linux-ext4 - [PATCH 10/10] ext4: issue fsdev cache flush before starting fast commit

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20201031200518.4178786-11-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:05:18 -0700
From:   Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tytso@....edu, jack@...e.cz,
        Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] ext4: issue fsdev cache flush before starting fast commit

If the journal dev is different from fsdev, issue a cache flush before
committing fast commit blocks to disk.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 9ae8ba213961..facf2f59b895 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -996,6 +996,13 @@ static int ext4_fc_perform_commit(journal_t *journal)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * If file system device is different from journal device, issue a cache
+	 * flush before we start writing fast commit blocks.
+	 */
+	if (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev)
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_NOFS);
+
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	if (sbi->s_fc_bytes == 0) {
 		/*
-- 
2.29.1.341.ge80a0c044ae-goog