fs/dcache: disable preemption on i_dir_seq's write side

i_dir_seq is an opencoded seqcounter. Based on the code it looks like we
could have two writers in parallel despite the fact that the d_lock is
held. The problem is that during the write process on RT the preemption
is still enabled and if this process is interrupted by a reader with RT
priority then we lock up.
To avoid that lock up I am disabling the preemption during the update.
The rename of i_dir_seq is here to ensure to catch new write sides in
future.

Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>

Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior

fs/dcache.c

@@ -2442,17 +2442,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_rehash);
 static inline unsigned start_dir_add(struct inode *dir)
 {
 
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	for (;;) {
-		unsigned n = dir->i_dir_seq;
-		if (!(n & 1) && cmpxchg(&dir->i_dir_seq, n, n + 1) == n)
+		unsigned n = dir->__i_dir_seq;
+		if (!(n & 1) && cmpxchg(&dir->__i_dir_seq, n, n + 1) == n)
 			return n;
 		cpu_relax();
 	}
 }
 
 static inline void end_dir_add(struct inode *dir, unsigned n)
 {
-	smp_store_release(&dir->i_dir_seq, n + 2);
+	smp_store_release(&dir->__i_dir_seq, n + 2);
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 
 static void d_wait_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -2488,7 +2490,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 
 retry:
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	seq = smp_load_acquire(&parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq);
+	seq = smp_load_acquire(&parent->d_inode->__i_dir_seq);
 	r_seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
 	dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &d_seq);
 	if (unlikely(dentry)) {
@@ -2516,7 +2518,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
 	}
 
 	hlist_bl_lock(b);
-	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq) != seq)) {
+	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode->__i_dir_seq) != seq)) {
 		hlist_bl_unlock(b);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto retry;

fs/inode.c

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_bdev = NULL;
 	inode->i_cdev = NULL;
 	inode->i_link = NULL;
-	inode->i_dir_seq = 0;
+	inode->__i_dir_seq = 0;
 	inode->i_rdev = 0;
 	inode->dirtied_when = 0;
 

fs/libfs.c

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static struct dentry *next_positive(struct dentry *parent,
 				    struct list_head *from,
 				    int count)
 {
-	unsigned *seq = &parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq, n;
+	unsigned *seq = &parent->d_inode->__i_dir_seq, n;
 	struct dentry *res;
 	struct list_head *p;
 	bool skipped;
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ static struct dentry *next_positive(struct dentry *parent,
 static void move_cursor(struct dentry *cursor, struct list_head *after)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = cursor->d_parent;
-	unsigned n, *seq = &parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq;
+	unsigned n, *seq = &parent->d_inode->__i_dir_seq;
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	for (;;) {
 		n = *seq;
 		if (!(n & 1) && cmpxchg(seq, n, n + 1) == n)
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ static void move_cursor(struct dentry *cursor, struct list_head *after)
 	else
 		list_add_tail(&cursor->d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
 	smp_store_release(seq, n + 2);
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 }
 

include/linux/fs.h

@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ struct inode {
 		struct block_device	*i_bdev;
 		struct cdev		*i_cdev;
 		char			*i_link;
-		unsigned		i_dir_seq;
+		unsigned		__i_dir_seq;
 	};
 
 	__u32			i_generation;