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    btrfs: do not call synchronize_srcu() in inode_tree_del · f72ff01d
    Josef Bacik authored
    Testing with the new fsstress uncovered a pretty nasty deadlock with
    lookup and snapshot deletion.
    
    Process A
    unlink
     -> final iput
       -> inode_tree_del
         -> synchronize_srcu(subvol_srcu)
    
    Process B
    btrfs_lookup  <- srcu_read_lock() acquired here
      -> btrfs_iget
        -> find inode that has I_FREEING set
          -> __wait_on_freeing_inode()
    
    We're holding the srcu_read_lock() while doing the iget in order to make
    sure our fs root doesn't go away, and then we are waiting for the inode
    to finish freeing.  However because the free'ing process is doing a
    synchronize_srcu() we deadlock.
    
    Fix this by dropping the synchronize_srcu() in inode_tree_del().  We
    don't need people to stop accessing the fs root at this point, we're
    only adding our empty root to the dead roots list.
    
    A larger much more invasive fix is forthcoming to address how we deal
    with fs roots, but this fixes the immediate problem.
    
    Fixes: 76dda93c
    
     ("Btrfs: add snapshot/subvolume destroy ioctl")
    CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4+
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJosef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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