Checking I_DIRTY* bits is racy unless we're under I_SYNC, because there might be a concurrent writeback thread that has cleared I_DIRTY, but has not yet completed the ->write_inode call. This means our (typically integrity/fsync) operation can finish before previously dirty data has been written safely to disk. Solve it by exporting inode_writeback_begin/end to filesystems, and have them use that before checking dirty flags, where it matters. I'm not thrilled at exporting inode_lock, however I didn't see a good way to make that code fully generic (eg. some cases want to avoid taking and dropping locks if there is nothing to do, future users might want to be smarter about dirty bits and keep their own inode dirty bits in synch under the same lock, etc). Not signed off yet Index: linux-2.6/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ static int pohmelfs_write_inode_create_c dprintk("%s: parent: %llu, ino: %llu, inode: %p.\n", __func__, parent->ino, n->ino, inode); + /* XXX: is this race WRT writeback? */ if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) { struct pohmelfs_inode *pi = POHMELFS_I(inode); pohmelfs_write_create_inode(pi); Index: linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/gfs2/file.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/file.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int gfs2_close(struct inode *inod static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync) { struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; - int sync_state = inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_DATASYNC); + unsigned dirty, mask; int ret = 0; if (gfs2_is_jdata(GFS2_I(inode))) { @@ -565,13 +565,35 @@ static int gfs2_fsync(struct file *file, return 0; } - if (sync_state != 0) { - if (!datasync) - ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0); + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + inode_writeback_begin(inode, 1); - if (gfs2_is_stuffed(GFS2_I(inode))) - gfs2_log_flush(GFS2_SB(inode), GFS2_I(inode)->i_gl); + if (datasync) + mask = I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + else + mask = I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + dirty = inode->i_state & mask; + inode->i_state &= ~mask; + if (dirty) { + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + + if (!datasync) { + struct writeback_control wbc = { + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL, + }; + ret = inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, &wbc); + } else { + if (gfs2_is_stuffed(GFS2_I(inode))) + gfs2_log_flush(GFS2_SB(inode), + GFS2_I(inode)->i_gl); + } + + spin_lock(&inode_lock); } + if (ret) + inode->i_state |= dirty; + inode_writeback_end(inode); + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); return ret; } Index: linux-2.6/fs/jffs2/fs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/jffs2/fs.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/jffs2/fs.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *ino { struct iattr iattr; + /* XXX: huh? How does this make sense? */ if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { D2(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_dirty_inode() not calling setattr() for ino #%lu\n", inode->i_ino)); return; Index: linux-2.6/fs/jfs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/jfs/file.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/jfs/file.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include #include +#include #include #include "jfs_incore.h" #include "jfs_inode.h" @@ -31,18 +32,34 @@ int jfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync) { struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; - int rc = 0; + unsigned dirty, mask; + int err = 0; - if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) || - (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))) { + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + inode_writeback_begin(inode, 1); + + if (datasync) + mask = I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + else + mask = I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + dirty = inode->i_state & mask; + inode->i_state &= ~mask; + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + + if (!dirty) { /* Make sure committed changes hit the disk */ jfs_flush_journal(JFS_SBI(inode->i_sb)->log, 1); - return rc; + } else { + err = jfs_commit_inode(inode, 1); } - rc |= jfs_commit_inode(inode, 1); + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + if (err) + inode->i_state |= dirty; + inode_writeback_end(inode); + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); - return rc ? -EIO : 0; + return err ? -EIO : 0; } static int jfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -969,10 +969,9 @@ static int wait_for_concurrent_writes(st dprintk("nfsd: write resume %d\n", task_pid_nr(current)); } - if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { - dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", task_pid_nr(current)); - err = vfs_fsync(file, 0); - } + dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", task_pid_nr(current)); + err = vfs_fsync(file, 0); + last_ino = inode->i_ino; last_dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev; return err; Index: linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ocfs2/file.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/file.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -176,12 +176,24 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file * journal_t *journal; struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb); + unsigned dirty, mask; mlog_entry("(0x%p, %d, 0x%p, '%.*s')\n", file, datasync, file->f_path.dentry, file->f_path.dentry->d_name.len, file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name); - if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + inode_writeback_begin(inode, 1); + if (datasync) + mask = I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + else + mask = I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + dirty = inode->i_state & mask; + inode->i_state &= ~mask; + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + + if (datasync && dirty) { + /* * We still have to flush drive's caches to get data to the * platter @@ -195,6 +207,12 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file * err = jbd2_journal_force_commit(journal); bail: + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + if (err) + inode->i_state |= dirty; + inode_writeback_end(inode); + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + mlog_exit(err); return (err < 0) ? -EIO : 0; Index: linux-2.6/fs/ubifs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ubifs/file.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/ubifs/file.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -1313,11 +1313,9 @@ int ubifs_fsync(struct file *file, int d * VFS has already synchronized dirty pages for this inode. Synchronize * the inode unless this is a 'datasync()' call. */ - if (!datasync || (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { - err = inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, NULL); - if (err) - return err; - } + err = sync_inode_metadata(inode, datasync, 1); + if (err) + return err; /* * Nodes related to this inode may still sit in a write-buffer. Flush Index: linux-2.6/fs/ufs/truncate.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ufs/truncate.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/ufs/truncate.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ int ufs_truncate(struct inode *inode, lo retry |= ufs_trunc_tindirect (inode); if (!retry) break; - if (IS_SYNC(inode) && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) + if (IS_SYNC(inode)) ufs_sync_inode (inode); blk_run_address_space(inode->i_mapping); yield(); Index: linux-2.6/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c 2010-12-18 03:51:34.000000000 +1100 @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( struct xfs_trans *tp; int error = 0; int log_flushed = 0; + unsigned dirty, mask; trace_xfs_file_fsync(ip); @@ -110,6 +111,25 @@ xfs_file_fsync( xfs_ioend_wait(ip); /* + * First check if the VFS inode is marked dirty. All the dirtying + * of non-transactional updates no goes through mark_inode_dirty*, + * which allows us to distinguish beteeen pure timestamp updates + * and i_size updates which need to be caught for fdatasync. + * After that also theck for the dirty state in the XFS inode, which + * might gets cleared when the inode gets written out via the AIL + * or xfs_iflush_cluster. + */ + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + inode_writeback_begin(inode, 1); + if (datasync) + mask = I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + else + mask = I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC; + dirty = inode->i_state & mask; + inode->i_state &= ~mask; + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + + /* * We always need to make sure that the required inode state is safe on * disk. The inode might be clean but we still might need to force the * log because of committed transactions that haven't hit the disk yet. @@ -123,18 +143,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( */ xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED); - /* - * First check if the VFS inode is marked dirty. All the dirtying - * of non-transactional updates no goes through mark_inode_dirty*, - * which allows us to distinguish beteeen pure timestamp updates - * and i_size updates which need to be caught for fdatasync. - * After that also theck for the dirty state in the XFS inode, which - * might gets cleared when the inode gets written out via the AIL - * or xfs_iflush_cluster. - */ - if (((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) || - ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_SYNC) && !datasync)) && - ip->i_update_core) { + if (dirty && ip->i_update_core) { /* * Kick off a transaction to log the inode core to get the * updates. The sync transaction will also force the log. @@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(ip->i_mount), 0, 0, 0); if (error) { xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0); - return -error; + goto out; } xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL); @@ -197,6 +206,13 @@ xfs_file_fsync( xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(ip->i_mount->m_rtdev_targp); } +out: + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + if (error) + inode->i_state |= dirty; + inode_writeback_end(inode); + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); + return -error; } Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c 2010-12-18 03:03:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c 2010-12-18 03:04:10.000000000 +1100 @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static struct hlist_head *inode_hashtabl * the i_state of an inode while it is in use.. */ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lock); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_lock); /* * iprune_sem provides exclusion between the kswapd or try_to_free_pages -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/