linux-ext4 - [PATCH]JBD2/JBD: race condition while writing updates to journal

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:05:06 +0800
From:	dingdinghua <dingdinghua85@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
CC:	dingdinghua@...hpc.ac.cn
Subject: [PATCH]JBD2/JBD: race condition while writing updates to journal

resend this patch:

At committing phase, we call jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer to
prepare log block's buffer_head, in this function, new_bh->b_data is set
to b_frozen_data or bh_in->b_data. We call "jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in)"
too early, since at this point , we haven't file bh_in to BJ_shadow
list, and we may set new_bh->b_data to bh_in->b_data, at this time,
another thread may call get write access of bh_in, modify bh_in->b_data
and dirty it. So , if new_bh->b_data is set to bh_in->b_data, the
committing transaction may flush the newly modified buffer content to
disk, preserve work done in jbd2_journal_get_write_access is useless.
jbd also has this problem.

here is the patch based on kernel version 2.6.30:

Signed-off-by: dingdinghua <dingdinghua@...hpc.ac.cn>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

---

diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 737f724..ff5dcb5 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ int journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 	struct page *new_page;
 	unsigned int new_offset;
 	struct buffer_head *bh_in = jh2bh(jh_in);
+	journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
 
 	/*
 	 * The buffer really shouldn't be locked: only the current committing
@@ -300,6 +301,11 @@ int journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh_in, buffer_jbddirty(bh_in));
 
 	new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+	/* keep subsequent assertions sane */
+	new_bh->b_state = 0;
+	init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
+	atomic_set(&new_bh->b_count, 1);
+	new_jh = journal_add_journal_head(new_bh);	/* This sleeps */
 
 	/*
 	 * If a new transaction has already done a buffer copy-out, then
@@ -361,14 +367,6 @@ repeat:
 		kunmap_atomic(mapped_data, KM_USER0);
 	}
 
-	/* keep subsequent assertions sane */
-	new_bh->b_state = 0;
-	init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
-	atomic_set(&new_bh->b_count, 1);
-	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in);
-
-	new_jh = journal_add_journal_head(new_bh);	/* This sleeps */
-
 	set_bh_page(new_bh, new_page, new_offset);
 	new_jh->b_transaction = NULL;
 	new_bh->b_size = jh2bh(jh_in)->b_size;
@@ -385,7 +383,11 @@ repeat:
 	 * copying is moved to the transaction's shadow queue.
 	 */
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh_in, "file as BJ_Shadow");
-	journal_file_buffer(jh_in, transaction, BJ_Shadow);
+	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	__journal_file_buffer(jh_in, transaction, BJ_Shadow);
+	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in);
+
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(new_jh, "file as BJ_IO");
 	journal_file_buffer(new_jh, transaction, BJ_IO);
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 18bfd5d..4a0b48f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 	unsigned int new_offset;
 	struct buffer_head *bh_in = jh2bh(jh_in);
 	struct jbd2_buffer_trigger_type *triggers;
+	journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
+
 
 	/*
 	 * The buffer really shouldn't be locked: only the current committing
@@ -310,6 +312,11 @@ int jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh_in, buffer_jbddirty(bh_in));
 
 	new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+	/* keep subsequent assertions sane */
+	new_bh->b_state = 0;
+	init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
+	atomic_set(&new_bh->b_count, 1);
+	new_jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(new_bh);	/* This sleeps */
 
 	/*
 	 * If a new transaction has already done a buffer copy-out, then
@@ -388,14 +395,6 @@ repeat:
 		kunmap_atomic(mapped_data, KM_USER0);
 	}
 
-	/* keep subsequent assertions sane */
-	new_bh->b_state = 0;
-	init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
-	atomic_set(&new_bh->b_count, 1);
-	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in);
-
-	new_jh = jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(new_bh);	/* This sleeps */
-
 	set_bh_page(new_bh, new_page, new_offset);
 	new_jh->b_transaction = NULL;
 	new_bh->b_size = jh2bh(jh_in)->b_size;
@@ -412,7 +411,11 @@ repeat:
 	 * copying is moved to the transaction's shadow queue.
 	 */
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh_in, "file as BJ_Shadow");
-	jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh_in, transaction, BJ_Shadow);
+	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	__jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh_in, transaction, BJ_Shadow);
+	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh_in);
+
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(new_jh, "file as BJ_IO");
 	jbd2_journal_file_buffer(new_jh, transaction, BJ_IO);
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