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Abhishek Bapat 02bb1500f1 quota: fix livelock between quotactl and freeze_super 
[ Upstream commit 77449e453d ]

When a filesystem is frozen, quotactl_block() enters a retry loop
waiting for the filesystem to thaw. It acquires s_umount, checks the
freeze state, drops s_umount and uses sb_start_write() - sb_end_write()
pair to wait for the unfreeze.

However, this retry loop can trigger a livelock issue, specifically on
kernels with preemption disabled.

The mechanism is as follows:
1. freeze_super() sets SB_FREEZE_WRITE and calls sb_wait_write().
2. sb_wait_write() calls percpu_down_write(), which initiates
   synchronize_rcu().
3. Simultaneously, quotactl_block() spins in its retry loop, immediately
   executing the sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() pair.
4. Because the kernel is non-preemptible and the loop contains no
   scheduling points, quotactl_block() never yields the CPU. This
   prevents that CPU from reaching an RCU quiescent state.
5. synchronize_rcu() in the freezer thread waits indefinitely for the
   quotactl_block() CPU to report a quiescent state.
6. quotactl_block() spins indefinitely waiting for the freezer to
   advance, which it cannot do as it is blocked on the RCU sync.

This results in a hang of the freezer process and 100% CPU usage by the
quota process.

While this can occur intermittently on multi-core systems, it is
reliably reproducing on a node with the following script, running both
the freezer and the quota toggle on the same CPU:

  # mkfs.ext4 -O quota /dev/sda 2g && mkdir a_mount
  # mount /dev/sda -o quota,usrquota,grpquota a_mount
  # taskset -c 3 bash -c "while true; do xfs_freeze -f a_mount; \
    xfs_freeze -u a_mount; done" &
  # taskset -c 3 bash -c "while true; do quotaon a_mount; \
    quotaoff a_mount; done" &

Adding cond_resched() to the retry loop fixes the issue. It acts as an
RCU quiescent state, allowing synchronize_rcu() in percpu_down_write()
to complete.

Fixes: 576215cffd ("fs: Drop wait_unfrozen wait queue")
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115213103.1089129-1-abhishekbapat@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-02-26 14:59:16 -08:00
arch arm64: dts: qcom: sm6115: Add CX_MEM/DBGC GPU regions 2026-02-26 14:59:10 -08:00
block block,bfq: fix aux stat accumulation destination 2026-02-11 13:41:47 +01:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec 2026-01-30 10:32:12 +01:00
Documentation Documentation: tracing: Add PCI tracepoint documentation 2026-02-26 14:59:16 -08:00
drivers wifi: ath12k: do WoW offloads only on primary link 2026-02-26 14:59:16 -08:00
fs quota: fix livelock between quotactl and freeze_super 2026-02-26 14:59:16 -08:00
include ASoC: SDCA: Force some SDCA Controls to be volatile 2026-02-26 14:59:15 -08:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: fix memory leak if io_buffer_add_list fails 2026-02-26 14:59:01 -08:00
ipc namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
kernel workqueue: Process rescuer work items one-by-one using a cursor 2026-02-26 14:59:10 -08:00
lib procfs: avoid fetching build ID while holding VMA lock 2026-02-11 13:41:41 +01:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm/slab: fix false lockdep warning in __kfree_rcu_sheaf() 2026-02-26 14:59:14 -08:00
net wifi: cfg80211: Fix use_for flag update on BSS refresh 2026-02-26 14:59:15 -08:00
rust rust: driver: fix broken intra-doc links to example driver types 2026-02-19 16:31:31 +01:00
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scripts scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add compiler_builtins -> core dep 2026-02-06 16:57:42 +01:00
security evm: Use ordered xattrs list to calculate HMAC in evm_init_hmac() 2026-02-26 14:59:14 -08:00
sound ASoC: SDCA: Handle volatile controls correctly 2026-02-26 14:59:15 -08:00
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usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd 2026-02-11 13:41:44 +01:00
.clang-format memblock: drop for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from() 2025-09-14 08:49:03 +03:00
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.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
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Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS soc: fixes for 6.18, part 4 2025-11-28 09:57:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18.13 2026-02-19 16:31:37 +01:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

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 reStructuredText 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.