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Kyeong Yoo e3a51d6c90 jffs2: GC deadlock reading a page that is used in jffs2_write_begin()
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GC task can deadlock in read_cache_page() because it may attempt
to release a page that is actually allocated by another task in
jffs2_write_begin().
The reason is that in jffs2_write_begin() there is a small window
a cache page is allocated for use but not set Uptodate yet.

This ends up with a deadlock between two tasks:
1) A task (e.g. file copy)
   - jffs2_write_begin() locks a cache page
   - jffs2_write_end() tries to lock "alloc_sem" from
	 jffs2_reserve_space() <-- STUCK
2) GC task (jffs2_gcd_mtd3)
   - jffs2_garbage_collect_pass() locks "alloc_sem"
   - try to lock the same cache page in read_cache_page() <-- STUCK

So to avoid this deadlock, hold "alloc_sem" in jffs2_write_begin()
while reading data in a cache page.

Signed-off-by: Kyeong Yoo <kyeong.yoo@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2022-01-27 10:54:18 +01:00
arch um: registers: Rename function names to avoid conflicts and build problems 2022-01-27 10:54:18 +01:00
block scsi: block: pm: Always set request queue runtime active in blk_post_runtime_resume() 2022-01-27 10:54:08 +01:00
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Documentation counter: stm32-lptimer-cnt: remove iio counter abi 2022-01-27 10:54:08 +01:00
drivers drm/etnaviv: consider completed fence seqno in hang check 2022-01-27 10:54:18 +01:00
fs jffs2: GC deadlock reading a page that is used in jffs2_write_begin() 2022-01-27 10:54:18 +01:00
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