linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

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Date:	Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:08:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
cc:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>,
	Marc Haber <mh+linux-kernel@...schlus.de>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Moving the cleaning of the page out from under the private_lock opened
> up a window where newly attached buffer might still see the page dirty
> status and were thus marked (incorrectly) dirty themselves; resulting in
> filesystem data corruption.

I'm not going to pretend to understand the buffers issues here:
people thought that change was safe originally, and I can't say
it's not - it just stood out as a potentially weakening change.

The patch you propose certainly looks like a good way out, if
that moved unlock really is a problem: your patch is very well
worth trying by those people seeing their corruption problems,
let's wait to hear their feedback.

Thanks!
Hugh
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