dm thin metadata: Fix ABBA deadlock by resetting dm_bufio_client

As described in commit 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between
shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata"), ABBA deadlocks wil

dm thin metadata: Fix ABBA deadlock by resetting dm_bufio_client

As described in commit 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between
shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata"), ABBA deadlocks will be
triggered because shrinker_rwsem currently needs to held by
dm_pool_abort_metadata() as a side-effect of thin-pool metadata
operation failure.

The following three problem scenarios have been noticed:

1) Described by commit 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between
shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata")

2) shrinker_rwsem and throttle->lock
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
super_cache_scan
prune_icache_sb
dispose_list
evict
ext4_evict_inode
ext4_clear_inode
ext4_discard_preallocations
ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
ext4_mb_init_cache
ext4_wait_block_bitmap
__ext4_error
ext4_handle_error
ext4_commit_super
...
dm_submit_bio
do_worker
throttle_work_update
down_write(&t->lock) -- LOCK B
process_deferred_bios
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
dm_block_manager_create
dm_bufio_client_create
register_shrinker
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem)
-- LOCK A
thin_map
thin_bio_map
thin_defer_bio_with_throttle
throttle_lock
down_read(&t->lock) - LOCK B

3) shrinker_rwsem and wait_on_buffer
P1(drop cache) P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
drop_slab
shrink_slab
down_read(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
do_shrink_slab
...
ext4_wait_block_bitmap
__ext4_error
ext4_handle_error
jbd2_journal_abort
jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno
jbd2_write_superblock
submit_bh
// LOCK B
// RELEASE B
do_worker
throttle_work_update
down_write(&t->lock) - LOCK B
process_deferred_bios
process_bio
commit
metadata_operation_failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata
dm_block_manager_create
dm_bufio_client_create
register_shrinker
register_shrinker_prepared
down_write(&shrinker_rwsem) - LOCK A
bio_endio
wait_on_buffer
__wait_on_buffer

Fix these by resetting dm_bufio_client without holding shrinker_rwsem.

Fixes: 8111964f1b85 ("dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Li Lingfeng <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>

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dm: add missing SPDX-License-Indentifiers

'GPL-2.0-only' is used instead of 'GPL-2.0' because SPDX has
deprecated its use.

Suggested-by: John Wiele <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelsha

dm: add missing SPDX-License-Indentifiers

'GPL-2.0-only' is used instead of 'GPL-2.0' because SPDX has
deprecated its use.

Suggested-by: John Wiele <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>

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dm space maps: improve performance with inc/dec on ranges of blocks

When we break sharing on btree nodes we typically need to increment
the reference counts to every value held in the node. This ca

dm space maps: improve performance with inc/dec on ranges of blocks

When we break sharing on btree nodes we typically need to increment
the reference counts to every value held in the node. This can
cause a lot of repeated calls to the space maps. Fix this by changing
the interface to the space map inc/dec methods to take ranges of
adjacent blocks to be operated on.

For installations that are using a lot of snapshots this will reduce
cpu overhead of fundamental operations such as provisioning a new block,
or deleting a snapshot, by as much as 10 times.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>

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dm persistent data: add threshold callback to space map

Add a threshold callback function to the persistent data space map
interface for a subsequent patch to use.

dm-thin and dm-cache are interest

dm persistent data: add threshold callback to space map

Add a threshold callback function to the persistent data space map
interface for a subsequent patch to use.

dm-thin and dm-cache are interested in knowing when they're getting
low on metadata or data blocks. This patch introduces a new method
for registering a callback against a threshold.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]>

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dm: add persistent data library

The persistent-data library offers a re-usable framework for the storage
and management of on-disk metadata in device-mapper targets.

It's used by the thin-provision

dm: add persistent data library

The persistent-data library offers a re-usable framework for the storage
and management of on-disk metadata in device-mapper targets.

It's used by the thin-provisioning target in the next patch and in an
upcoming hierarchical storage target.

For further information, please read
Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]>

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