linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext2, ext4: Fix issue with missing journal entry

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Message-Id: <1453921308-5544-1-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:01:48 -0700
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext2, ext4: Fix issue with missing journal entry

As it is currently written ext4_dax_mkwrite() assumes that the call into
__dax_mkwrite() will not have to do a block allocation so it doesn't create
a journal entry.  For a read that creates a zero page to cover a hole
followed by a write that actually allocates storage this is incorrect.  The
ext4_dax_mkwrite() -> __dax_mkwrite() -> __dax_fault() path calls
get_blocks() to allocate storage.

Fix this by having the ->page_mkwrite fault handler call ext4_dax_fault()
as this function already has all the logic needed to allocate a journal
entry and call __dax_fault().

Also update the ext2 fault handlers in this same way to remove duplicate
code and keep the logic between ext2 and ext4 the same.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
---
 fs/ext2/file.c | 19 +------------------
 fs/ext4/file.c | 19 ++-----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 2c88d68..c1400b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -80,23 +80,6 @@ static int ext2_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ext2_dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
-	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
-	int ret;
-
-	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-	down_read(&ei->dax_sem);
-
-	ret = __dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, ext2_get_block, NULL);
-
-	up_read(&ei->dax_sem);
-	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int ext2_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
@@ -124,7 +107,7 @@ static int ext2_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext2_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext2_dax_fault,
 	.pmd_fault	= ext2_dax_pmd_fault,
-	.page_mkwrite	= ext2_dax_mkwrite,
+	.page_mkwrite	= ext2_dax_fault,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= ext2_dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 1126436..d2e8500 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -262,23 +262,8 @@ static int ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int ext4_dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
-
-	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-	down_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
-	err = __dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, ext4_dax_mmap_get_block, NULL);
-	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
-	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
 /*
- * Handle write fault for VM_MIXEDMAP mappings. Similarly to ext4_dax_mkwrite()
+ * Handle write fault for VM_MIXEDMAP mappings. Similarly to ext4_dax_fault()
  * handler we check for races agaist truncate. Note that since we cycle through
  * i_mmap_sem, we are sure that also any hole punching that began before we
  * were called is finished by now and so if it included part of the file we
@@ -311,7 +296,7 @@ static int ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= ext4_dax_fault,
 	.pmd_fault	= ext4_dax_pmd_fault,
-	.page_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_mkwrite,
+	.page_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_fault,
 	.pfn_mkwrite	= ext4_dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
 #else
-- 
2.5.0