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Message-Id: <20130304033709.644909876@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:37:28 +0000
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@...il.com>,
Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@...el.com>, "Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [ 021/153] ext4: fix race in ext4_mb_add_n_trim()
3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@...il.com>
commit f1167009711032b0d747ec89a632a626c901a1ad upstream.
In ext4_mb_add_n_trim(), lg_prealloc_lock should be taken when
changing the lg_prealloc_list.
Signed-off-by: Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4178,7 +4178,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ex
/* The max size of hash table is PREALLOC_TB_SIZE */
order = PREALLOC_TB_SIZE - 1;
/* Add the prealloc space to lg */
- rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_lock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);
list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_pa, &lg->lg_prealloc_list[order],
pa_inode_list) {
spin_lock(&tmp_pa->pa_lock);
@@ -4202,12 +4202,12 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ex
if (!added)
list_add_tail_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list,
&lg->lg_prealloc_list[order]);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ spin_unlock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);
/* Now trim the list to be not more than 8 elements */
if (lg_prealloc_count > 8) {
ext4_mb_discard_lg_preallocations(sb, lg,
- order, lg_prealloc_count);
+ order, lg_prealloc_count);
return;
}
return ;
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