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During a cyclic writeback, extent_write_cache_pages() uses done_index to update the writeback_index after the current run is over. However, instead of current index + 1, it gets to to the current index itself. Unfortunately, this, combined with returning on EOF instead of looping back, can lead to the following pathlogical behavior. 1. There is a single file which has accumulated enough dirty pages to trigger balance_dirty_pages() and the writer appending to the file with a series of short writes. 2. balance_dirty_pages kicks in, wakes up background writeback and sleeps. 3. Writeback kicks in and the cursor is on the last page of the dirty file. Writeback is started or skipped if already in progress. As it's EOF, extent_write_cache_pages() returns and the cursor is set to done_index which is pointing to the last page. 4. Writeback is done. Nothing happens till balance_dirty_pages finishes, at which point we go back to #1. This can almost completely stall out writing back of the file and keep the system over dirty threshold for a long time which can mess up the whole system. We encountered this issue in production with a package handling application which can reliably reproduce the issue when running under tight memory limits. Reading the comment in the error handling section, this seems to be to avoid accidentally skipping a page in case the write attempt on the page doesn't succeed. However, this concern seems bogus. On each page, the code either: * Skips and moves onto the next page. * Fails issue and sets done_index to index + 1. * Successfully issues and continue to the next page if budget allows and not EOF. IOW, as long as it's not EOF and there's budget, the code never retries writing back the same page. Only when a page happens to be the last page of a particular run, we end up retrying the page, which can't possibly guarantee anything data integrity related. Besides, cyclic writes are only used for non-syncing writebacks meaning that there's no data integrity implication to begin with. Fix it by always setting done_index past the current page being processed. Note that this problem exists in other writepages too. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.19+ Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> |
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.