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Message-ID: <20120112212941.GI23916@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:29:41 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
Surbhi Palande <csurbhi@...il.com>,
Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Ben Myers <bpm@....com>,
Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: Protect xfs_file_aio_write() with
sb_start_write - sb_end_write
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:20:53AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Replace racy xfs_wait_for_freeze() check with reliable sb_start_write()
> - sb_end_write() locking. Due to lock ranking dictated by the page fault
> code we have to call sb_start_write() after we acquire ilock.
>
> CC: Ben Myers <bpm@....com>
> CC: Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> ---
> fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 753ed9b..c5f879b 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -862,9 +862,11 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_write(
> *iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED;
> }
>
> + sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
> trace_xfs_file_direct_write(ip, count, iocb->ki_pos, 0);
> ret = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iovp,
> &nr_segs, pos, &iocb->ki_pos, count, ocount);
> + sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
What lock ordering do you have in mind? Explicit description in fs/super.c,
please...
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