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<title>bcache: add idle_max_writeback_rate sysfs interface</title>
<updated>2019-11-13T22:42:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
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<published>2019-11-13T08:03:23+00:00</published>
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For writeback mode, if there is no regular I/O request for a while,
the writeback rate will be set to the maximum value (1TB/s for now).
This is good for most of the storage workload, but there are still
people don't what the maximum writeback rate in I/O idle time.

This patch adds a sysfs interface file idle_max_writeback_rate to
permit people to disable maximum writeback rate. Then the minimum
writeback rate can be advised by writeback_rate_minimum in the
bcache device's sysfs interface.

Reported-by: Christian Balzer &lt;chibi@gol.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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For writeback mode, if there is no regular I/O request for a while,
the writeback rate will be set to the maximum value (1TB/s for now).
This is good for most of the storage workload, but there are still
people don't what the maximum writeback rate in I/O idle time.

This patch adds a sysfs interface file idle_max_writeback_rate to
permit people to disable maximum writeback rate. Then the minimum
writeback rate can be advised by writeback_rate_minimum in the
bcache device's sysfs interface.

Reported-by: Christian Balzer &lt;chibi@gol.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<title>bcache: fix deadlock in bcache_allocator</title>
<updated>2019-11-13T22:42:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrea Righi</name>
<email>andrea.righi@canonical.com</email>
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<published>2019-11-13T08:03:21+00:00</published>
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bcache_allocator can call the following:

 bch_allocator_thread()
  -&gt; bch_prio_write()
     -&gt; bch_bucket_alloc()
        -&gt; wait on &amp;ca-&gt;set-&gt;bucket_wait

But the wake up event on bucket_wait is supposed to come from
bch_allocator_thread() itself =&gt; deadlock:

[ 1158.490744] INFO: task bcache_allocato:15861 blocked for more than 10 seconds.
[ 1158.495929]       Not tainted 5.3.0-050300rc3-generic #201908042232
[ 1158.500653] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 1158.504413] bcache_allocato D    0 15861      2 0x80004000
[ 1158.504419] Call Trace:
[ 1158.504429]  __schedule+0x2a8/0x670
[ 1158.504432]  schedule+0x2d/0x90
[ 1158.504448]  bch_bucket_alloc+0xe5/0x370 [bcache]
[ 1158.504453]  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
[ 1158.504466]  bch_prio_write+0x1dc/0x390 [bcache]
[ 1158.504476]  bch_allocator_thread+0x233/0x490 [bcache]
[ 1158.504491]  kthread+0x121/0x140
[ 1158.504503]  ? invalidate_buckets+0x890/0x890 [bcache]
[ 1158.504506]  ? kthread_park+0xb0/0xb0
[ 1158.504510]  ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40

Fix by making the call to bch_prio_write() non-blocking, so that
bch_allocator_thread() never waits on itself.

Moreover, make sure to wake up the garbage collector thread when
bch_prio_write() is failing to allocate buckets.

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784665
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796292
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi &lt;andrea.righi@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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bcache_allocator can call the following:

 bch_allocator_thread()
  -&gt; bch_prio_write()
     -&gt; bch_bucket_alloc()
        -&gt; wait on &amp;ca-&gt;set-&gt;bucket_wait

But the wake up event on bucket_wait is supposed to come from
bch_allocator_thread() itself =&gt; deadlock:

[ 1158.490744] INFO: task bcache_allocato:15861 blocked for more than 10 seconds.
[ 1158.495929]       Not tainted 5.3.0-050300rc3-generic #201908042232
[ 1158.500653] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 1158.504413] bcache_allocato D    0 15861      2 0x80004000
[ 1158.504419] Call Trace:
[ 1158.504429]  __schedule+0x2a8/0x670
[ 1158.504432]  schedule+0x2d/0x90
[ 1158.504448]  bch_bucket_alloc+0xe5/0x370 [bcache]
[ 1158.504453]  ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
[ 1158.504466]  bch_prio_write+0x1dc/0x390 [bcache]
[ 1158.504476]  bch_allocator_thread+0x233/0x490 [bcache]
[ 1158.504491]  kthread+0x121/0x140
[ 1158.504503]  ? invalidate_buckets+0x890/0x890 [bcache]
[ 1158.504506]  ? kthread_park+0xb0/0xb0
[ 1158.504510]  ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40

Fix by making the call to bch_prio_write() non-blocking, so that
bch_allocator_thread() never waits on itself.

Moreover, make sure to wake up the garbage collector thread when
bch_prio_write() is failing to allocate buckets.

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784665
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796292
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi &lt;andrea.righi@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bcache: add more accurate error messages in read_super()</title>
<updated>2019-11-13T22:42:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-13T08:03:18+00:00</published>
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Previous code only returns "Not a bcache superblock" for both bcache
super block offset and magic error. This patch addss more accurate error
messages,
- for super block unmatched offset:
  "Not a bcache superblock (bad offset)"
- for super block unmatched magic number:
  "Not a bcache superblock (bad magic)"

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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Previous code only returns "Not a bcache superblock" for both bcache
super block offset and magic error. This patch addss more accurate error
messages,
- for super block unmatched offset:
  "Not a bcache superblock (bad offset)"
- for super block unmatched magic number:
  "Not a bcache superblock (bad magic)"

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bcache: fix static checker warning in bcache_device_free()</title>
<updated>2019-11-13T22:42:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-13T08:03:17+00:00</published>
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Commit cafe56359144 ("bcache: A block layer cache") leads to the
following static checker warning:

    ./drivers/md/bcache/super.c:770 bcache_device_free()
    warn: variable dereferenced before check 'd-&gt;disk' (see line 766)

drivers/md/bcache/super.c
   762  static void bcache_device_free(struct bcache_device *d)
   763  {
   764          lockdep_assert_held(&amp;bch_register_lock);
   765
   766          pr_info("%s stopped", d-&gt;disk-&gt;disk_name);
                                      ^^^^^^^^^
Unchecked dereference.

   767
   768          if (d-&gt;c)
   769                  bcache_device_detach(d);
   770          if (d-&gt;disk &amp;&amp; d-&gt;disk-&gt;flags &amp; GENHD_FL_UP)
                    ^^^^^^^
Check too late.

   771                  del_gendisk(d-&gt;disk);
   772          if (d-&gt;disk &amp;&amp; d-&gt;disk-&gt;queue)
   773                  blk_cleanup_queue(d-&gt;disk-&gt;queue);
   774          if (d-&gt;disk) {
   775                  ida_simple_remove(&amp;bcache_device_idx,
   776                                    first_minor_to_idx(d-&gt;disk-&gt;first_minor));
   777                  put_disk(d-&gt;disk);
   778          }
   779

It is not 100% sure that the gendisk struct of bcache device will always
be there, the warning makes sense when there is problem in block core.

This patch tries to remove the static checking warning by checking
d-&gt;disk to avoid NULL pointer deferences.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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Commit cafe56359144 ("bcache: A block layer cache") leads to the
following static checker warning:

    ./drivers/md/bcache/super.c:770 bcache_device_free()
    warn: variable dereferenced before check 'd-&gt;disk' (see line 766)

drivers/md/bcache/super.c
   762  static void bcache_device_free(struct bcache_device *d)
   763  {
   764          lockdep_assert_held(&amp;bch_register_lock);
   765
   766          pr_info("%s stopped", d-&gt;disk-&gt;disk_name);
                                      ^^^^^^^^^
Unchecked dereference.

   767
   768          if (d-&gt;c)
   769                  bcache_device_detach(d);
   770          if (d-&gt;disk &amp;&amp; d-&gt;disk-&gt;flags &amp; GENHD_FL_UP)
                    ^^^^^^^
Check too late.

   771                  del_gendisk(d-&gt;disk);
   772          if (d-&gt;disk &amp;&amp; d-&gt;disk-&gt;queue)
   773                  blk_cleanup_queue(d-&gt;disk-&gt;queue);
   774          if (d-&gt;disk) {
   775                  ida_simple_remove(&amp;bcache_device_idx,
   776                                    first_minor_to_idx(d-&gt;disk-&gt;first_minor));
   777                  put_disk(d-&gt;disk);
   778          }
   779

It is not 100% sure that the gendisk struct of bcache device will always
be there, the warning makes sense when there is problem in block core.

This patch tries to remove the static checking warning by checking
d-&gt;disk to avoid NULL pointer deferences.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bcache: fix a lost wake-up problem caused by mca_cannibalize_lock</title>
<updated>2019-11-13T22:42:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Guoju Fang</name>
<email>fangguoju@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-13T08:03:16+00:00</published>
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This patch fix a lost wake-up problem caused by the race between
mca_cannibalize_lock and bch_cannibalize_unlock.

Consider two processes, A and B. Process A is executing
mca_cannibalize_lock, while process B takes c-&gt;btree_cache_alloc_lock
and is executing bch_cannibalize_unlock. The problem happens that after
process A executes cmpxchg and will execute prepare_to_wait. In this
timeslice process B executes wake_up, but after that process A executes
prepare_to_wait and set the state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. Then process A
goes to sleep but no one will wake up it. This problem may cause bcache
device to dead.

Signed-off-by: Guoju Fang &lt;fangguoju@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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This patch fix a lost wake-up problem caused by the race between
mca_cannibalize_lock and bch_cannibalize_unlock.

Consider two processes, A and B. Process A is executing
mca_cannibalize_lock, while process B takes c-&gt;btree_cache_alloc_lock
and is executing bch_cannibalize_unlock. The problem happens that after
process A executes cmpxchg and will execute prepare_to_wait. In this
timeslice process B executes wake_up, but after that process A executes
prepare_to_wait and set the state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. Then process A
goes to sleep but no one will wake up it. This problem may cause bcache
device to dead.

Signed-off-by: Guoju Fang &lt;fangguoju@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bcache: fix possible memory leak in bch_cached_dev_run()</title>
<updated>2019-07-22T14:15:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wei Yongjun</name>
<email>weiyongjun1@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-22T14:12:36+00:00</published>
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memory malloced in bch_cached_dev_run() and should be freed before
leaving from the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause
memory leak.

Fixes: 0b13efecf5f2 ("bcache: add return value check to bch_cached_dev_run()")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun &lt;weiyongjun1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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memory malloced in bch_cached_dev_run() and should be freed before
leaving from the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause
memory leak.

Fixes: 0b13efecf5f2 ("bcache: add return value check to bch_cached_dev_run()")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun &lt;weiyongjun1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<title>bcache: shrink btree node cache after bch_btree_check()</title>
<updated>2019-06-28T13:39:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-28T11:59:52+00:00</published>
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When cache set starts, bch_btree_check() will check all bkeys on cache
device by calculating the checksum. This operation will consume a huge
number of system memory if there are a lot of data cached. Since bcache
uses its own mca cache to maintain all its read-in btree nodes, and only
releases the cache space when system memory manage code starts to shrink
caches. Then before memory manager code to call the mca cache shrinker
callback, bcache mca cache will compete memory resource with user space
application, which may have nagive effect to performance of user space
workloads (e.g. data base, or I/O service of distributed storage node).

This patch tries to call bcache mca shrinker routine to proactively
release mca cache memory, to decrease the memory pressure of system and
avoid negative effort of the overall system I/O performance.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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When cache set starts, bch_btree_check() will check all bkeys on cache
device by calculating the checksum. This operation will consume a huge
number of system memory if there are a lot of data cached. Since bcache
uses its own mca cache to maintain all its read-in btree nodes, and only
releases the cache space when system memory manage code starts to shrink
caches. Then before memory manager code to call the mca cache shrinker
callback, bcache mca cache will compete memory resource with user space
application, which may have nagive effect to performance of user space
workloads (e.g. data base, or I/O service of distributed storage node).

This patch tries to call bcache mca shrinker routine to proactively
release mca cache memory, to decrease the memory pressure of system and
avoid negative effort of the overall system I/O performance.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<title>bcache: fix potential deadlock in cached_def_free()</title>
<updated>2019-06-28T13:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-28T11:59:49+00:00</published>
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When enable lockdep and reboot system with a writeback mode bcache
device, the following potential deadlock warning is reported by lockdep
engine.

[  101.536569][  T401] kworker/2:2/401 is trying to acquire lock:
[  101.538575][  T401] 00000000bbf6e6c7 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}, at: flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.542054][  T401]
[  101.542054][  T401] but task is already holding lock:
[  101.544587][  T401] 00000000f5f305b3 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.548386][  T401]
[  101.548386][  T401] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[  101.548386][  T401]
[  101.551874][  T401]
[  101.551874][  T401] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[  101.555000][  T401]
[  101.555000][  T401] -&gt; #1 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}:
[  101.557860][  T401]        process_one_work+0x277/0x640
[  101.559661][  T401]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.561340][  T401]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.562963][  T401]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.564718][  T401]
[  101.564718][  T401] -&gt; #0 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}:
[  101.567701][  T401]        lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.569651][  T401]        flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[  101.571494][  T401]        drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.573234][  T401]        destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[  101.575109][  T401]        cached_dev_free+0x44/0x120 [bcache]
[  101.577304][  T401]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[  101.579357][  T401]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.581055][  T401]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.582709][  T401]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.584592][  T401]
[  101.584592][  T401] other info that might help us debug this:
[  101.584592][  T401]
[  101.588355][  T401]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[  101.588355][  T401]
[  101.590974][  T401]        CPU0                    CPU1
[  101.592889][  T401]        ----                    ----
[  101.594743][  T401]   lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[  101.596785][  T401]                                lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[  101.600072][  T401]                                lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[  101.602971][  T401]   lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[  101.605255][  T401]
[  101.605255][  T401]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[  101.605255][  T401]
[  101.608310][  T401] 2 locks held by kworker/2:2/401:
[  101.610208][  T401]  #0: 00000000cf2c7d17 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.613709][  T401]  #1: 00000000f5f305b3 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.617480][  T401]
[  101.617480][  T401] stack backtrace:
[  101.619539][  T401] CPU: 2 PID: 401 Comm: kworker/2:2 Tainted: G        W         5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1
[  101.623225][  T401] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/13/2018
[  101.627210][  T401] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]
[  101.629239][  T401] Call Trace:
[  101.630360][  T401]  dump_stack+0x85/0xcb
[  101.631777][  T401]  print_circular_bug+0x19a/0x1f0
[  101.633485][  T401]  __lock_acquire+0x16cd/0x1850
[  101.635184][  T401]  ? __lock_acquire+0x6a8/0x1850
[  101.636863][  T401]  ? lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.638421][  T401]  ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0
[  101.640015][  T401]  lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.641513][  T401]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.643248][  T401]  flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[  101.644832][  T401]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.646476][  T401]  ? drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.648303][  T401]  drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.649867][  T401]  destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[  101.651503][  T401]  cached_dev_free+0x44/0x120 [bcache]
[  101.653328][  T401]  process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[  101.655029][  T401]  worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.656693][  T401]  ? process_one_work+0x640/0x640
[  101.658501][  T401]  kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.660012][  T401]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
[  101.661985][  T401]  ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.691318][  T401] bcache: bcache_device_free() bcache0 stopped

Here is how the above potential deadlock may happen in reboot/shutdown
code path,
1) bcache_reboot() is called firstly in the reboot/shutdown code path,
   then in bcache_reboot(), bcache_device_stop() is called.
2) bcache_device_stop() sets BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING on d-&gt;falgs, then call
   closure_queue(&amp;d-&gt;cl) to invoke cached_dev_flush(). And in turn
   cached_dev_flush() calls cached_dev_free() via closure_at()
3) In cached_dev_free(), after stopped writebach kthread
   dc-&gt;writeback_thread, the kwork dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq is stopping by
   destroy_workqueue().
4) Inside destroy_workqueue(), drain_workqueue() is called. Inside
   drain_workqueue(), flush_workqueue() is called. Then wq-&gt;lockdep_map
   is acquired by lock_map_acquire() in flush_workqueue(). After the
   lock acquired the rest part of flush_workqueue() just wait for the
   workqueue to complete.
5) Now we look back at writeback thread routine bch_writeback_thread(),
   in the main while-loop, write_dirty() is called via continue_at() in
   read_dirty_submit(), which is called via continue_at() in while-loop
   level called function read_dirty(). Inside write_dirty() it may be
   re-called on workqueeu dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq via continue_at().
   It means when the writeback kthread is stopped in cached_dev_free()
   there might be still one kworker queued on dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq
   to execute write_dirty() again.
6) Now this kworker is scheduled on dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq to run by
   process_one_work() (which is called by worker_thread()). Before
   calling the kwork routine, wq-&gt;lockdep_map is acquired.
7) But wq-&gt;lockdep_map is acquired already in step 4), so a A-A lock
   (lockdep terminology) scenario happens.

Indeed on multiple cores syatem, the above deadlock is very rare to
happen, just as the code comments in process_one_work() says,
2263     * AFAICT there is no possible deadlock scenario between the
2264     * flush_work() and complete() primitives (except for
	   single-threaded
2265     * workqueues), so hiding them isn't a problem.

But it is still good to fix such lockdep warning, even no one running
bcache on single core system.

The fix is simple. This patch solves the above potential deadlock by,
- Do not destroy workqueue dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq in cached_dev_free().
- Flush and destroy dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq in writebach kthread routine
  bch_writeback_thread(), where after quit the thread main while-loop
  and before cached_dev_put() is called.

By this fix, dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq will be stopped and destroy before
the writeback kthread stopped, so the chance for a A-A locking on
wq-&gt;lockdep_map is disappeared, such A-A deadlock won't happen
any more.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<pre>
When enable lockdep and reboot system with a writeback mode bcache
device, the following potential deadlock warning is reported by lockdep
engine.

[  101.536569][  T401] kworker/2:2/401 is trying to acquire lock:
[  101.538575][  T401] 00000000bbf6e6c7 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}, at: flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.542054][  T401]
[  101.542054][  T401] but task is already holding lock:
[  101.544587][  T401] 00000000f5f305b3 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.548386][  T401]
[  101.548386][  T401] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[  101.548386][  T401]
[  101.551874][  T401]
[  101.551874][  T401] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[  101.555000][  T401]
[  101.555000][  T401] -&gt; #1 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}:
[  101.557860][  T401]        process_one_work+0x277/0x640
[  101.559661][  T401]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.561340][  T401]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.562963][  T401]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.564718][  T401]
[  101.564718][  T401] -&gt; #0 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}:
[  101.567701][  T401]        lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.569651][  T401]        flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[  101.571494][  T401]        drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.573234][  T401]        destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[  101.575109][  T401]        cached_dev_free+0x44/0x120 [bcache]
[  101.577304][  T401]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[  101.579357][  T401]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.581055][  T401]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.582709][  T401]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.584592][  T401]
[  101.584592][  T401] other info that might help us debug this:
[  101.584592][  T401]
[  101.588355][  T401]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[  101.588355][  T401]
[  101.590974][  T401]        CPU0                    CPU1
[  101.592889][  T401]        ----                    ----
[  101.594743][  T401]   lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[  101.596785][  T401]                                lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[  101.600072][  T401]                                lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[  101.602971][  T401]   lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[  101.605255][  T401]
[  101.605255][  T401]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[  101.605255][  T401]
[  101.608310][  T401] 2 locks held by kworker/2:2/401:
[  101.610208][  T401]  #0: 00000000cf2c7d17 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.613709][  T401]  #1: 00000000f5f305b3 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[  101.617480][  T401]
[  101.617480][  T401] stack backtrace:
[  101.619539][  T401] CPU: 2 PID: 401 Comm: kworker/2:2 Tainted: G        W         5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1
[  101.623225][  T401] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/13/2018
[  101.627210][  T401] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]
[  101.629239][  T401] Call Trace:
[  101.630360][  T401]  dump_stack+0x85/0xcb
[  101.631777][  T401]  print_circular_bug+0x19a/0x1f0
[  101.633485][  T401]  __lock_acquire+0x16cd/0x1850
[  101.635184][  T401]  ? __lock_acquire+0x6a8/0x1850
[  101.636863][  T401]  ? lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.638421][  T401]  ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0
[  101.640015][  T401]  lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[  101.641513][  T401]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.643248][  T401]  flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[  101.644832][  T401]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[  101.646476][  T401]  ? drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.648303][  T401]  drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[  101.649867][  T401]  destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[  101.651503][  T401]  cached_dev_free+0x44/0x120 [bcache]
[  101.653328][  T401]  process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[  101.655029][  T401]  worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[  101.656693][  T401]  ? process_one_work+0x640/0x640
[  101.658501][  T401]  kthread+0x125/0x140
[  101.660012][  T401]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
[  101.661985][  T401]  ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[  101.691318][  T401] bcache: bcache_device_free() bcache0 stopped

Here is how the above potential deadlock may happen in reboot/shutdown
code path,
1) bcache_reboot() is called firstly in the reboot/shutdown code path,
   then in bcache_reboot(), bcache_device_stop() is called.
2) bcache_device_stop() sets BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING on d-&gt;falgs, then call
   closure_queue(&amp;d-&gt;cl) to invoke cached_dev_flush(). And in turn
   cached_dev_flush() calls cached_dev_free() via closure_at()
3) In cached_dev_free(), after stopped writebach kthread
   dc-&gt;writeback_thread, the kwork dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq is stopping by
   destroy_workqueue().
4) Inside destroy_workqueue(), drain_workqueue() is called. Inside
   drain_workqueue(), flush_workqueue() is called. Then wq-&gt;lockdep_map
   is acquired by lock_map_acquire() in flush_workqueue(). After the
   lock acquired the rest part of flush_workqueue() just wait for the
   workqueue to complete.
5) Now we look back at writeback thread routine bch_writeback_thread(),
   in the main while-loop, write_dirty() is called via continue_at() in
   read_dirty_submit(), which is called via continue_at() in while-loop
   level called function read_dirty(). Inside write_dirty() it may be
   re-called on workqueeu dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq via continue_at().
   It means when the writeback kthread is stopped in cached_dev_free()
   there might be still one kworker queued on dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq
   to execute write_dirty() again.
6) Now this kworker is scheduled on dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq to run by
   process_one_work() (which is called by worker_thread()). Before
   calling the kwork routine, wq-&gt;lockdep_map is acquired.
7) But wq-&gt;lockdep_map is acquired already in step 4), so a A-A lock
   (lockdep terminology) scenario happens.

Indeed on multiple cores syatem, the above deadlock is very rare to
happen, just as the code comments in process_one_work() says,
2263     * AFAICT there is no possible deadlock scenario between the
2264     * flush_work() and complete() primitives (except for
	   single-threaded
2265     * workqueues), so hiding them isn't a problem.

But it is still good to fix such lockdep warning, even no one running
bcache on single core system.

The fix is simple. This patch solves the above potential deadlock by,
- Do not destroy workqueue dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq in cached_dev_free().
- Flush and destroy dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq in writebach kthread routine
  bch_writeback_thread(), where after quit the thread main while-loop
  and before cached_dev_put() is called.

By this fix, dc-&gt;writeback_write_wq will be stopped and destroy before
the writeback kthread stopped, so the chance for a A-A locking on
wq-&gt;lockdep_map is disappeared, such A-A deadlock won't happen
any more.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bcache: acquire bch_register_lock later in cached_dev_free()</title>
<updated>2019-06-28T13:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-28T11:59:48+00:00</published>
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When enable lockdep engine, a lockdep warning can be observed when
reboot or shutdown system,

[ 3142.764557][    T1] bcache: bcache_reboot() Stopping all devices:
[ 3142.776265][ T2649]
[ 3142.777159][ T2649] ======================================================
[ 3142.780039][ T2649] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 3142.782869][ T2649] 5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1 Tainted: G        W
[ 3142.785684][ T2649] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 3142.788479][ T2649] kworker/3:67/2649 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 3142.790738][ T2649] 00000000aaf02291 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}, at: flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.794678][ T2649]
[ 3142.794678][ T2649] but task is already holding lock:
[ 3142.797402][ T2649] 000000004fcf89c5 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 3142.808902][ T2649]
[ 3142.808902][ T2649] -&gt; #2 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}:
[ 3142.812396][ T2649]        __mutex_lock+0x7a/0x9d0
[ 3142.814184][ T2649]        cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.816415][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.818413][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.820276][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.822061][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.823965][ T2649]
[ 3142.823965][ T2649] -&gt; #1 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}:
[ 3142.827244][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x277/0x640
[ 3142.829160][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.830958][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.832674][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.834915][ T2649]
[ 3142.834915][ T2649] -&gt; #0 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}:
[ 3142.838121][ T2649]        lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.840025][ T2649]        flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.842035][ T2649]        drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.844042][ T2649]        destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.846142][ T2649]        cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.848530][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.850663][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.852464][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.854106][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.855880][ T2649] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.859663][ T2649] Chain exists of:
[ 3142.859663][ T2649]   (wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq --&gt; (work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2 --&gt; &amp;bch_register_lock
[ 3142.859663][ T2649]
[ 3142.865424][ T2649]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 3142.865424][ T2649]
[ 3142.868022][ T2649]        CPU0                    CPU1
[ 3142.869885][ T2649]        ----                    ----
[ 3142.871751][ T2649]   lock(&amp;bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.873379][ T2649]                                lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[ 3142.876399][ T2649]                                lock(&amp;bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.879727][ T2649]   lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.885060][ T2649] 3 locks held by kworker/3:67/2649:
[ 3142.887245][ T2649]  #0: 00000000e774cdd0 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.890815][ T2649]  #1: 00000000f7df89da ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.894884][ T2649]  #2: 000000004fcf89c5 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649] stack backtrace:
[ 3142.900961][ T2649] CPU: 3 PID: 2649 Comm: kworker/3:67 Tainted: G        W         5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1
[ 3142.904789][ T2649] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/13/2018
[ 3142.909168][ T2649] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]
[ 3142.911422][ T2649] Call Trace:
[ 3142.912656][ T2649]  dump_stack+0x85/0xcb
[ 3142.914181][ T2649]  print_circular_bug+0x19a/0x1f0
[ 3142.916193][ T2649]  __lock_acquire+0x16cd/0x1850
[ 3142.917936][ T2649]  ? __lock_acquire+0x6a8/0x1850
[ 3142.919704][ T2649]  ? lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.921335][ T2649]  ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0
[ 3142.923052][ T2649]  lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.924635][ T2649]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.926375][ T2649]  flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.928047][ T2649]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.929824][ T2649]  ? drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.931686][ T2649]  drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.933534][ T2649]  destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.935787][ T2649]  cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.937795][ T2649]  process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.939803][ T2649]  worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.941487][ T2649]  ? process_one_work+0x640/0x640
[ 3142.943389][ T2649]  kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.944894][ T2649]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
[ 3142.947744][ T2649]  ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.970358][ T2649] bcache: bcache_device_free() bcache0 stopped

Here is how the deadlock happens.
1) bcache_reboot() calls bcache_device_stop(), then inside
   bcache_device_stop() BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING bit is set on d-&gt;flags.
   Then closure_queue(&amp;d-&gt;cl) is called to invoke cached_dev_flush().
2) In cached_dev_flush(), cached_dev_free() is called by continu_at().
3) In cached_dev_free(), when stopping the writeback kthread of the
   cached device by kthread_stop(), dc-&gt;writeback_thread will be waken
   up to quite the kthread while-loop, then cached_dev_put() is called
   in bch_writeback_thread().
4) Calling cached_dev_put() in writeback kthread may drop dc-&gt;count to
   0, then dc-&gt;detach kworker is scheduled, which is initialized as
   cached_dev_detach_finish().
5) Inside cached_dev_detach_finish(), the last line of code is to call
   closure_put(&amp;dc-&gt;disk.cl), which drops the last reference counter of
   closrure dc-&gt;disk.cl, then the callback cached_dev_flush() gets
   called.
Now cached_dev_flush() is called for second time in the code path, the
first time is in step 2). And again bch_register_lock will be acquired
again, and a A-A lock (lockdep terminology) is happening.

The root cause of the above A-A lock is in cached_dev_free(), mutex
bch_register_lock is held before stopping writeback kthread and other
kworkers. Fortunately now we have variable 'bcache_is_reboot', which may
prevent device registration or unregistration during reboot/shutdown
time, so it is unncessary to hold bch_register_lock such early now.

This is how this patch fixes the reboot/shutdown time A-A lock issue:
After moving mutex_lock(&amp;bch_register_lock) to a later location where
before atomic_read(&amp;dc-&gt;running) in cached_dev_free(), such A-A lock
problem can be solved without any reboot time registration race.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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When enable lockdep engine, a lockdep warning can be observed when
reboot or shutdown system,

[ 3142.764557][    T1] bcache: bcache_reboot() Stopping all devices:
[ 3142.776265][ T2649]
[ 3142.777159][ T2649] ======================================================
[ 3142.780039][ T2649] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 3142.782869][ T2649] 5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1 Tainted: G        W
[ 3142.785684][ T2649] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 3142.788479][ T2649] kworker/3:67/2649 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 3142.790738][ T2649] 00000000aaf02291 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}, at: flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.794678][ T2649]
[ 3142.794678][ T2649] but task is already holding lock:
[ 3142.797402][ T2649] 000000004fcf89c5 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 3142.808902][ T2649]
[ 3142.808902][ T2649] -&gt; #2 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}:
[ 3142.812396][ T2649]        __mutex_lock+0x7a/0x9d0
[ 3142.814184][ T2649]        cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.816415][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.818413][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.820276][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.822061][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.823965][ T2649]
[ 3142.823965][ T2649] -&gt; #1 ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}:
[ 3142.827244][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x277/0x640
[ 3142.829160][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.830958][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.832674][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.834915][ T2649]
[ 3142.834915][ T2649] -&gt; #0 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}:
[ 3142.838121][ T2649]        lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.840025][ T2649]        flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.842035][ T2649]        drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.844042][ T2649]        destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.846142][ T2649]        cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.848530][ T2649]        process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.850663][ T2649]        worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.852464][ T2649]        kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.854106][ T2649]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.855880][ T2649] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.859663][ T2649] Chain exists of:
[ 3142.859663][ T2649]   (wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq --&gt; (work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2 --&gt; &amp;bch_register_lock
[ 3142.859663][ T2649]
[ 3142.865424][ T2649]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 3142.865424][ T2649]
[ 3142.868022][ T2649]        CPU0                    CPU1
[ 3142.869885][ T2649]        ----                    ----
[ 3142.871751][ T2649]   lock(&amp;bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.873379][ T2649]                                lock((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2);
[ 3142.876399][ T2649]                                lock(&amp;bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.879727][ T2649]   lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]  *** DEADLOCK ***
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.885060][ T2649] 3 locks held by kworker/3:67/2649:
[ 3142.887245][ T2649]  #0: 00000000e774cdd0 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.890815][ T2649]  #1: 00000000f7df89da ((work_completion)(&amp;cl-&gt;work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.894884][ T2649]  #2: 000000004fcf89c5 (&amp;bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649] stack backtrace:
[ 3142.900961][ T2649] CPU: 3 PID: 2649 Comm: kworker/3:67 Tainted: G        W         5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1
[ 3142.904789][ T2649] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/13/2018
[ 3142.909168][ T2649] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]
[ 3142.911422][ T2649] Call Trace:
[ 3142.912656][ T2649]  dump_stack+0x85/0xcb
[ 3142.914181][ T2649]  print_circular_bug+0x19a/0x1f0
[ 3142.916193][ T2649]  __lock_acquire+0x16cd/0x1850
[ 3142.917936][ T2649]  ? __lock_acquire+0x6a8/0x1850
[ 3142.919704][ T2649]  ? lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.921335][ T2649]  ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0
[ 3142.923052][ T2649]  lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.924635][ T2649]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.926375][ T2649]  flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.928047][ T2649]  ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.929824][ T2649]  ? drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.931686][ T2649]  drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.933534][ T2649]  destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.935787][ T2649]  cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.937795][ T2649]  process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.939803][ T2649]  worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.941487][ T2649]  ? process_one_work+0x640/0x640
[ 3142.943389][ T2649]  kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.944894][ T2649]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
[ 3142.947744][ T2649]  ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.970358][ T2649] bcache: bcache_device_free() bcache0 stopped

Here is how the deadlock happens.
1) bcache_reboot() calls bcache_device_stop(), then inside
   bcache_device_stop() BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING bit is set on d-&gt;flags.
   Then closure_queue(&amp;d-&gt;cl) is called to invoke cached_dev_flush().
2) In cached_dev_flush(), cached_dev_free() is called by continu_at().
3) In cached_dev_free(), when stopping the writeback kthread of the
   cached device by kthread_stop(), dc-&gt;writeback_thread will be waken
   up to quite the kthread while-loop, then cached_dev_put() is called
   in bch_writeback_thread().
4) Calling cached_dev_put() in writeback kthread may drop dc-&gt;count to
   0, then dc-&gt;detach kworker is scheduled, which is initialized as
   cached_dev_detach_finish().
5) Inside cached_dev_detach_finish(), the last line of code is to call
   closure_put(&amp;dc-&gt;disk.cl), which drops the last reference counter of
   closrure dc-&gt;disk.cl, then the callback cached_dev_flush() gets
   called.
Now cached_dev_flush() is called for second time in the code path, the
first time is in step 2). And again bch_register_lock will be acquired
again, and a A-A lock (lockdep terminology) is happening.

The root cause of the above A-A lock is in cached_dev_free(), mutex
bch_register_lock is held before stopping writeback kthread and other
kworkers. Fortunately now we have variable 'bcache_is_reboot', which may
prevent device registration or unregistration during reboot/shutdown
time, so it is unncessary to hold bch_register_lock such early now.

This is how this patch fixes the reboot/shutdown time A-A lock issue:
After moving mutex_lock(&amp;bch_register_lock) to a later location where
before atomic_read(&amp;dc-&gt;running) in cached_dev_free(), such A-A lock
problem can be solved without any reboot time registration race.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bcache: acquire bch_register_lock later in cached_dev_detach_finish()</title>
<updated>2019-06-28T13:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Coly Li</name>
<email>colyli@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-28T11:59:47+00:00</published>
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Now there is variable bcache_is_reboot to prevent device register or
unregister during reboot, it is unncessary to still hold mutex lock
bch_register_lock before stopping writeback_rate_update kworker and
writeback kthread. And if the stopping kworker or kthread holding
bch_register_lock inside their routine (we used to have such problem
in writeback thread, thanks to Junhui Wang fixed it), it is very easy
to introduce deadlock during reboot/shutdown procedure.

Therefore in this patch, the location to acquire bch_register_lock is
moved to the location before calling calc_cached_dev_sectors(). Which
is later then original location in cached_dev_detach_finish().

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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Now there is variable bcache_is_reboot to prevent device register or
unregister during reboot, it is unncessary to still hold mutex lock
bch_register_lock before stopping writeback_rate_update kworker and
writeback kthread. And if the stopping kworker or kthread holding
bch_register_lock inside their routine (we used to have such problem
in writeback thread, thanks to Junhui Wang fixed it), it is very easy
to introduce deadlock during reboot/shutdown procedure.

Therefore in this patch, the location to acquire bch_register_lock is
moved to the location before calling calc_cached_dev_sectors(). Which
is later then original location in cached_dev_detach_finish().

Signed-off-by: Coly Li &lt;colyli@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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