Re: [PATCH 5/8] xfs: Protect xfs_file_aio_write() & xfs_setattr_size() with sb_start_write - sb_end_write

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:30:05PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 1/20/12 2:34 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Replace racy xfs_wait_for_freeze() check in xfs_file_aio_write() with
> > a reliable sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() locking.
> 
> Here's what I'm running with now.  With this and my modified
> patch6, I can pass xfstests 068 on xfs.

Just a quick question this raises - is .splice_write() protected?

Cheers,

Dave.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 7e5bc87..f1cacdc 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -874,11 +874,11 @@ xfs_file_aio_write(
>       if (ocount == 0)
>               return 0;
>  
> -     xfs_wait_for_freeze(ip->i_mount, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
> -
>       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount))
>               return -EIO;
>  
> +     sb_start_write(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
> +

This check really should go before the shutdown check - if the
filesystem shuts down while we are freezing or attempting to freeze,
we want to abort the write after we are woken....

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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