The bug time sequence:
1. thread #1, `zfs_write` assign a txg "n".
2. In a same process, thread #2, mmap page fault (which means the
`mm_sem` is hold) occurred, `zfs_dirty_inode` open a txg failed,
and wait previous txg "n" completed.
3. thread #1 call `uiomove` to write, however page fault is occurred
in `uiomove`, which means it need `mm_sem`, but `mm_sem` is hold by
thread #2, so it stuck and can't complete, then txg "n" will
not complete.
So thread #1 and thread #2 are deadlocked.
Reviewed-by: Chunwei Chen <tuxoko@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
Signed-off-by: Grady Wong <grady.w@xtaotech.com>
Closes#7939
This code originates in OpenSolaris and was modified by KQ Infotech
to be compatible with Linux. While supporting uios in the short
term is useful to get something working this is not an abstraction
we want to keep. This code is expected to be short lived and
removed as soon as all the remaining uio based APIs and updated.
ilbsmart
Brian Behlendorf