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Re: [PATCH 5/9] xfs: reinitialise recycled VFS inode correctly

To: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] xfs: reinitialise recycled VFS inode correctly
From: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:29:25 -0500
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <1454905461-2773-6-git-send-email-david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:24:17PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Now that we keep certain on-disk information in the VFS inode rather
> than in a separate XFS specific stucture, we have to be careful of
> the VFS code clearing that information when we re-initialise
> reclaimable cached inodes during lookup. If we don't do this, then
> we lose critical information from the inode and that results in
> corruption being detected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> index 7c26f86..9ca28655 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> @@ -135,6 +135,26 @@ xfs_inode_free(
>  }
>  
>  /*
> + * When we recycle a reclaimable inode, we need to re-initialise the VFS 
> inode
> + * part of the structure. This is made more complex by the fact we store
> + * information about the on-disk values in the VFS inode and so we can't just
> + * overwrite it's values unconditionally. Hence we save the parameters we
> + * need to retain across reinitialisation, and rewrite them into the VFS 
> inode
> + * after resetting it's state even if resetting fails.
> + */
> +static int
> +xfs_reinit_inode(
> +     struct xfs_mount        *mp,
> +     struct inode            *inode)
> +{
> +     int             error;
> +
> +     error = inode_init_always(mp->m_super, inode);
> +
> +     return error;
> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * Check the validity of the inode we just found it the cache
>   */
>  static int
> @@ -208,7 +228,7 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(
>               spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
>               rcu_read_unlock();
>  
> -             error = inode_init_always(mp->m_super, inode);
> +             error = xfs_reinit_inode(mp, inode);
>               if (error) {
>                       /*
>                        * Re-initializing the inode failed, and we are in deep
> -- 
> 2.5.0
> 
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