linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] bdev: Avoid discarding buffers under a filesystem

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Date:   Mon, 7 Sep 2020 12:35:49 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        yebin <yebin10@...wei.com>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] bdev: Avoid discarding buffers under a filesystem

Hello!

On Fri 04-09-20 10:58:50, Jan Kara wrote:
> this patch set fixes problems when buffer heads are discarded under a
> live filesystem (which can lead to all sorts of issues like crashes in case
> of ext4). Patch 1 drops some stale buffer invalidation code, patch 2
> temporarily gets exclusive access to the block device for the duration of
> buffer cache handling to avoid interfering with other exclusive bdev user.
> The patch fixes the problems for me and pass xfstests for ext4.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> * Check for exclusive access to the bdev instead of for the presence of
>   superblock

Jens, now that Christoph has reviewed the patches (thanks Christoph!), can
you pick up the patches to your tree please? Thanks!

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR