[RFC 0/1] ubifs: inode deletion deadlock
Wang Zhaolong
wangzhaolong1 at huawei.com
Wed Jul 10 20:12:55 PDT 2024
> Hi.
>
> While the previous patch set [1] aimed to address the ABBA deadlock between
> inode reclaiming and deleted inode writing, I discovered that the problem
> still persists in the form of an AA deadlock after applying those changes.
>
> The core issue is that although [1] avoids the ABBA deadlock by getting the
> xattr inodes before locking BASEHD's wbuf->io_mutex. But the inode reclaiming
> process can still get stuck waiting for the xattr inodes that have already
> been marked as I_FREEING.
>
My bad, I need to add the link [1]
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?series=414540 [1]
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