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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h7
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c16
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c6
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 79c69ebb0653..5136510ec8be 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -850,6 +850,13 @@ enum {
AL_SUSPENDED, /* Activity logging is currently suspended. */
AHEAD_TO_SYNC_SOURCE, /* Ahead -> SyncSource queued */
STATE_SENT, /* Do not change state/UUIDs while this is set */
+
+ CALLBACK_PENDING, /* Whether we have a call_usermodehelper(, UMH_WAIT_PROC)
+ * pending, from drbd worker context.
+ * If set, bdi_write_congested() returns true,
+ * so shrink_page_list() would not recurse into,
+ * and potentially deadlock on, this drbd worker.
+ */
};
struct drbd_bitmap; /* opaque for drbd_conf */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 5bebe8d8ace3..41ccb580d5ac 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -3553,6 +3553,22 @@ static int drbd_congested(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
goto out;
}
+ if (test_bit(CALLBACK_PENDING, &mdev->flags)) {
+ r |= (1 << BDI_async_congested);
+ /* Without good local data, we would need to read from remote,
+ * and that would need the worker thread as well, which is
+ * currently blocked waiting for that usermode helper to
+ * finish.
+ */
+ if (!get_ldev_if_state(mdev, D_UP_TO_DATE))
+ r |= (1 << BDI_sync_congested);
+ else
+ put_ldev(mdev);
+ r &= bdi_bits;
+ reason = 'c';
+ goto out;
+ }
+
if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
q = bdev_get_queue(mdev->ldev->backing_bdev);
r = bdi_congested(&q->backing_dev_info, bdi_bits);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 40a1c4f07190..03fc853be2b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ int drbd_khelper(struct drbd_conf *mdev, char *cmd)
char *argv[] = {usermode_helper, cmd, mb, NULL };
int ret;
+ if (current == mdev->worker.task)
+ set_bit(CALLBACK_PENDING, &mdev->flags);
+
snprintf(mb, 12, "minor-%d", mdev_to_minor(mdev));
if (get_net_conf(mdev)) {
@@ -189,6 +192,9 @@ int drbd_khelper(struct drbd_conf *mdev, char *cmd)
usermode_helper, cmd, mb,
(ret >> 8) & 0xff, ret);
+ if (current == mdev->worker.task)
+ clear_bit(CALLBACK_PENDING, &mdev->flags);
+
if (ret < 0) /* Ignore any ERRNOs we got. */
ret = 0;