include/linux/fs.h: disable preempt when acquire i_size_seqcount write lock
authorFan Du <fan.du@windriver.com>
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:27:27 +0000 (15:27 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 1 May 2013 00:04:03 +0000 (17:04 -0700)
commit74e3d1e17b2e11d175970b85acd44f5927000ba2
tree1adaccdd30702c8c151dfb97b13aaf241e092849
parent3440a1ca99707f093e9568ba9762764d3162dd8f
include/linux/fs.h: disable preempt when acquire i_size_seqcount write lock

Two rt tasks bind to one CPU core.

The higher priority rt task A preempts a lower priority rt task B which
has already taken the write seq lock, and then the higher priority rt
task A try to acquire read seq lock, it's doomed to lockup.

rt task A with lower priority: call write
i_size_write                                        rt task B with higher priority: call sync, and preempt task A
  write_seqcount_begin(&inode->i_size_seqcount);    i_size_read
  inode->i_size = i_size;                             read_seqcount_begin <-- lockup here...

So disable preempt when acquiring every i_size_seqcount *write* lock will
cure the problem.

Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/fs.h