Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:47725 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752417AbaBYKV2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:21:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:21:26 +0100 From: Jan Kara To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: Jan Kara , Matthew Rahtz , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: warning in ext4_journal_start_sb on filesystem freeze Message-ID: <20140225102126.GB1669@quack.suse.cz> References: <217983071.143460.1385453196946.JavaMail.zimbra@rapitasystems.com> <1697998867.143517.1385454051031.JavaMail.zimbra@rapitasystems.com> <20131126125826.GA4503@quack.suse.cz> <622177618.727.1393062606061.JavaMail.zimbra@rapitasystems.com> <20140224095525.GA20532@quack.suse.cz> <20140224154532.GB11992@fieldses.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <20140224154532.GB11992@fieldses.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon 24-02-14 10:45:32, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:55:25AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > > On Sat 22-02-14 09:50:06, Matthew Rahtz wrote: > > > Thanks for your help Jan, > > > > > > A few months later, we've noticed the issue is actually still there. > > > Using 3.11.0-17-generic on Ubuntu 12.04, we’re seeing this in the kernel > > > logs: > > > > > > [29243.606215] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1785 at > > > /build/buildd/linux-lts-saucy-3.11.0/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:48 > > > ext4_journal_check_start+0x83/0x90() > > > > > > Having a look at the Ubuntu source package for that version, it > > > definitely does include commit 03d95eb2f2578083a3f6286262e1cb5d88a00c02, > > > and the line generating the warning is still: > > > > > > WARN_ON(sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE); > > > > > > Are there any other obvious possibilities for what may be causing this? > > > There seem to be some users of Oracle Linux experiencing similar problems > > > at https://community.oracle.com/thread/2617418, which was apparently > > > fixed in Oracle's kernel version '3.8.13-26.el6uek'. Any word on when > > > this might be integrated into the official kernel? > > > > > > Full call trace included below. > > Looking at the trace below, now the problem seems to be in the NFS server > > code. NFS should get protection against the filesystem being frozen (or > > remounted read-only for that matter) via mnt_want_write() before calling > > into notify_change() (actually before calling fh_lock() because of lock > > ordering). Similarly to what we do e.g. in fchownat(). Bruce? > > Like this? Yup, that looks right. > But I wonder why this is just popping up now--as far as I can tell we've > had the bug since those write counts were introduced. Yeah, I'm wondering as well. NFS server on ext4 should have been complaining for a long time. Honza > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > index 6d7be3f..d573b61 100644 > --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > @@ -445,12 +445,16 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap, > err = nfserr_notsync; > goto out_put_write_access; > } > + host_err = fh_want_write(fhp); > + if (host_err) > + goto out_nfserr; > > fh_lock(fhp); > host_err = notify_change(dentry, iap, NULL); > fh_unlock(fhp); > + fh_drop_write(fhp); > +out_nfserr: > err = nfserrno(host_err); > - > out_put_write_access: > if (size_change) > put_write_access(inode); -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR