zfs/module
Brian Behlendorf cfc9a5c88f Fix zpl_writepage() deadlock
Disable the normal reclaim path for zpl_putpage().  This ensures that
all memory allocations under this call path will never enter direct
reclaim.  If this were to happen the VM might try to write out
additional pages by calling zpl_putpage() again resulting in a
deadlock.

This sitution is typically handled in Linux by marking each offending
allocation GFP_NOFS.  However, since much of the code used is common
it makes more sense to use PF_MEMALLOC to flag the entire call tree.
Alternately, the code could be updated to pass the needed allocation
flags but that's a more invasive change.

The following example of the above described deadlock was triggered
by test 074 in the xfstest suite.

Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff814dcdb2>] down_write+0x32/0x40
 [<ffffffffa05af6e4>] dnode_new_blkid+0x94/0x2d0 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa0597d66>] dbuf_dirty+0x556/0x750 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa05987d1>] dmu_buf_will_dirty+0x81/0xd0 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa059ee70>] dmu_write+0x90/0x170 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa0611afe>] zfs_putpage+0x2ce/0x360 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa062875e>] zpl_putpage+0x1e/0x60 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa06287b2>] zpl_writepage+0x12/0x20 [zfs]
 [<ffffffff8115f907>] writeout+0xa7/0xd0
 [<ffffffff8115fa6b>] move_to_new_page+0x13b/0x170
 [<ffffffff8115fed4>] migrate_pages+0x434/0x4c0
 [<ffffffff811559ab>] compact_zone+0x4fb/0x780
 [<ffffffff81155ed1>] compact_zone_order+0xa1/0xe0
 [<ffffffff8115602c>] try_to_compact_pages+0x11c/0x190
 [<ffffffff811200bb>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x5eb/0x8b0
 [<ffffffff8115464a>] alloc_pages_current+0xaa/0x110
 [<ffffffff8111e36e>] __get_free_pages+0xe/0x50
 [<ffffffffa03f0e2f>] kv_alloc+0x3f/0xb0 [spl]
 [<ffffffffa03f11d9>] spl_kmem_cache_alloc+0x339/0x660 [spl]
 [<ffffffffa05950b3>] dbuf_create+0x43/0x370 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa0596fb1>] __dbuf_hold_impl+0x241/0x480 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa0597276>] dbuf_hold_impl+0x86/0xc0 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa05977ff>] dbuf_hold_level+0x1f/0x30 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa05a9dde>] dmu_tx_check_ioerr+0x4e/0x110 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa05aa1f9>] dmu_tx_count_write+0x359/0x6f0 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa05aa5df>] dmu_tx_hold_write+0x4f/0x70 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa0611a6d>] zfs_putpage+0x23d/0x360 [zfs]
 [<ffffffffa062875e>] zpl_putpage+0x1e/0x60 [zfs]
 [<ffffffff811221f9>] write_cache_pages+0x1c9/0x4a0
 [<ffffffffa0628738>] zpl_writepages+0x18/0x20 [zfs]
 [<ffffffff81122521>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40
 [<ffffffff8119bbbd>] writeback_single_inode+0xdd/0x2c0
 [<ffffffff8119bfbe>] writeback_sb_inodes+0xce/0x180
 [<ffffffff8119c11b>] writeback_inodes_wb+0xab/0x1b0
 [<ffffffff8119c4bb>] wb_writeback+0x29b/0x3f0
 [<ffffffff8119c6cb>] wb_do_writeback+0xbb/0x240
 [<ffffffff811308ea>] bdi_forker_task+0x6a/0x310
 [<ffffffff8108ddf6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #327
2011-07-19 16:17:01 -07:00
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avl Support custom build directories and move includes 2010-09-08 12:38:56 -07:00
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unicode Support custom build directories and move includes 2010-09-08 12:38:56 -07:00
zcommon Add "ashift" property to zpool create 2011-06-17 16:35:49 -07:00
zfs Fix zpl_writepage() deadlock 2011-07-19 16:17:01 -07:00
zpios Linux 2.6.36 compat, use fops->unlocked_ioctl() 2010-11-10 17:01:08 -08:00
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