@@ -941,6 +941,14 @@ int btrfs_quota_enable(struct btrfs_fs_i
int ret = 0;
int slot;
+ /*
+ * We need to have subvol_sem write locked, to prevent races between
+ * concurrent tasks trying to enable quotas, because we will unlock
+ * and relock qgroup_ioctl_lock before setting fs_info->quota_root
+ * and before setting BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED.
+ */
+ lockdep_assert_held_write(&fs_info->subvol_sem);
+
mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
if (fs_info->quota_root)
goto out;
@@ -1118,8 +1126,19 @@ out_add_root:
goto out_free_path;
}
+ mutex_unlock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
+ /*
+ * Commit the transaction while not holding qgroup_ioctl_lock, to avoid
+ * a deadlock with tasks concurrently doing other qgroup operations, such
+ * adding/removing qgroups or adding/deleting qgroup relations for example,
+ * because all qgroup operations first start or join a transaction and then
+ * lock the qgroup_ioctl_lock mutex.
+ * We are safe from a concurrent task trying to enable quotas, by calling
+ * this function, since we are serialized by fs_info->subvol_sem.
+ */
ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
trans = NULL;
+ mutex_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_ioctl_lock);
if (ret)
goto out_free_path;