S_IFDIR) abuse 2011-07-26 13:05:28 -04:00
openpromfs
partitions Merge branch 'for-linus' into for-3.1/core 2011-07-01 16:17:13 +02:00
proc proc: make struct proc_dir_entry::name a terminal array rather than a pointer 2011-07-27 12:50:45 -07:00
pstore pstore: fix pstore filesystem mount/remount issue 2011-05-16 11:05:00 -07:00
qnx4
quota vmscan: change shrinker API by passing shrink_control struct 2011-05-25 08:39:26 -07:00
ramfs
reiserfs Merge 'akpm' patch series 2011-07-25 21:00:19 -07:00
romfs romfs: fix romfs_get_unmapped_area() argument check 2011-06-27 18:00:12 -07:00
squashfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus 2011-07-25 22:50:35 -07:00
sysfs ->permission() sanitizing: don't pass flags to ->permission() 2011-07-20 01:43:24 -04:00
sysv sysv: remove unnecessary dentry_unhash from rmdir, dir rename 2011-05-28 01:02:50 -04:00
ubifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-07-22 19:02:39 -07:00
udf switch udf_ioctl() to inode_permission() 2011-07-20 01:43:07 -04:00
ufs make d_splice_alias(ERR_PTR(err), dentry) = ERR_PTR(err) 2011-07-20 01:44:26 -04:00
xfs xfs: Fix build breakage in xfs_iops.c when CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set 2011-07-29 12:26:14 -05:00
aio.c
anon_inodes.c vfs: dont chain pipe/anon/socket on superblock s_inodes list 2011-07-26 12:57:09 -04:00
attr.c fs: move inode_dio_wait calls into ->setattr 2011-07-20 20:47:47 -04:00
bad_inode.c fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c consolidate BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP handling 2011-07-20 01:43:10 -04:00
binfmt_elf.c consolidate BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP handling 2011-07-20 01:43:10 -04:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c consolidate BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP handling 2011-07-20 01:43:10 -04:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c
bio.c block: improve the bio_add_page() and bio_add_pc_page() descriptions 2011-05-28 14:44:46 +02:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback 2011-07-26 10:39:54 -07:00
buffer.c vfs: Fix data corruption after failed write in __block_write_begin() 2011-06-16 11:44:46 -04:00
char_dev.c
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c compat_ioctl: fix warning caused by qemu 2011-07-01 22:32:26 +02:00
compat.c nfsd: Remove deprecated nfsctl system call and related code. 2011-07-15 18:58:42 -04:00
dcache.c vfs: document locking requirements for d_move, __d_move and d_materialise_unique 2011-07-26 13:41:14 -04:00
dcookies.c oprofile, dcookies: Fix possible circular locking dependency 2011-05-31 16:33:35 +02:00
direct-io.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
drop_caches.c vmscan: change shrinker API by passing shrink_control struct 2011-05-25 08:39:26 -07:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
exec.c fs/exec.c:acct_arg_size(): ptl is no longer needed for add_mm_counter() 2011-07-26 16:49:44 -07:00
fcntl.c
fhandle.c
fifo.c
file_table.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
file.c
filesystems.c
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c don't busy retry the inode on failed grab_super_passive() 2011-07-31 22:52:08 +08:00
generic_acl.c fs: take the ACL checks to common code 2011-07-25 14:30:23 -04:00
inode.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-07-26 18:30:20 -07:00
internal.h superblock: move pin_sb_for_writeback() to fs/super.c 2011-07-20 01:44:38 -04:00
ioctl.c
ioprio.c
Kconfig Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-05-26 09:52:14 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c fix IN_DELETE_SELF on overwriting rename() on ramfs et.al. 2011-07-22 19:42:11 -04:00
locks.c locks: rename lock-manager ops 2011-07-20 20:23:19 -04:00
Makefile nfsd: Remove deprecated nfsctl system call and related code. 2011-07-15 18:58:42 -04:00
mbcache.c vmscan: change shrinker API by passing shrink_control struct 2011-05-25 08:39:26 -07:00
mpage.c mm/fs: add hooks to support cleancache 2011-05-26 10:01:43 -06:00
namei.c vfs: fix check_acl compile error when CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set 2011-07-25 22:47:03 -07:00
namespace.c VFS : mount lock scalability for internal mounts 2011-07-24 10:08:32 -04:00
no-block.c
open.c merge fchmod() and fchmodat() guts, kill ancient broken kludge 2011-07-26 15:07:43 -04:00
pipe.c vfs: dont chain pipe/anon/socket on superblock s_inodes list 2011-07-26 12:57:09 -04:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
read_write.c fs: add missing unlock in default_llseek() 2011-07-26 12:57:09 -04:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c
seq_file.c
signalfd.c
splice.c tmpfs: clone shmem_file_splice_read() 2011-07-25 20:57:11 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'for-3.1/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2011-07-25 10:33:36 -07:00
sync.c fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers 2011-07-20 20:47:59 -04:00
timerfd.c timerfd: Fix wakeup of processes when timer is cancelled on clock change 2011-06-14 11:46:14 +02:00
utimes.c
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c Cache xattr security drop check for write v2 2011-05-28 12:02:09 -04:00