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[Deadlock] is caused by a lock order reversal in vfs_lookup(), where
[some] process is trying to lock a directory vnode, that is the parent
directory of covered vnode) while holding an exclusive vnode lock on
covering vnode.
A simplified scenario:
root fs var fs
/ A / (/var) D
/var B /log (/var/log) E
vfs lock C vfs lock F
Within each file system, the lock order is clear: C->A->B and F->D->E
When traversing across mounts, the system can choose between two lock orders,
but everything must then follow that lock order:
L1: C->A->B
|
+->F->D->E
L2: F->D->E
|
+->C->A->B
The lookup() process for namei("/var") mixes those two lock orders:
VOP_LOOKUP() obtains B while A is held
vfs_busy() obtains a shared lock on F while A and B are held (follows L1,
violates L2)
vput() releases lock on B
VOP_UNLOCK() releases lock on A
VFS_ROOT() obtains lock on D while shared lock on F is held
vfs_unbusy() releases shared lock on F
vn_lock() obtains lock on A while D is held (violates L1, follows L2)
dounmount() follows L1 (B is locked while F is drained).
Without unmount activity, vfs_busy() will always succeed without blocking
and the deadlock isn't triggered (the system behaves as if L2 is followed).
With unmount, you can get 4 processes in a deadlock:
p1: holds D, want A (in lookup())
p2: holds shared lock on F, want D (in VFS_ROOT())
p3: holds B, want drain lock on F (in dounmount())
p4: holds A, want B (in VOP_LOOKUP())
You can have more than one instance of p2.
The reversal was introduced in revision 1.81 of src/sys/kern/vfs_lookup.c and
MFCed to revision 1.80.2.1, probably to avoid a cascade of vnode locks when nfs
servers are dead (VFS_ROOT() just hangs) spreading to the root fs root vnode.
- Tor Egge
To fix the LOR, ups@ noted that when crossing the mount point, ni_dvp
is actually not used by the callers of namei. Thus, placeholder deadfs
vnode vp_crossmp is introduced that is filled into ni_dvp.
Idea by: ups
Reviewed by: tegge, ups, jeff, rwatson (mac interaction)
Tested by: Peter Holm
MFC after: 2 weeks
and KASSERT coverage.
After this check there is only one "nasty" cast in this code but there
is a KASSERT to protect against the wrong argument structure behind
that cast.
Un-inlining the meat of VOP_FOO() saves 35kB of text segment on a typical
kernel with no change in performance.
We also now run the checking and tracing on VOP's which have been layered
by nullfs, umapfs, deadfs or unionfs.
Add new (non-inline) VOP_FOO_AP() functions which take a "struct
foo_args" argument and does everything the VOP_FOO() macros
used to do with checks and debugging code.
Add KASSERT to VOP_FOO_AP() check for argument type being
correct.
Slim down VOP_FOO() inline functions to just stuff arguments
into the struct foo_args and call VOP_FOO_AP().
Put function pointer to VOP_FOO_AP() into vop_foo_desc structure
and make VCALL() use it instead of the current offsetoff() hack.
Retire vcall() which implemented the offsetoff()
Make deadfs and unionfs use VOP_FOO_AP() calls instead of
VCALL(), we know which specific call we want already.
Remove unneeded arguments to VCALL() in nullfs and umapfs bypass
functions.
Remove unused vdesc_offset and VOFFSET().
Generally improve style/readability of the generated code.
initializations but we did have lofty goals and big ideals.
Adjust to more contemporary circumstances and gain type checking.
Replace the entire vop_t frobbing thing with properly typed
structures. The only casualty is that we can not add a new
VOP_ method with a loadable module. History has not given
us reason to belive this would ever be feasible in the the
first place.
Eliminate in toto VOCALL(), vop_t, VNODEOP_SET() etc.
Give coda correct prototypes and function definitions for
all vop_()s.
Generate a bit more data from the vnode_if.src file: a
struct vop_vector and protype typedefs for all vop methods.
Add a new vop_bypass() and make vop_default be a pointer
to another struct vop_vector.
Remove a lot of vfs_init since vop_vector is ready to use
from the compiler.
Cast various vop_mumble() to void * with uppercase name,
for instance VOP_PANIC, VOP_NULL etc.
Implement VCALL() by making vdesc_offset the offsetof() the
relevant function pointer in vop_vector. This is disgusting
but since the code is generated by a script comparatively
safe. The alternative for nullfs etc. would be much worse.
Fix up all vnode method vectors to remove casts so they
become typesafe. (The bulk of this is generated by scripts)
instead of a vnode for it.
The vnode_pager does not and should not have any interest in what
the filesystem uses for backend.
(vfs_cluster doesn't use the backing store argument.)
Remove extraneous uses of vop_null, instead defering to the default op.
Rename vnode type "vfs" to the more descriptive "syncer".
Fix formatting for various filesystems that use vop_print.
v_tag is now const char * and should only be used for debugging.
Additionally:
1. All users of VT_NTS now check vfsconf->vf_type VFCF_NETWORK
2. The user of VT_PROCFS now checks for the new flag VV_PROCDEP, which
is propagated by pseudofs to all child vnodes if the fs sets PFS_PROCDEP.
Suggested by: phk
Reviewed by: bde, rwatson (earlier version)
- v_vflag is protected by the vnode lock and is used when synchronization
with VOP calls is needed.
- v_iflag is protected by interlock and is used for dealing with vnode
management issues. These flags include X/O LOCK, FREE, DOOMED, etc.
- All accesses to v_iflag and v_vflag have either been locked or marked with
mp_fixme's.
- Many ASSERT_VOP_LOCKED calls have been added where the locking was not
clear.
- Many functions in vfs_subr.c were restructured to provide for stronger
locking.
Idea stolen from: BSD/OS
other "system" header files.
Also help the deprecation of lockmgr.h by making it a sub-include of
sys/lock.h and removing sys/lockmgr.h form kernel .c files.
Sort sys/*.h includes where possible in affected files.
OK'ed by: bde (with reservations)
mtx_enter(lock, type) becomes:
mtx_lock(lock) for sleep locks (MTX_DEF-initialized locks)
mtx_lock_spin(lock) for spin locks (MTX_SPIN-initialized)
similarily, for releasing a lock, we now have:
mtx_unlock(lock) for MTX_DEF and mtx_unlock_spin(lock) for MTX_SPIN.
We change the caller interface for the two different types of locks
because the semantics are entirely different for each case, and this
makes it explicitly clear and, at the same time, it rids us of the
extra `type' argument.
The enter->lock and exit->unlock change has been made with the idea
that we're "locking data" and not "entering locked code" in mind.
Further, remove all additional "flags" previously passed to the
lock acquire/release routines with the exception of two:
MTX_QUIET and MTX_NOSWITCH
The functionality of these flags is preserved and they can be passed
to the lock/unlock routines by calling the corresponding wrappers:
mtx_{lock, unlock}_flags(lock, flag(s)) and
mtx_{lock, unlock}_spin_flags(lock, flag(s)) for MTX_DEF and MTX_SPIN
locks, respectively.
Re-inline some lock acq/rel code; in the sleep lock case, we only
inline the _obtain_lock()s in order to ensure that the inlined code
fits into a cache line. In the spin lock case, we inline recursion and
actually only perform a function call if we need to spin. This change
has been made with the idea that we generally tend to avoid spin locks
and that also the spin locks that we do have and are heavily used
(i.e. sched_lock) do recurse, and therefore in an effort to reduce
function call overhead for some architectures (such as alpha), we
inline recursion for this case.
Create a new malloc type for the witness code and retire from using
the M_DEV type. The new type is called M_WITNESS and is only declared
if WITNESS is enabled.
Begin cleaning up some machdep/mutex.h code - specifically updated the
"optimized" inlined code in alpha/mutex.h and wrote MTX_LOCK_SPIN
and MTX_UNLOCK_SPIN asm macros for the i386/mutex.h as we presently
need those.
Finally, caught up to the interface changes in all sys code.
Contributors: jake, jhb, jasone (in no particular order)
Add lockdestroy() and appropriate invocations, which corresponds to
lockinit() and must be called to clean up after a lockmgr lock is no
longer needed.
if one of the new poll types is requested; hopefully this will not break
any existing code. (This is done so that programs have a dependable
way of determining whether a filesystem supports the extended poll types
or not.)
The new poll types added are:
POLLWRITE - file contents may have been modified
POLLNLINK - file was linked, unlinked, or renamed
POLLATTRIB - file's attributes may have been changed
POLLEXTEND - file was extended
Note that the internal operation of poll() means that it is impossible
for two processes to reliably poll for the same event (this could
be fixed but may not be worth it), so it is not possible to rewrite
`tail -f' to use poll at this time.
Rename vn_default_error to vop_defaultop all over the place.
Move vn_bwrite from vfs_bio.c to vfs_default.c and call it vop_stdbwrite.
Use vop_null instead of nullop.
Move vop_nopoll from vfs_subr.c to vfs_default.c
Move vop_sharedlock from vfs_subr.c to vfs_default.c
Move vop_nolock from vfs_subr.c to vfs_default.c
Move vop_nounlock from vfs_subr.c to vfs_default.c
Move vop_noislocked from vfs_subr.c to vfs_default.c
Use vop_ebadf instead of *_ebadf.
Add vop_defaultop for getpages on master vnode in MFS.
1. Add defaults for more VOPs
VOP_LOCK vop_nolock
VOP_ISLOCKED vop_noislocked
VOP_UNLOCK vop_nounlock
and remove direct reference in filesystems.
2. Rename the nfsv2 vnop tables to improve sorting order.
1. Remove VOP_UPDATE, it is (also) an UFS/{FFS,LFS,EXT2FS,MFS}
intereface function, and now lives in the ufsmount structure.
2. Remove VOP_SEEK, it was unused.
3. Add mode default vops:
VOP_ADVLOCK vop_einval
VOP_CLOSE vop_null
VOP_FSYNC vop_null
VOP_IOCTL vop_enotty
VOP_MMAP vop_einval
VOP_OPEN vop_null
VOP_PATHCONF vop_einval
VOP_READLINK vop_einval
VOP_REALLOCBLKS vop_eopnotsupp
And remove identical functionality from filesystems
4. Add vop_stdpathconf, which returns the canonical stuff. Use
it in the filesystems. (XXX: It's probably wrong that specfs
and fifofs sets this vop, shouldn't it come from the "host"
filesystem, for instance ufs or cd9660 ?)
5. Try to make system wide VOP functions have vop_* names.
6. Initialize the um_* vectors in LFS.
(Recompile your LKMS!!!)
1. Add new file "sys/kern/vfs_default.c" where default actions for
VOPs go. Implement proper defaults for ABORTOP, BWRITE, LEASE,
POLL, REVOKE and STRATEGY. Various stuff spread over the entire
tree belongs here.
2. Change VOP_BLKATOFF to a normal function in cd9660.
3. Kill VOP_BLKATOFF, VOP_TRUNCATE, VOP_VFREE, VOP_VALLOC. These
are private interface functions between UFS and the underlying
storage manager layer (FFS/LFS/MFS/EXT2FS). The functions now
live in struct ufsmount instead.
4. Remove a kludge of VOP_ functions in all filesystems, that did
nothing but obscure the simplicity and break the expandability.
If a filesystem doesn't implement VOP_FOO, it shouldn't have an
entry for it in its vnops table. The system will try to DTRT
if it is not implemented. There are still some cruft left, but
the bulk of it is done.
5. Fix another VCALL in vfs_cache.c (thanks Bruce!)
1. Remove comment stating the blatantly obvious.
2. Align in two columns.
3. Sort all but the default element alphabetically.
4. Remove XXX comments pointing out entries not needed.
changes, so don't expect to be able to run the kernel as-is (very well)
without the appropriate Lite/2 userland changes.
The system boots and can mount UFS filesystems.
Untested: ext2fs, msdosfs, NFS
Known problems: Incorrect Berkeley ID strings in some files.
Mount_std mounts will not work until the getfsent
library routine is changed.
Reviewed by: various people
Submitted by: Jeffery Hsu <hsu@freebsd.org>
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
it 1138 times (:-() in casts and a few more times in declarations.
This change is null for the i386.
The type has to be `typedef int vop_t(void *)' and not `typedef
int vop_t()' because `gcc -Wstrict-prototypes' warns about the
latter. Since vnode op functions are called with args of different
(struct pointer) types, neither of these function types is any use
for type checking of the arg, so it would be preferable not to use
the complete function type, especially since using the complete
type requires adding 1138 casts to avoid compiler warnings and
another 40+ casts to reverse the function pointer conversions before
calling the functions.
