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There's a deadlock that is possible and can easily be seen with
a test where multiple readers open/read/close of the same file
and a disruption occurs causing reconnect. The deadlock is due
a reader thread inside cifs_strict_readv calling down_read and
obtaining lock_sem, and then after reconnect inside
cifs_reopen_file calling down_read a second time. If in
between the two down_read calls, a down_write comes from
another process, deadlock occurs.
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
cifs_strict_readv()
down_read(&cifsi->lock_sem);
_cifsFileInfo_put
OR
cifs_new_fileinfo
down_write(&cifsi->lock_sem);
cifs_reopen_file()
down_read(&cifsi->lock_sem);
Fix the above by changing all down_write(lock_sem) calls to
down_write_trylock(lock_sem)/msleep() loop, which in turn
makes the second down_read call benign since it will never
block behind the writer while holding lock_sem.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@redhat.com>
Reviewed--by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@microsoft.com>
Linux kernel
============
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.