From 6623c19042b63018230e9468ac16cd1be01abaa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 16:08:58 +0200 Subject: writeback: Fix sync livelock due to b_dirty_time processing commit f9cae926f35e8230330f28c7b743ad088611a8de upstream. When we are processing writeback for sync(2), move_expired_inodes() didn't set any inode expiry value (older_than_this). This can result in writeback never completing if there's steady stream of inodes added to b_dirty_time list as writeback rechecks dirty lists after each writeback round whether there's more work to be done. Fix the problem by using sync(2) start time is inode expiry value when processing b_dirty_time list similarly as for ordinarily dirtied inodes. This requires some refactoring of older_than_this handling which simplifies the code noticeably as a bonus. Fixes: 0ae45f63d4ef ("vfs: add support for a lazytime mount option") CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/trace/events/writeback.h | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/trace') diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h index 66282552db20..67434278b81d 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h +++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h @@ -499,8 +499,9 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage); TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io, TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work, + unsigned long dirtied_before, int moved), - TP_ARGS(wb, work, moved), + TP_ARGS(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved), TP_STRUCT__entry( __array(char, name, 32) __field(unsigned long, older) @@ -510,19 +511,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io, __field(unsigned int, cgroup_ino) ), TP_fast_assign( - unsigned long *older_than_this = work->older_than_this; strscpy_pad(__entry->name, bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi), 32); - __entry->older = older_than_this ? *older_than_this : 0; - __entry->age = older_than_this ? - (jiffies - *older_than_this) * 1000 / HZ : -1; + __entry->older = dirtied_before; + __entry->age = (jiffies - dirtied_before) * 1000 / HZ; __entry->moved = moved; __entry->reason = work->reason; __entry->cgroup_ino = __trace_wb_assign_cgroup(wb); ), TP_printk("bdi %s: older=%lu age=%ld enqueue=%d reason=%s cgroup_ino=%u", __entry->name, - __entry->older, /* older_than_this in jiffies */ - __entry->age, /* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */ + __entry->older, /* dirtied_before in jiffies */ + __entry->age, /* dirtied_before in relative milliseconds */ __entry->moved, __print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON), __entry->cgroup_ino -- cgit v1.2.3