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[7/7] xfs_repair: retain superblock buffer to avoid write hook deadlock

Message ID 166795953926.3761353.16847285987138337778.stgit@magnolia (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series xfsprogs: random fixes for 6.0 | expand

Commit Message

Darrick J. Wong Nov. 9, 2022, 2:05 a.m. UTC
From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>

Every now and then I experience the following deadlock in xfs_repair
when I'm running the offline repair fuzz tests:

#0  futex_wait (private=0, expected=2, futex_word=0x55555566df70) at ../sysdeps/nptl/futex-internal.h:146
#1  __GI___lll_lock_wait (futex=futex@entry=0x55555566df70, private=0) at ./nptl/lowlevellock.c:49
#2  lll_mutex_lock_optimized (mutex=0x55555566df70) at ./nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:48
#3  ___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=mutex@entry=0x55555566df70) at ./nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:93
#4  cache_shake (cache=cache@entry=0x55555566de60, priority=priority@entry=2, purge=purge@entry=false) at cache.c:231
#5  cache_node_get (cache=cache@entry=0x55555566de60, key=key@entry=0x7fffe55e01b0, nodep=nodep@entry=0x7fffe55e0168) at cache.c:452
#6  __cache_lookup (key=key@entry=0x7fffe55e01b0, flags=0, bpp=bpp@entry=0x7fffe55e0228) at rdwr.c:405
#7  libxfs_getbuf_flags (btp=0x55555566de00, blkno=0, len=<optimized out>, flags=<optimized out>, bpp=0x7fffe55e0228) at rdwr.c:457
#8  libxfs_buf_read_map (btp=0x55555566de00, map=map@entry=0x7fffe55e0280, nmaps=nmaps@entry=1, flags=flags@entry=0, bpp=bpp@entry=0x7fffe55e0278, ops=0x5555556233e0 <xfs_sb_buf_ops>)
    at rdwr.c:704
#9  libxfs_buf_read (ops=<optimized out>, bpp=0x7fffe55e0278, flags=0, numblks=<optimized out>, blkno=0, target=<optimized out>)
    at /storage/home/djwong/cdev/work/xfsprogs/build-x86_64/libxfs/libxfs_io.h:195
#10 libxfs_getsb (mp=mp@entry=0x7fffffffd690) at rdwr.c:162
#11 force_needsrepair (mp=0x7fffffffd690) at xfs_repair.c:924
#12 repair_capture_writeback (bp=<optimized out>) at xfs_repair.c:1000
#13 libxfs_bwrite (bp=0x7fffe011e530) at rdwr.c:869
#14 cache_shake (cache=cache@entry=0x55555566de60, priority=priority@entry=2, purge=purge@entry=false) at cache.c:240
#15 cache_node_get (cache=cache@entry=0x55555566de60, key=key@entry=0x7fffe55e0470, nodep=nodep@entry=0x7fffe55e0428) at cache.c:452
#16 __cache_lookup (key=key@entry=0x7fffe55e0470, flags=1, bpp=bpp@entry=0x7fffe55e0538) at rdwr.c:405
#17 libxfs_getbuf_flags (btp=0x55555566de00, blkno=12736, len=<optimized out>, flags=<optimized out>, bpp=0x7fffe55e0538) at rdwr.c:457
#18 __libxfs_buf_get_map (btp=<optimized out>, map=map@entry=0x7fffe55e05b0, nmaps=<optimized out>, flags=flags@entry=1, bpp=bpp@entry=0x7fffe55e0538) at rdwr.c:501
#19 libxfs_buf_get_map (btp=<optimized out>, map=map@entry=0x7fffe55e05b0, nmaps=<optimized out>, flags=flags@entry=1, bpp=bpp@entry=0x7fffe55e0538) at rdwr.c:525
#20 pf_queue_io (args=args@entry=0x5555556722c0, map=map@entry=0x7fffe55e05b0, nmaps=<optimized out>, flag=flag@entry=11) at prefetch.c:124
#21 pf_read_bmbt_reclist (args=0x5555556722c0, rp=<optimized out>, numrecs=78) at prefetch.c:220
#22 pf_scan_lbtree (dbno=dbno@entry=1211, level=level@entry=1, isadir=isadir@entry=1, args=args@entry=0x5555556722c0, func=0x55555557f240 <pf_scanfunc_bmap>) at prefetch.c:298
#23 pf_read_btinode (isadir=1, dino=<optimized out>, args=0x5555556722c0) at prefetch.c:385
#24 pf_read_inode_dirs (args=args@entry=0x5555556722c0, bp=bp@entry=0x7fffdc023790) at prefetch.c:459
#25 pf_read_inode_dirs (bp=<optimized out>, args=0x5555556722c0) at prefetch.c:411
#26 pf_batch_read (args=args@entry=0x5555556722c0, which=which@entry=PF_PRIMARY, buf=buf@entry=0x7fffd001d000) at prefetch.c:609
#27 pf_io_worker (param=0x5555556722c0) at prefetch.c:673
#28 start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at ./nptl/pthread_create.c:442
#29 clone3 () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone3.S:81

From this stack trace, we see that xfs_repair's prefetch module is
getting some xfs_buf objects ahead of initiating a read (#19).  The
buffer cache has hit its limit, so it calls cache_shake (#14) to free
some unused xfs_bufs.  The buffer it finds is a dirty buffer, so it
calls libxfs_bwrite to flush it out to disk, which in turn invokes the
buffer write hook that xfs_repair set up in 3b7667cb to mark the ondisk
filesystem's superblock as NEEDSREPAIR until repair actually completes.

Unfortunately, the NEEDSREPAIR handler itself needs to grab the
superblock buffer, so it makes another call into the buffer cache (#9),
which sees that the cache is full and tries to shake it(#4).  Hence we
deadlock on cm_mutex because shaking is not reentrant.

Fix this by retaining a reference to the superblock buffer when possible
so that the writeback hook doesn't have to access the buffer cache to
set NEEDSREPAIR.

Fixes: 3b7667cb ("xfs_repair: set NEEDSREPAIR the first time we write to a filesystem")
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
---
 libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h |    2 +
 libxfs/libxfs_io.h       |    1 +
 libxfs/rdwr.c            |    8 +++++
 repair/phase2.c          |    8 +++++
 repair/protos.h          |    1 +
 repair/xfs_repair.c      |   75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Carlos Maiolino Nov. 18, 2022, 2:45 p.m. UTC | #1
> Fix this by retaining a reference to the superblock buffer when possible
> so that the writeback hook doesn't have to access the buffer cache to
> set NEEDSREPAIR.

This is the same one you sent for 5.19 that opened a discussion between
retaining it at specific points, or at 'mount' time, wasn't it? Anyway, I think
this is ok, we can try to do it at mount time in the future.


> 
> Fixes: 3b7667cb ("xfs_repair: set NEEDSREPAIR the first time we write to a filesystem")
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> ---
>  libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h |    2 +
>  libxfs/libxfs_io.h       |    1 +
>  libxfs/rdwr.c            |    8 +++++
>  repair/phase2.c          |    8 +++++
>  repair/protos.h          |    1 +
>  repair/xfs_repair.c      |   75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  6 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> index 2716a731bf..f8efcce777 100644
> --- a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> +++ b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> @@ -53,9 +53,11 @@
>  #define xfs_buf_delwri_submit		libxfs_buf_delwri_submit
>  #define xfs_buf_get			libxfs_buf_get
>  #define xfs_buf_get_uncached		libxfs_buf_get_uncached
> +#define xfs_buf_lock			libxfs_buf_lock
>  #define xfs_buf_read			libxfs_buf_read
>  #define xfs_buf_read_uncached		libxfs_buf_read_uncached
>  #define xfs_buf_relse			libxfs_buf_relse
> +#define xfs_buf_unlock			libxfs_buf_unlock
>  #define xfs_bunmapi			libxfs_bunmapi
>  #define xfs_bwrite			libxfs_bwrite
>  #define xfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk	libxfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk
> diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> index 9c0e2704d1..fae8642720 100644
> --- a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> +++ b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ xfs_buf_hold(struct xfs_buf *bp)
>  }
> 
>  void xfs_buf_lock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
> +void xfs_buf_unlock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
> 
>  int libxfs_buf_get_uncached(struct xfs_buftarg *targ, size_t bblen, int flags,
>  		struct xfs_buf **bpp);
> diff --git a/libxfs/rdwr.c b/libxfs/rdwr.c
> index 20e0793c2f..d5aad3ea21 100644
> --- a/libxfs/rdwr.c
> +++ b/libxfs/rdwr.c
> @@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ xfs_buf_lock(
>  		pthread_mutex_lock(&bp->b_lock);
>  }
> 
> +void
> +xfs_buf_unlock(
> +	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
> +{
> +	if (use_xfs_buf_lock)
> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&bp->b_lock);
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  __cache_lookup(
>  	struct xfs_bufkey	*key,
> diff --git a/repair/phase2.c b/repair/phase2.c
> index 56a39bb456..2ada95aefd 100644
> --- a/repair/phase2.c
> +++ b/repair/phase2.c
> @@ -370,6 +370,14 @@ phase2(
>  	} else
>  		do_log(_("Phase 2 - using internal log\n"));
> 
> +	/*
> +	 * Now that we've set up the buffer cache the way we want it, try to
> +	 * grab our own reference to the primary sb so that the hooks will not
> +	 * have to call out to the buffer cache.
> +	 */
> +	if (mp->m_buf_writeback_fn)
> +		retain_primary_sb(mp);
> +
>  	/* Zero log if applicable */
>  	do_log(_("        - zero log...\n"));
> 
> diff --git a/repair/protos.h b/repair/protos.h
> index 03ebae1413..83e471ff2a 100644
> --- a/repair/protos.h
> +++ b/repair/protos.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ int	get_sb(xfs_sb_t			*sbp,
>  		xfs_off_t			off,
>  		int			size,
>  		xfs_agnumber_t		agno);
> +int retain_primary_sb(struct xfs_mount *mp);
>  void	write_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t	*sbp,
>  			int		size);
> 
> diff --git a/repair/xfs_repair.c b/repair/xfs_repair.c
> index 871b428d7d..ff29bea974 100644
> --- a/repair/xfs_repair.c
> +++ b/repair/xfs_repair.c
> @@ -749,6 +749,63 @@ check_fs_vs_host_sectsize(
>  	}
>  }
> 
> +/*
> + * If we set up a writeback function to set NEEDSREPAIR while the filesystem is
> + * dirty, there's a chance that calling libxfs_getsb could deadlock the buffer
> + * cache while trying to get the primary sb buffer if the first non-sb write to
> + * the filesystem is the result of a cache shake.  Retain a reference to the
> + * primary sb buffer to avoid all that.
> + */
> +static struct xfs_buf *primary_sb_bp;	/* buffer for superblock */
> +
> +int
> +retain_primary_sb(
> +	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
> +{
> +	int			error;
> +
> +	error = -libxfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, XFS_SB_DADDR,
> +			XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &primary_sb_bp,
> +			&xfs_sb_buf_ops);
> +	if (error)
> +		return error;
> +
> +	libxfs_buf_unlock(primary_sb_bp);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +drop_primary_sb(void)
> +{
> +	if (!primary_sb_bp)
> +		return;
> +
> +	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
> +	libxfs_buf_relse(primary_sb_bp);
> +	primary_sb_bp = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +get_primary_sb(
> +	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
> +	struct xfs_buf		**bpp)
> +{
> +	int			error;
> +
> +	*bpp = NULL;
> +
> +	if (!primary_sb_bp) {
> +		error = retain_primary_sb(mp);
> +		if (error)
> +			return error;
> +	}
> +
> +	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
> +	xfs_buf_hold(primary_sb_bp);
> +	*bpp = primary_sb_bp;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /* Clear needsrepair after a successful repair run. */
>  static void
>  clear_needsrepair(
> @@ -769,15 +826,14 @@ clear_needsrepair(
>  		do_warn(
>  	_("Cannot clear needsrepair due to flush failure, err=%d.\n"),
>  			error);
> -		return;
> +		goto drop;
>  	}
> 
>  	/* Clear needsrepair from the superblock. */
> -	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
> -	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
> +	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
> +	if (error) {
>  		do_warn(
> -	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"),
> -			bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
> +	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"), error);
>  	} else {
>  		mp->m_sb.sb_features_incompat &=
>  				~XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_NEEDSREPAIR;
> @@ -786,6 +842,8 @@ clear_needsrepair(
>  	}
>  	if (bp)
>  		libxfs_buf_relse(bp);
> +drop:
> +	drop_primary_sb();
>  }
> 
>  static void
> @@ -808,11 +866,10 @@ force_needsrepair(
>  	    xfs_sb_version_needsrepair(&mp->m_sb))
>  		return;
> 
> -	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
> -	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
> +	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
> +	if (error) {
>  		do_log(
> -	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"),
> -				bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
> +	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"), error);
>  	} else {
>  		/*
>  		 * It's possible that we need to set NEEDSREPAIR before we've
>
Darrick J. Wong Nov. 21, 2022, 5:05 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 03:45:03PM +0100, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > Fix this by retaining a reference to the superblock buffer when possible
> > so that the writeback hook doesn't have to access the buffer cache to
> > set NEEDSREPAIR.
> 
> This is the same one you sent for 5.19 that opened a discussion between
> retaining it at specific points, or at 'mount' time, wasn't it? Anyway, I think
> this is ok, we can try to do it at mount time in the future.

Correct, it hasn't changed since then.

--D

> 
> > 
> > Fixes: 3b7667cb ("xfs_repair: set NEEDSREPAIR the first time we write to a filesystem")
> > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h |    2 +
> >  libxfs/libxfs_io.h       |    1 +
> >  libxfs/rdwr.c            |    8 +++++
> >  repair/phase2.c          |    8 +++++
> >  repair/protos.h          |    1 +
> >  repair/xfs_repair.c      |   75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  6 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> > index 2716a731bf..f8efcce777 100644
> > --- a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> > +++ b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
> > @@ -53,9 +53,11 @@
> >  #define xfs_buf_delwri_submit		libxfs_buf_delwri_submit
> >  #define xfs_buf_get			libxfs_buf_get
> >  #define xfs_buf_get_uncached		libxfs_buf_get_uncached
> > +#define xfs_buf_lock			libxfs_buf_lock
> >  #define xfs_buf_read			libxfs_buf_read
> >  #define xfs_buf_read_uncached		libxfs_buf_read_uncached
> >  #define xfs_buf_relse			libxfs_buf_relse
> > +#define xfs_buf_unlock			libxfs_buf_unlock
> >  #define xfs_bunmapi			libxfs_bunmapi
> >  #define xfs_bwrite			libxfs_bwrite
> >  #define xfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk	libxfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk
> > diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> > index 9c0e2704d1..fae8642720 100644
> > --- a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> > +++ b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
> > @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ xfs_buf_hold(struct xfs_buf *bp)
> >  }
> > 
> >  void xfs_buf_lock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
> > +void xfs_buf_unlock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
> > 
> >  int libxfs_buf_get_uncached(struct xfs_buftarg *targ, size_t bblen, int flags,
> >  		struct xfs_buf **bpp);
> > diff --git a/libxfs/rdwr.c b/libxfs/rdwr.c
> > index 20e0793c2f..d5aad3ea21 100644
> > --- a/libxfs/rdwr.c
> > +++ b/libxfs/rdwr.c
> > @@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ xfs_buf_lock(
> >  		pthread_mutex_lock(&bp->b_lock);
> >  }
> > 
> > +void
> > +xfs_buf_unlock(
> > +	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
> > +{
> > +	if (use_xfs_buf_lock)
> > +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&bp->b_lock);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int
> >  __cache_lookup(
> >  	struct xfs_bufkey	*key,
> > diff --git a/repair/phase2.c b/repair/phase2.c
> > index 56a39bb456..2ada95aefd 100644
> > --- a/repair/phase2.c
> > +++ b/repair/phase2.c
> > @@ -370,6 +370,14 @@ phase2(
> >  	} else
> >  		do_log(_("Phase 2 - using internal log\n"));
> > 
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Now that we've set up the buffer cache the way we want it, try to
> > +	 * grab our own reference to the primary sb so that the hooks will not
> > +	 * have to call out to the buffer cache.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (mp->m_buf_writeback_fn)
> > +		retain_primary_sb(mp);
> > +
> >  	/* Zero log if applicable */
> >  	do_log(_("        - zero log...\n"));
> > 
> > diff --git a/repair/protos.h b/repair/protos.h
> > index 03ebae1413..83e471ff2a 100644
> > --- a/repair/protos.h
> > +++ b/repair/protos.h
> > @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ int	get_sb(xfs_sb_t			*sbp,
> >  		xfs_off_t			off,
> >  		int			size,
> >  		xfs_agnumber_t		agno);
> > +int retain_primary_sb(struct xfs_mount *mp);
> >  void	write_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t	*sbp,
> >  			int		size);
> > 
> > diff --git a/repair/xfs_repair.c b/repair/xfs_repair.c
> > index 871b428d7d..ff29bea974 100644
> > --- a/repair/xfs_repair.c
> > +++ b/repair/xfs_repair.c
> > @@ -749,6 +749,63 @@ check_fs_vs_host_sectsize(
> >  	}
> >  }
> > 
> > +/*
> > + * If we set up a writeback function to set NEEDSREPAIR while the filesystem is
> > + * dirty, there's a chance that calling libxfs_getsb could deadlock the buffer
> > + * cache while trying to get the primary sb buffer if the first non-sb write to
> > + * the filesystem is the result of a cache shake.  Retain a reference to the
> > + * primary sb buffer to avoid all that.
> > + */
> > +static struct xfs_buf *primary_sb_bp;	/* buffer for superblock */
> > +
> > +int
> > +retain_primary_sb(
> > +	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
> > +{
> > +	int			error;
> > +
> > +	error = -libxfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, XFS_SB_DADDR,
> > +			XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &primary_sb_bp,
> > +			&xfs_sb_buf_ops);
> > +	if (error)
> > +		return error;
> > +
> > +	libxfs_buf_unlock(primary_sb_bp);
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +drop_primary_sb(void)
> > +{
> > +	if (!primary_sb_bp)
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
> > +	libxfs_buf_relse(primary_sb_bp);
> > +	primary_sb_bp = NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +get_primary_sb(
> > +	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
> > +	struct xfs_buf		**bpp)
> > +{
> > +	int			error;
> > +
> > +	*bpp = NULL;
> > +
> > +	if (!primary_sb_bp) {
> > +		error = retain_primary_sb(mp);
> > +		if (error)
> > +			return error;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
> > +	xfs_buf_hold(primary_sb_bp);
> > +	*bpp = primary_sb_bp;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Clear needsrepair after a successful repair run. */
> >  static void
> >  clear_needsrepair(
> > @@ -769,15 +826,14 @@ clear_needsrepair(
> >  		do_warn(
> >  	_("Cannot clear needsrepair due to flush failure, err=%d.\n"),
> >  			error);
> > -		return;
> > +		goto drop;
> >  	}
> > 
> >  	/* Clear needsrepair from the superblock. */
> > -	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
> > -	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
> > +	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
> > +	if (error) {
> >  		do_warn(
> > -	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"),
> > -			bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
> > +	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"), error);
> >  	} else {
> >  		mp->m_sb.sb_features_incompat &=
> >  				~XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_NEEDSREPAIR;
> > @@ -786,6 +842,8 @@ clear_needsrepair(
> >  	}
> >  	if (bp)
> >  		libxfs_buf_relse(bp);
> > +drop:
> > +	drop_primary_sb();
> >  }
> > 
> >  static void
> > @@ -808,11 +866,10 @@ force_needsrepair(
> >  	    xfs_sb_version_needsrepair(&mp->m_sb))
> >  		return;
> > 
> > -	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
> > -	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
> > +	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
> > +	if (error) {
> >  		do_log(
> > -	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"),
> > -				bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
> > +	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"), error);
> >  	} else {
> >  		/*
> >  		 * It's possible that we need to set NEEDSREPAIR before we've
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Carlos Maiolino
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
index 2716a731bf..f8efcce777 100644
--- a/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
+++ b/libxfs/libxfs_api_defs.h
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ 
 #define xfs_buf_delwri_submit		libxfs_buf_delwri_submit
 #define xfs_buf_get			libxfs_buf_get
 #define xfs_buf_get_uncached		libxfs_buf_get_uncached
+#define xfs_buf_lock			libxfs_buf_lock
 #define xfs_buf_read			libxfs_buf_read
 #define xfs_buf_read_uncached		libxfs_buf_read_uncached
 #define xfs_buf_relse			libxfs_buf_relse
+#define xfs_buf_unlock			libxfs_buf_unlock
 #define xfs_bunmapi			libxfs_bunmapi
 #define xfs_bwrite			libxfs_bwrite
 #define xfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk	libxfs_calc_dquots_per_chunk
diff --git a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
index 9c0e2704d1..fae8642720 100644
--- a/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
+++ b/libxfs/libxfs_io.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@  xfs_buf_hold(struct xfs_buf *bp)
 }
 
 void xfs_buf_lock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
+void xfs_buf_unlock(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 
 int libxfs_buf_get_uncached(struct xfs_buftarg *targ, size_t bblen, int flags,
 		struct xfs_buf **bpp);
diff --git a/libxfs/rdwr.c b/libxfs/rdwr.c
index 20e0793c2f..d5aad3ea21 100644
--- a/libxfs/rdwr.c
+++ b/libxfs/rdwr.c
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@  xfs_buf_lock(
 		pthread_mutex_lock(&bp->b_lock);
 }
 
+void
+xfs_buf_unlock(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	if (use_xfs_buf_lock)
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&bp->b_lock);
+}
+
 static int
 __cache_lookup(
 	struct xfs_bufkey	*key,
diff --git a/repair/phase2.c b/repair/phase2.c
index 56a39bb456..2ada95aefd 100644
--- a/repair/phase2.c
+++ b/repair/phase2.c
@@ -370,6 +370,14 @@  phase2(
 	} else
 		do_log(_("Phase 2 - using internal log\n"));
 
+	/*
+	 * Now that we've set up the buffer cache the way we want it, try to
+	 * grab our own reference to the primary sb so that the hooks will not
+	 * have to call out to the buffer cache.
+	 */
+	if (mp->m_buf_writeback_fn)
+		retain_primary_sb(mp);
+
 	/* Zero log if applicable */
 	do_log(_("        - zero log...\n"));
 
diff --git a/repair/protos.h b/repair/protos.h
index 03ebae1413..83e471ff2a 100644
--- a/repair/protos.h
+++ b/repair/protos.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@  int	get_sb(xfs_sb_t			*sbp,
 		xfs_off_t			off,
 		int			size,
 		xfs_agnumber_t		agno);
+int retain_primary_sb(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void	write_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t	*sbp,
 			int		size);
 
diff --git a/repair/xfs_repair.c b/repair/xfs_repair.c
index 871b428d7d..ff29bea974 100644
--- a/repair/xfs_repair.c
+++ b/repair/xfs_repair.c
@@ -749,6 +749,63 @@  check_fs_vs_host_sectsize(
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * If we set up a writeback function to set NEEDSREPAIR while the filesystem is
+ * dirty, there's a chance that calling libxfs_getsb could deadlock the buffer
+ * cache while trying to get the primary sb buffer if the first non-sb write to
+ * the filesystem is the result of a cache shake.  Retain a reference to the
+ * primary sb buffer to avoid all that.
+ */
+static struct xfs_buf *primary_sb_bp;	/* buffer for superblock */
+
+int
+retain_primary_sb(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
+{
+	int			error;
+
+	error = -libxfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, XFS_SB_DADDR,
+			XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &primary_sb_bp,
+			&xfs_sb_buf_ops);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	libxfs_buf_unlock(primary_sb_bp);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+drop_primary_sb(void)
+{
+	if (!primary_sb_bp)
+		return;
+
+	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
+	libxfs_buf_relse(primary_sb_bp);
+	primary_sb_bp = NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+get_primary_sb(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_buf		**bpp)
+{
+	int			error;
+
+	*bpp = NULL;
+
+	if (!primary_sb_bp) {
+		error = retain_primary_sb(mp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	libxfs_buf_lock(primary_sb_bp);
+	xfs_buf_hold(primary_sb_bp);
+	*bpp = primary_sb_bp;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Clear needsrepair after a successful repair run. */
 static void
 clear_needsrepair(
@@ -769,15 +826,14 @@  clear_needsrepair(
 		do_warn(
 	_("Cannot clear needsrepair due to flush failure, err=%d.\n"),
 			error);
-		return;
+		goto drop;
 	}
 
 	/* Clear needsrepair from the superblock. */
-	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
-	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
+	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
+	if (error) {
 		do_warn(
-	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"),
-			bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
+	_("Cannot clear needsrepair from primary super, err=%d.\n"), error);
 	} else {
 		mp->m_sb.sb_features_incompat &=
 				~XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_NEEDSREPAIR;
@@ -786,6 +842,8 @@  clear_needsrepair(
 	}
 	if (bp)
 		libxfs_buf_relse(bp);
+drop:
+	drop_primary_sb();
 }
 
 static void
@@ -808,11 +866,10 @@  force_needsrepair(
 	    xfs_sb_version_needsrepair(&mp->m_sb))
 		return;
 
-	bp = libxfs_getsb(mp);
-	if (!bp || bp->b_error) {
+	error = get_primary_sb(mp, &bp);
+	if (error) {
 		do_log(
-	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"),
-				bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM);
+	_("couldn't get superblock to set needsrepair, err=%d\n"), error);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * It's possible that we need to set NEEDSREPAIR before we've