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-rw-r--r--module/zfs/zfs_znode.c24
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index 1017414f7..1fe88499b 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -980,13 +980,24 @@ zfs_zinactive(znode_t *zp)
{
zfs_sb_t *zsb = ZTOZSB(zp);
uint64_t z_id = zp->z_id;
+ boolean_t drop_mutex = 0;
ASSERT(zp->z_sa_hdl);
/*
- * Don't allow a zfs_zget() while were trying to release this znode
+ * Don't allow a zfs_zget() while were trying to release this znode.
+ *
+ * Linux allows direct memory reclaim which means that any KM_SLEEP
+ * allocation may trigger inode eviction. This can lead to a deadlock
+ * through the ->shrink_icache_memory()->evict()->zfs_inactive()->
+ * zfs_zinactive() call path. To avoid this deadlock the process
+ * must not reacquire the mutex when it is already holding it.
*/
- ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_ENTER(zsb, z_id);
+ if (!ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_OWNED(zsb, z_id)) {
+ ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_ENTER(zsb, z_id);
+ drop_mutex = 1;
+ }
+
mutex_enter(&zp->z_lock);
/*
@@ -995,14 +1006,19 @@ zfs_zinactive(znode_t *zp)
*/
if (zp->z_unlinked) {
mutex_exit(&zp->z_lock);
- ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_EXIT(zsb, z_id);
+
+ if (drop_mutex)
+ ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_EXIT(zsb, z_id);
+
zfs_rmnode(zp);
return;
}
mutex_exit(&zp->z_lock);
zfs_znode_dmu_fini(zp);
- ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_EXIT(zsb, z_id);
+
+ if (drop_mutex)
+ ZFS_OBJ_HOLD_EXIT(zsb, z_id);
}
void