There is potential for deadlock in the l2arc_feed thread if KM_PUSHPAGE
is not used for the allocations made in l2arc_write_buffers.
Specifically, if KM_PUSHPAGE is not used for these allocations, it is
possible for reclaim to be triggered which can cause the l2arc_feed
thread to deadlock itself on the ARC_mru mutex. An example of this is
demonstrated in the following backtrace of the l2arc_feed thread:
crash> bt 4123
PID: 4123 TASK: ffff88062f8c1500 CPU: 6 COMMAND: "l2arc_feed"
0 [ffff88062511d610] schedule at ffffffff814eeee0
1 [ffff88062511d6d8] __mutex_lock_slowpath at ffffffff814f057e
2 [ffff88062511d748] mutex_lock at ffffffff814f041b
3 [ffff88062511d768] arc_evict at ffffffffa05130ca [zfs]
4 [ffff88062511d858] arc_adjust at ffffffffa05139a9 [zfs]
5 [ffff88062511d878] arc_shrink at ffffffffa0513a95 [zfs]
6 [ffff88062511d898] arc_kmem_reap_now at ffffffffa0513be8 [zfs]
7 [ffff88062511d8c8] arc_shrinker_func at ffffffffa0513ccc [zfs]
8 [ffff88062511d8f8] shrink_slab at ffffffff8112a17a
9 [ffff88062511d958] do_try_to_free_pages at ffffffff8112bfdf
10 [ffff88062511d9e8] try_to_free_pages at ffffffff8112c3ed
11 [ffff88062511da98] __alloc_pages_nodemask at ffffffff8112431d
12 [ffff88062511dbb8] kmem_getpages at ffffffff8115e632
13 [ffff88062511dbe8] fallback_alloc at ffffffff8115f24a
14 [ffff88062511dc68] ____cache_alloc_node at ffffffff8115efc9
15 [ffff88062511dcc8] __kmalloc at ffffffff8115fbf9
16 [ffff88062511dd18] kmem_alloc_debug at ffffffffa047b8cb [spl]
17 [ffff88062511dda8] l2arc_feed_thread at ffffffffa0511e71 [zfs]
18 [ffff88062511dea8] thread_generic_wrapper at ffffffffa047d1a1 [spl]
19 [ffff88062511dee8] kthread at ffffffff81090a86
20 [ffff88062511df48] kernel_thread at ffffffff8100c14a
Signed-off-by: Prakash Surya <surya1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
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