From 15cb16496446b94e67f7abcb049b8e2c75cd3d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Kellermann Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:22:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] jbd2: bound shrinker scans by examined checkpoint buffers The jbd2 shrinker currently accounts only checkpoint buffers that it successfully releases against nr_to_scan. Busy buffers therefore do not consume the scan budget. If a checkpoint transaction contains mostly busy buffers, the shrinker can scan its entire checkpoint list while holding journal->j_list_lock. Large checkpoint lists can result in excessive lock hold times and leave other CPUs spinning on j_list_lock, causing soft lockups or RCU stalls. Pass nr_to_scan into journal_shrink_one_cp_list() and decrement it for every buffer examined, including busy buffers. Pass NULL from checkpoint cleanup paths so their existing full-list behavior is preserved. This restores the scan-budget semantics that existed before journal_shrink_one_cp_list() was changed to always scan a complete checkpoint list. Fixes: b98dba273a0e ("jbd2: remove journal_clean_one_cp_list()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260713102229.1598812-3-max.kellermann@ionos.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c index 5266017565ac..513273712010 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c @@ -358,15 +358,16 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal) /* * journal_shrink_one_cp_list * - * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list - * and try to release them. If the whole transaction is released, set - * the 'released' parameter. Return the number of released checkpointed - * buffers. + * Find written-back checkpoint buffers in the given list and try to release + * them. If 'nr_to_scan' is set, scan at most that many buffers. If the whole + * transaction is released, set the 'released' parameter. Return the number of + * released checkpointed buffers. * * Called with j_list_lock held. */ static unsigned long journal_shrink_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh, enum jbd2_shrink_type type, + unsigned long *nr_to_scan, bool *released) { struct journal_head *last_jh; @@ -375,13 +376,15 @@ static unsigned long journal_shrink_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh, int ret; *released = false; - if (!jh) + if (!jh || (nr_to_scan && !*nr_to_scan)) return 0; last_jh = jh->b_cpprev; do { jh = next_jh; next_jh = jh->b_cpnext; + if (nr_to_scan) + (*nr_to_scan)--; if (type == JBD2_SHRINK_DESTROY) { ret = __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh); @@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ static unsigned long journal_shrink_one_cp_list(struct journal_head *jh, next: if (need_resched()) break; - } while (jh != last_jh); + } while (jh != last_jh && (!nr_to_scan || *nr_to_scan)); return nr_freed; } @@ -425,7 +428,6 @@ unsigned long jbd2_journal_shrink_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, tid_t first_tid = 0, last_tid = 0, next_tid = 0; tid_t tid = 0; unsigned long nr_freed = 0; - unsigned long freed; bool first_set = false; again: @@ -458,10 +460,9 @@ unsigned long jbd2_journal_shrink_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, next_transaction = transaction->t_cpnext; tid = transaction->t_tid; - freed = journal_shrink_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list, - JBD2_SHRINK_BUSY_SKIP, &released); - nr_freed += freed; - (*nr_to_scan) -= min(*nr_to_scan, freed); + nr_freed += journal_shrink_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list, + JBD2_SHRINK_BUSY_SKIP, + nr_to_scan, &released); if (*nr_to_scan == 0) break; if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&journal->j_list_lock)) @@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ void __jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal, transaction = next_transaction; next_transaction = transaction->t_cpnext; journal_shrink_one_cp_list(transaction->t_checkpoint_list, - type, &released); + type, NULL, &released); /* * This function only frees up some memory if possible so we * dont have an obligation to finish processing. Bail out if