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Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:36:54 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	pfonseca@...-sws.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] ext4: add a new spinlock i_raw_lock to protect the
 ext4's raw inode

On Sat 12-04-14 19:20:14, Ted Tso wrote:
> To avoid potential data races, use a spinlock which protects the raw
> (on-disk) inode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
  The patch looks good. You can add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza
> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  2 ++
>  fs/ext4/inode.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  fs/ext4/super.c |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 86c2cda..1d08a1b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -875,6 +875,8 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
>  	struct inode vfs_inode;
>  	struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>  
> +	spinlock_t i_raw_lock;	/* protects updates to the raw inode */
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * File creation time. Its function is same as that of
>  	 * struct timespec i_{a,c,m}time in the generic inode.
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 2eb5fad..7ae10f0 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -4306,12 +4306,15 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
>  	struct ext4_inode *raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(iloc);
>  	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
>  	struct buffer_head *bh = iloc->bh;
> +	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  	int err = 0, rc, block;
> -	int need_datasync = 0;
> +	int need_datasync = 0, set_large_file = 0;
>  	uid_t i_uid;
>  	gid_t i_gid;
>  
> -	/* For fields not not tracking in the in-memory inode,
> +	spin_lock(&ei->i_raw_lock);
> +
> +	/* For fields not tracked in the in-memory inode,
>  	 * initialise them to zero for new inodes. */
>  	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW))
>  		memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size);
> @@ -4349,8 +4352,10 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
>  	EXT4_INODE_SET_XTIME(i_atime, inode, raw_inode);
>  	EXT4_EINODE_SET_XTIME(i_crtime, ei, raw_inode);
>  
> -	if (ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle, raw_inode, ei))
> +	if (ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle, raw_inode, ei)) {
> +		spin_unlock(&ei->i_raw_lock);
>  		goto out_brelse;
> +	}
>  	raw_inode->i_dtime = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_dtime);
>  	raw_inode->i_flags = cpu_to_le32(ei->i_flags & 0xFFFFFFFF);
>  	if (likely(!test_opt2(inode->i_sb, HURD_COMPAT)))
> @@ -4362,24 +4367,11 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
>  		need_datasync = 1;
>  	}
>  	if (ei->i_disksize > 0x7fffffffULL) {
> -		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
>  		if (!EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
>  				EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE) ||
>  				EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_rev_level ==
> -				cpu_to_le32(EXT4_GOOD_OLD_REV)) {
> -			/* If this is the first large file
> -			 * created, add a flag to the superblock.
> -			 */
> -			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle,
> -					EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
> -			if (err)
> -				goto out_brelse;
> -			ext4_update_dynamic_rev(sb);
> -			EXT4_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
> -					EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
> -			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
> -			err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
> -		}
> +		    cpu_to_le32(EXT4_GOOD_OLD_REV))
> +			set_large_file = 1;
>  	}
>  	raw_inode->i_generation = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_generation);
>  	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
> @@ -4411,12 +4403,23 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
>  
>  	ext4_inode_csum_set(inode, raw_inode, ei);
>  
> +	spin_unlock(&ei->i_raw_lock);
> +
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
>  	rc = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
>  	if (!err)
>  		err = rc;
>  	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);
> -
> +	if (set_large_file) {
> +		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
> +		if (err)
> +			goto out_brelse;
> +		ext4_update_dynamic_rev(sb);
> +		EXT4_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
> +					   EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
> +		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
> +		err = ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb);
> +	}
>  	ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, need_datasync);
>  out_brelse:
>  	brelse(bh);
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index c4895c1..1f8cb18 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
> +	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_raw_lock);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
>  	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
>  	ext4_es_init_tree(&ei->i_es_tree);
> -- 
> 1.9.0
> 
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Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
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