Bug 718232 - [xfs] mis-sized O_DIRECT I/O results in hung task timeouts
Summary: [xfs] mis-sized O_DIRECT I/O results in hung task timeouts
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jeff Moyer
QA Contact: Petr Beňas
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Depends On: 695827 716991
Blocks: 727590
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Reported: 2011-07-01 14:18 UTC by Jeff Moyer
Modified: 2015-01-04 23:01 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A problem with the XFS dio error handling was discovered. If a misaligned write I/O operation was issued, XFS would return -EINVAL without unlocking the inode's mutex. This caused any further operations on the inode to become unresponsive. This update adds a missing mutex_unlock operation to the dio error path, solving this issue.
Clone Of: 716991
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-02-21 03:42:48 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0150 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 kernel update 2012-02-21 07:35:24 UTC

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2011-07-01 14:19:49 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 12 Jarod Wilson 2011-08-23 14:04:55 UTC 
Patch(es) available in kernel-2.6.18-282.el5
You can download this test kernel (or newer) from http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/el5
Detailed testing feedback is always welcomed.
Comment 13 Andrei Maslennikov 2011-08-31 16:35:52 UTC 
I had an XFS-related issue 00511623 with RedHat which I just closed after trying the test kernel (-283.el5xen) as suggested by Jared. The error I was observing was 100% reproducible with kernel (-274.el5xen). To repeat it just reboot into kernel -274.el5xen, then place /usr/src/redhat into an XFS filesystem and try to rebuild the coreutils-5.97-34 package with "rpmbuild --rebuild coreutils-5.97-34.el5.src.rpm". When the build arrives to the post-compile tests, it would hang on the "shred" test. The same build ends up correctly when /usr/src/redhat is inside ext3. 

This does not happen with "-238.19.1.el5xen" kernel, and the problem was apparently taken care of with XFS-related patches in "-283.el5xen".

Andrei.
Comment 14 Martin Prpič 2011-09-08 14:59:00 UTC 
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    New Contents:
A problem with the XFS dio error handling was discovered. If a misaligned write I/O operation was issued, XFS would return -EINVAL without unlocking the inode's mutex. This caused any further operations on the inode to become unresponsive. This update adds a missing mutex_unlock operation to the dio error path, solving this issue.
Comment 16 Petr Beňas 2011-10-17 07:36:40 UTC 
Reproduced in 2.6.18-275.el5 and verified in 2.6.18-276.el5.
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 03:42:48 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0150.html
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