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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index e96890475bac..eacc020b1419 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1175,20 +1175,33 @@ static int __btrfs_run_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, int nr)
ret = __btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(trans, path,
curr_node);
if (ret) {
- btrfs_release_delayed_node(curr_node);
- curr_node = NULL;
btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
break;
}
prev_node = curr_node;
curr_node = btrfs_next_delayed_node(curr_node);
+ /*
+ * See the comment below about releasing path before releasing
+ * node. If the commit of delayed items was successful the path
+ * should always be released, but in case of an error, it may
+ * point to locked extent buffers (a leaf at the very least).
+ */
+ ASSERT(path->nodes[0] == NULL);
btrfs_release_delayed_node(prev_node);
}
+ /*
+ * Release the path to avoid a potential deadlock and lockdep splat when
+ * releasing the delayed node, as that requires taking the delayed node's
+ * mutex. If another task starts running delayed items before we take
+ * the mutex, it will first lock the mutex and then it may try to lock
+ * the same btree path (leaf).
+ */
+ btrfs_free_path(path);
+
if (curr_node)
btrfs_release_delayed_node(curr_node);
- btrfs_free_path(path);
trans->block_rsv = block_rsv;
return ret;