linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Wait for existing dio workers in ext4_alloc_file

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Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:25:54 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Wait for existing dio workers in
 ext4_alloc_file_blocks()

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 08:58:46AM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently existing dio workers can jump in and potentially increase
> extent tree depth while we're allocating blocks in
> ext4_alloc_file_blocks(). This may cause us to underestimate the number
> of credits needed for the transaction because the extent tree depth can
> change after our estimation.
> 
> Fix this by waiting for all the existing dio workers in the same way as
> we do it in ext4_punch_hole. We've seen errors caused by this in xfstest
> generic/299, however it's really hard to reproduce.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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