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    jbd2: Fix lockdep splat with generic/270 test · c52c47e4
    Jan Kara authored
    I've hit a lockdep splat with generic/270 test complaining that:
    
    3216.fsstress.b/3533 is trying to acquire lock:
     (jbd2_handle){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff813152e0>] jbd2_log_wait_commit+0x0/0x150
    
    but task is already holding lock:
     (jbd2_handle){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff8130bd3b>] start_this_handle+0x35b/0x850
    
    The underlying problem is that jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested()
    (called from ext4_should_retry_alloc()) may get called while a
    transaction handle is started. In such case it takes care to not wait
    for commit of the running transaction (which would deadlock) but only
    for a commit of a transaction that is already committing (which is safe
    as that doesn't wait for any filesystem locks).
    
    In fact there are also other callers of jbd2_log_wait_commit() that take
    care to pass tid of a transaction that is already committing and for
    those cases, the lockdep instrumentation is too restrictive and leading
    to false positive reports. Fix the problem by calling
    jbd2_might_wait_for_commit() from jbd2_log_wait_commit() only if the
    transaction isn't already committing.
    
    Fixes: 1eaa566dSigned-off-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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