[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH v2] ocfs2: fix a potential deadlock in dlm_reset_mleres_owner()

[alex chen]

Hi Joseph,

On 2017/12/21 9:30, Joseph Qi wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> On 17/12/21 08:55, alex chen wrote:
>> In dlm_reset_mleres_owner(), we will lock
>> dlm_lock_resource->spinlock after locking dlm_ctxt->master_lock,
>> which breaks the spinlock lock ordering:
>>  dlm_domain_lock
>>  struct dlm_ctxt->spinlock
>>  struct dlm_lock_resource->spinlock
>>  struct dlm_ctxt->master_lock
>>
>> Fix it by unlocking dlm_ctxt->master_lock before locking
>> dlm_lock_resource->spinlock and restarting to clean master list.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Chen <alex.chen at huawei.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jun Piao <piaojun at huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
>> index 3e04279..d83ccdc 100644
>> --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
>> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
>> @@ -3287,16 +3287,22 @@ static struct dlm_lock_resource *dlm_reset_mleres_owner(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
>>  {
>>  	struct dlm_lock_resource *res;
>>
>> +	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->spinlock);
>> +	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->master_lock);
>> +
>>  	/* Find the lockres associated to the mle and set its owner to UNK */
>> -	res = __dlm_lookup_lockres(dlm, mle->mname, mle->mnamelen,
>> +	res = __dlm_lookup_lockres_full(dlm, mle->mname, mle->mnamelen,
>>  				   mle->mnamehash);
>>  	if (res) {
>>  		spin_unlock(&dlm->master_lock);
>>
>> -		/* move lockres onto recovery list */
>>  		spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
>> -		dlm_set_lockres_owner(dlm, res, DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN);
>> -		dlm_move_lockres_to_recovery_list(dlm, res);
>> +		if (!(res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_DROPPING_REF)) {
>> +			/* move lockres onto recovery list */
>> +			dlm_set_lockres_owner(dlm, res, DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN);
>> +			dlm_move_lockres_to_recovery_list(dlm, res);
>> +		}
>> +
> I don't think this change is lock re-ordering *only*. It definitely
> changes the logic of resetting mle resource owner.
> Why do you detach mle from heartbeat if lock resource is in the process
> of dropping its mastery reference? And why we have to restart in this
> case?
I think if the lock resource is being purge we don't need to set its owner to UNKNOWN and
it is the same as the original logic. We should drop the master lock if we want to judge
if the state of the lock resource is DLM_LOCK_RES_DROPPING_REF. Once we drop the master lock
we should restart to clean master list.
Here the mle is not useful and will be released, so we detach it from heartbeat.
In fact, the mle has been detached in dlm_clean_migration_mle().

Thanks,
Alex
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph
> 
>>  		spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
>>  		dlm_lockres_put(res);
>>
> 
> .
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