From 1b0fb5a5b2dc0dddcfa575060441a7176ba7ac37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikulas Patocka Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:33:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] dm bufio: avoid a possible ABBA deadlock __get_memory_limit() tests if dm_bufio_cache_size changed and calls __cache_size_refresh() if it did. It takes dm_bufio_clients_lock while it already holds the client lock. However, lock ordering is violated because in cleanup_old_buffers() dm_bufio_clients_lock is taken before the client lock. This results in a possible deadlock and lockdep engine warning. Fix this deadlock by changing mutex_lock() to mutex_trylock(). If the lock can't be taken, it will be re-checked next time when a new buffer is allocated. Also add "unlikely" to the if condition, so that the optimizer assumes that the condition is false. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer --- drivers/md/dm-bufio.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c index 280b56c229d6..fd28146dd952 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c @@ -940,10 +940,11 @@ static void __get_memory_limit(struct dm_bufio_client *c, { unsigned long buffers; - if (ACCESS_ONCE(dm_bufio_cache_size) != dm_bufio_cache_size_latch) { - mutex_lock(&dm_bufio_clients_lock); - __cache_size_refresh(); - mutex_unlock(&dm_bufio_clients_lock); + if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(dm_bufio_cache_size) != dm_bufio_cache_size_latch)) { + if (mutex_trylock(&dm_bufio_clients_lock)) { + __cache_size_refresh(); + mutex_unlock(&dm_bufio_clients_lock); + } } buffers = dm_bufio_cache_size_per_client >> -- 2.39.2