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dn_struct_rwlock can not be held in dmu_tx_try_assign()
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The thread calling dmu_tx_try_assign() can't hold the dn_struct_rwlock
while assigning the tx, because this can lead to deadlock. Specifically,
if this dnode is already assigned to an earlier txg, this thread may
need to wait for that txg to sync (the ERESTART case below).  The other
thread that has assigned this dnode to an earlier txg prevents this txg
from syncing until its tx can complete (calling dmu_tx_commit()), but it
may need to acquire the dn_struct_rwlock to do so (e.g. via
dmu_buf_hold*()).

This commit adds an assertion to dmu_tx_try_assign() to ensure that this
deadlock is not inadvertently introduced.

Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ahrens <[email protected]>
Closes openzfs#8929
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ahrens authored and tonyhutter committed Aug 22, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -925,6 +925,25 @@ dmu_tx_try_assign(dmu_tx_t *tx, uint64_t txg_how)
txh = list_next(&tx->tx_holds, txh)) {
dnode_t *dn = txh->txh_dnode;
if (dn != NULL) {
/*
* This thread can't hold the dn_struct_rwlock
* while assigning the tx, because this can lead to
* deadlock. Specifically, if this dnode is already
* assigned to an earlier txg, this thread may need
* to wait for that txg to sync (the ERESTART case
* below). The other thread that has assigned this
* dnode to an earlier txg prevents this txg from
* syncing until its tx can complete (calling
* dmu_tx_commit()), but it may need to acquire the
* dn_struct_rwlock to do so (e.g. via
* dmu_buf_hold*()).
*
* Note that this thread can't hold the lock for
* read either, but the rwlock doesn't record
* enough information to make that assertion.
*/
ASSERT(!RW_WRITE_HELD(&dn->dn_struct_rwlock));

mutex_enter(&dn->dn_mtx);
if (dn->dn_assigned_txg == tx->tx_txg - 1) {
mutex_exit(&dn->dn_mtx);
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