linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 17/52] dm cache: dirty flag was mistakenly being cleared when promoting via overwrite

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Date:	Tue,  6 Jan 2015 18:06:45 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Joe Thornber <ejt@...hat.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 17/52] dm cache: dirty flag was mistakenly being cleared when promoting via overwrite

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Joe Thornber <ejt@...hat.com>

commit 1e32134a5a404e80bfb47fad8a94e9bbfcbdacc5 upstream.

If the incoming bio is a WRITE and completely covers a block then we
don't bother to do any copying for a promotion operation.  Once this is
done the cache block and origin block will be different, so we need to
set it to 'dirty'.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -946,10 +946,14 @@ static void migration_success_post_commi
 		}
 
 	} else {
-		clear_dirty(cache, mg->new_oblock, mg->cblock);
-		if (mg->requeue_holder)
+		if (mg->requeue_holder) {
+			clear_dirty(cache, mg->new_oblock, mg->cblock);
 			cell_defer(cache, mg->new_ocell, true);
-		else {
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * The block was promoted via an overwrite, so it's dirty.
+			 */
+			set_dirty(cache, mg->new_oblock, mg->cblock);
 			bio_endio(mg->new_ocell->holder, 0);
 			cell_defer(cache, mg->new_ocell, false);
 		}


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