From: Christian Brauner Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:37:05 +0000 (+0200) Subject: super: fix emergency thaw deadlock on frozen block devices X-Git-Tag: v7.2-rc5~1^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=749d7aa0377aae32af8c0a4ad43371e7bf830ab5;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git super: fix emergency thaw deadlock on frozen block devices do_thaw_all_callback() calls bdev_thaw() while holding sb->s_umount exclusively. If the block device was frozen via bdev_freeze() dropping the last block layer freeze reference calls fs_bdev_thaw() which reacquires s_umount: do_thaw_all_callback(sb) super_lock_excl(sb) # holds sb->s_umount bdev_thaw(sb->s_bdev) mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex) # bd_fsfreeze_count drops 1 -> 0 bd_holder_ops->thaw == fs_bdev_thaw get_bdev_super(bdev) bdev_super_lock(bdev, true) super_lock(sb, true) down_write(&sb->s_umount) # same task: deadlock The emergency thaw worker deadlocks against itself holding both s_umount and bd_fsfreeze_mutex. That fscks any subsequent unmount, freeze, or thaw of that filesystem and block device. [ 81.878470] sysrq: Show Blocked State [ 81.880140] task:kworker/0:1 state:D stack:0 pid:11 tgid:11 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 [ 81.884876] Workqueue: events do_thaw_all [ 81.886656] Call Trace: [ 81.887759] [ 81.888763] __schedule+0x579/0x1420 [ 81.890372] schedule+0x3a/0x100 [ 81.891794] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30 [ 81.893848] rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x1ea/0x900 [ 81.895191] ? __pfx_do_thaw_all_callback+0x10/0x10 [ 81.896528] down_write+0xbd/0xc0 [ 81.897505] super_lock+0x91/0x180 [ 81.898457] ? __mutex_lock+0xa99/0x1140 [ 81.900748] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x1f/0x400 [ 81.902069] bdev_super_lock+0x5b/0x150 [ 81.903132] get_bdev_super+0x10/0x60 [ 81.904042] fs_bdev_thaw+0x23/0xf0 [ 81.904755] bdev_thaw+0x82/0x100 [ 81.905484] do_thaw_all_callback+0x2c/0x50 [ 81.906298] __iterate_supers+0x5d/0x130 [ 81.907067] do_thaw_all+0x20/0x40 [ 81.907739] process_one_work+0x206/0x5e0 [ 81.908545] worker_thread+0x1e2/0x3c0 [ 81.909339] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 81.910171] kthread+0xf4/0x130 [ 81.910799] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 81.911528] ret_from_fork+0x2e2/0x3b0 [ 81.912259] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 81.913010] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 81.913806] bdev_super_lock() even documents the violated requirement with lockdep_assert_not_held(&sb->s_umount). Acquiring bd_fsfreeze_mutex under s_umount also inverts the bd_fsfreeze_mutex vs. s_umount ordering established by bdev_{freeze,thaw}() and can thus ABBA against a concurrent block-layer freeze even when the recursive path isn't hit. Fix this by not holding s_umount around the bdev_thaw() loop at all. Pin the superblock with an active reference instead as filesystems_freeze_callback() does. The active reference keeps the superblock from being shut down and so ->s_bdev stays valid without holding s_umount. The block-layer-held freeze is dropped by fs_bdev_thaw() with FREEZE_MAY_NEST | FREEZE_HOLDER_USERSPACE exactly as a regular unfreeze would and thaw_super_locked() handles filesystem-level freezes as before. The emergency thaw path has deadlocked like this in one form or another for a long long time but the current exclusively-held shape dates back to commit [1] where thaw_bdev() already ended in thaw_super() with s_umount held by do_thaw_all_callback(). Fixes: 08fdc8a0138a ("buffer.c: call thaw_super during emergency thaw") [1] Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723-work-super-emergency_thaw-v1-1-7c315c600245@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) --- diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 70dcb07e7fa5..ffdcc6a2e0de 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -1082,16 +1082,30 @@ void emergency_remount(void) } } +static inline bool get_active_super(struct super_block *sb) +{ + bool active = false; + + if (super_lock_excl(sb)) { + active = atomic_inc_not_zero(&sb->s_active); + super_unlock_excl(sb); + } + return active; +} + static void do_thaw_all_callback(struct super_block *sb, void *unused) { - if (!super_lock_excl(sb)) + if (!get_active_super(sb)) return; + /* fs_bdev_thaw() acquires s_umount so it must not be held here */ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLOCK)) while (sb->s_bdev && !bdev_thaw(sb->s_bdev)) pr_warn("Emergency Thaw on %pg\n", sb->s_bdev); - thaw_super_locked(sb, FREEZE_HOLDER_USERSPACE, NULL); + if (super_lock_excl(sb)) + thaw_super_locked(sb, FREEZE_HOLDER_USERSPACE, NULL); + deactivate_super(sb); } static void do_thaw_all(struct work_struct *work) @@ -1117,17 +1131,6 @@ void emergency_thaw_all(void) } } -static inline bool get_active_super(struct super_block *sb) -{ - bool active = false; - - if (super_lock_excl(sb)) { - active = atomic_inc_not_zero(&sb->s_active); - super_unlock_excl(sb); - } - return active; -} - static const char *filesystems_freeze_ptr = "filesystems_freeze"; static void filesystems_freeze_callback(struct super_block *sb, void *freeze_all_ptr)