[PATCH] erofs: fix deadlock when shrink erofs slab

[Chao Yu]

On 2021/11/18 21:58, Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs wrote:
> We observed the following deadlock in the stress test under low
> memory scenario:
> 
> Thread A                               Thread B
> - erofs_shrink_scan
>   - erofs_try_to_release_workgroup
>    - erofs_workgroup_try_to_freeze -- A
>                                         - z_erofs_do_read_page
>                                          - z_erofs_collection_begin
>                                           - z_erofs_register_collection
>                                            - erofs_insert_workgroup
>                                             - xa_lock(&sbi->managed_pslots) -- B
>                                             - erofs_workgroup_get
>                                              - erofs_wait_on_workgroup_freezed -- A
>    - xa_erase
>     - xa_lock(&sbi->managed_pslots) -- B
> 
> To fix this, it need to hold the xa lock before freeze the workgroup
> beacuse we will operate xarry. So let's hold the lock before access
> each workgroup, just like when we using the radix tree before.
> 
> Fixes: 64094a04414f ("erofs: convert workstn to XArray")
> Signed-off-by: Huang Jianan <huangjianan at oppo.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao at kernel.org>

Thanks,